Until we release the new gamex86 source code, if you want to make mods work with 3.09, change GAME_API_VERSION to:
#define GAME_API_VERSION 2
and recompile the mod.

This will let it run with the 3.09 servers. The API didn't actually change, I just had to bump that version number so that we could detect the old q2test dlls still hanging around.

Donno if someone has already sent you something on this, but I do have a way to get around the current mousewheel use once bug. The key is to toggle the console twice then rebind the wheel to the action. If you want to rebind both the wheelup and wheeldown you need to toggle the console for each one. Kinda weird. Like this:

// zoom in on dah mutha (wheel down for zoom in, up for out)
alias tc "toggleconsole; toggleconsole;"
alias sizeud "sizedown; sizeup;"
alias zoom_0 "fov 90; sizeud; sensitivity 7 ; tc; tc; bind mwheeldown zoom_1;"
alias zoom_1 "fov 70; sizeud; sensitivity 5.5; tc; tc; bind mwheeldown zoom_2; tc; tc; bind mwheelup zoom_0;"
alias zoom_2 "fov 50; sizeud; sensitivity 4 ; tc; tc; bind mwheeldown zoom_3; tc; tc; bind mwheelup zoom_1;"
alias zoom_3 "fov 30; sizeud; sensitivity 2.5; tc; tc; bind mwheeldown zoom_4; tc; tc; bind mwheelup zoom_2;"
alias zoom_4 "fov 10; sizeud; sensitivity 1; tc; tc; bind mwheelup zoom_3;"

Hello,
we at mpgText Germany are very proud to announce the opening of our German Quake 2-Archive tomorrow night. Our completely non-commercial, non-profit site is hosted by the generous xoom people in San Francisco. You can reach the "Deutsches Quake 2-Archiv" via this link: http://members.xoom.com/mapaul/. O ur page is dedicated to all german speaking people who want informations and tips about Q 2 in their native language. We are the first to bring up a TGC (Total German Conversion :-) ) of the original game manual. Next will be the installation of a german Q 2 News section and later (...maybe in february) we plan to publish a German Console Command List and FAQ. We truly appreciate any voluntary contributions to the "Deutsches Quake 2-Archiv", as we are only a little pool of writers and journalists that really love to play this fine game. We - mainly Steffen Boplinger and me - do the whole sitework for free in our spare time. Our motivation is the wish to give back a little knowledge to the net-community. So please - join in and help us make this site a great place in gaming w3!
Thanks for reading and best wishes for 1998!
Martin Gerner

We have rebuilt the 3.09 patch with a new version of the install program. Some people were not able to run the installer because a temp directory wasn't setup correctly. There are NO OTHER CHANGES in this, so if you were able to install the last 3.09, don't bother getting this one.

ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/q2-309-2.exe

Please cool it a bit with the email to me unless it is really important. I'll never get trinity done with the email pouring in the way it is right now...

Ok, I'm looking for modellers / mappers or anyone who can edit anything in quake... (artists, coders etc.) for a new TC called contact, which is not related to the film, so we cant be foxed :). Oh, and its definately a FREEBIE job... no money involved... none, zilch. Just so you know :)

For more info go to :

WWW : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/steb/
ICQ : 2619469
E-Mail : steb@compuserve.com

Thanks.
Frag ya all later ;)

Steb
Steb@compuserve.com

Mushroom Blue Entertainment is in need of some model/skin editors. We aren't worried about the levels for Area51 yet. But we would like to get some models done. But all level editors/creators are welcome to apply. Also in need of someone to edit the gfx.wad file and wall texture, etc...Please contact Sean at insane_soul@hotmail.com. Also keep an eye out for the Area51 homepage approaching soon.
http://members.tripod.com/~area51tc/
Thanks in advance.
-Sean M.
-Co-Owner of Mushroom Blue Entertainment.

Q2SVRFE.ZIP (Quake II Server Front-End)

Introducing the FIRST Quake II Server Front-End application! No need to remember thoses pages and pages of console and command codes to run your Q2 Server! Use this user-friendly application to do the work for you! All registered users get updates all FUTURE updates FREE!!!! Includes Advanced command line configuration, simple check box options, and much more!! Online secure registration avail.!!!

http://www.rastaworld.com/quake2

Hi,

Due to the lack of (quality) DM maps, I decided to spend some time and make one. This is NOT a remake of Quake level. I tried to follow the theme of Q2 in this map, and what i came out with is pretty cool (IMHO:).

It is designed with internet play in mind (r_speeds @ or below 500), and has been tested on my lan, but only with 2 people, so there might still be a bug or 3.

I used worldcraft for most of the level, but had to use Qoole and BSP to get some of the bit values for detail brushes, ladders etc, and used a text editor to manually get them in there.

I hope someone gets to enjoy this map, at least tide some of us over till the big boys release some DM maps. This level was reviewed at Talons Srike (http://www.planetquake.com/talon/) and planet quake featured a screenshot!

Also, i spent a lot of time going over the map specs, and diving into the base1.map that was released with the source code. I was able to figure out some stuff that might be helpful, if anyone has questions (mainly things like area_portals) feel free to email me.
clg@coastlinegraphics.com

Please post this so people can grab it!:

http://www.coastlinegraphics.com/quake/files/gooddm.zip

Note, there is one invulnerablility (takes a rocket jump) BFG (hid it).
First one to find both gets a cookie!!

Thanks and Merry Christmas!!,

Ralph "tesh" G.

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Dec 29: 2:30 PM CST:

The only widely reported problem with 3.09 is that the
video playback is choppy. The fix for the modem connections
reduced video playback to 10 fps. Its a one line fix, but
I'll hold off on another version until a few more things
accumulate.

I am curious what the breakdown of opinion is on the rapid
patch releases. If one of the polling websites would pose
the question, I would apreciate it.

A more liesurely patch release would allow us more testing time, and
some problems (like this cinematic bug) would certainly be killed
before the public saw it, but I definately found a couple things from
the public that no amount of testing on our machines would have found.
Some things only showed up with 48 people playing on our servers for
several hours.

Once again, we really didn't have a choice this time because of the
server crashers, but we are planning another release in two to three
weeks.

I am happy to produce new versions fairly rapidly, rather than at monthly
intervals, but I know that many people are getting a little irate at
having to download new patches. There is a simple solution -- if you
don't want to be on the bleeding edge, wait a week after a patch is
announced and see how it is working for other people.

What finally helped me get to the bottom of some things was
just getting people with problems we couldn't reproduce to call
me and let me send them executables by email until I figured out
what was going on. From now on, if you send a detailed problem to me,
include a phone number and times when you can be reached. I'm not tech
support, so you certainly can't count on a response, but if you have
a nice repeatable case of a problem that is high priority for us that
we can't reproduce otherwise, your personal help may be usefull.

BTW, does anyone know why Quake 2 became a hacker target? I can keep
fighting attacks, but spending my time there doesn't help anyones game,
and there are a bunch of things that fundamentally can't be stopped if
people really set their mind to messing up the servers.

BSP Version .90bDecember 29, 1997
BSP version .90b is out! Get it here or from this mirror site, download it and unzip it into your BSP directory. Note, like the last version, this is a fix. You should have version .88b installed, then apply this patch. Hope that's not too confusing. Anyway, here's what's new from the *.txt file: This is yet another maintenance release.

1. Applying contents flag bits with values > 32768 should now work. I.e., the surface window should show the correct values.

2. Search/replace texture now includes the relative texture path, etc. for Q2 editing.

3. Load texture from .pak now allows picking a different .pak than the default. Just hit "Open" at the dialog box to use the default.

4. Setup program for Q2 just warns if .pak is invalid and prompts whether to "Save Anyway?".

5. In Q2 mode, leak file handling is in. This loads the .lin file that qbsp3 creates. Choose the Load .pts from the File | LeakFile menu. Pick a .lin file. Similar to old point file stuff, except now you get actual lines, which is cool.

Also, Yahn wanted me to mention that the problem with the texture directory only showing 9 entries isn't really a problem. Other than the fact that there's not a scroll bar there, all the directories are listed. Just click in the directory box and then use the arrow keys to move down the list past the bottom of the window. He'll try to fix that in the next version.

Thanks,
SR

With this release, people will no longer be able to complain that the rockets move too slow or the BFG is too powerful. Weapon damage settings are now _fully configurable_. Also available are speed settings for projectiles, and starting health and max health settings. Each weapon modification can now be turned on and off. These modifications include the three from the initial release(star shots from the blaster, a five-rocket cluster, and the railgrenade) along with two mods by FLAvour: his grappling hook and personal teleporter. And all settings are configurable from an easy to use Windows launcher.

December 29, 1997 (early AM)
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As for people having problems with the VERITEGL.DLL driver -- everything still
works on 3Dfx and Intergraph with the new patch, so Rendition looks like
they're suffering from normal minidriver growing pains. Hopefully they'll
have a new version out pretty soon, but near as I can tell the latest
problems with that are not our fault (at least, the evidence suggests that
the problems people are having with the V2x00 are not our problems).

On January 12th, 1998 Quake2Fortress.Com will be preparing for business. The site will be devoted to TeamFortress for Quake2 as well as Team Fortress for Quake. We are in need of 4 or 5 more people to help make it a stand out site. Currently we are looking for people familiar in the following areas: CGI, Graphics Design, Web Design, News Hounds and Site Maintainers. Any work contributed to the site will be on strictly a volunteer basis with no monetary payments involved. Anyone interested in helping out in any area needed should contact Phreakin@Quaked.Com. In conjunction with the opening of Quake2Fortress.Com, we will be having a very unique contest to give away the domain of Quaked.Com. Check http://www.quaked.com on January 12th for the details.

Phreakin
Phreakin@Quaked.Com
http://www.Quaked.Com

QGraph is a program who connects to a Quake Server and shows you realtime data about the deathmatch running on that server. QGraph offers real-time data and graphics, log recording, off-line data browsing and printing. You will get full information about the Quake Server, full information about the players connected to that server and more! I attached to this mail a screenshot of QGraph, so you may understand what the program does more that reading 1000 of my words.

Clans who are attending should email Brian Sutton. Clan groups of four or larger can apply to reserve tables so they will be seated together, and if enough clans signup, we will be holding a special tournament specifically for registered clans.

Quake2CTF.Com Clan Listing
Quake2CTF.com is now in the process of forming a listing of all active CTF Clans. If you want to be on the list, go sign up. Thanks sHoShiN.

Skins2
Skins2 is a site being made by Raven that is going to be a huge collection of all the Quake2 skins available. E-mail Raven if you want your skin added. Thanks Hanif.

Quake II Console Programming Language mod
I'm not quite sure what exactly that is, but all the info is on this website. Thanks Bill.

German Quake2 Manual
Good news for all you German Quake2 fraggers! Martin Gerner mailed us with a letter about a German translation of the Quake2 Manual being worked on by mpgText. Here's a sample of the manual which will be posted on a website within the next few days:

Deine Kampfstiefel werfen lange Schatten in der unbarmherzigen, brütend heißen texanischen Nachmittagssonne. Blinzelnd schaust Du zum tausendsten Mal gegen das gleißende Licht auf die Soldatenreihe vor Dir. Schier endlos sc heint die Silhouette der Menschenkette über dem Geröll, bis sie zuletzt mit den kalten Schatten eines Truppentransporters verschmilzt. Bald wirst auch Du die Rampe Deines Schiffs hochklettern, in deinen stählernen Ein-Mann-Kokon steigen und damit durch de n interplanetarischen Gateway brettern. Lichtjahre entfernt von den Sandstürmen der Wüste und den zerstörten Ruinen um den Dallas-Metro-Krater wirst Du aufschlagen. "Warum zum Teufel dauert das so lange", knurrst Du. Ungeduldig läßt du den zerbeulten Lauf Deines Blasters immer wieder in Deine zernarbte Handfläche fallen. "Ich hab´ lange genug gewartet, jetzt wird´s Zeit, den Stroggs mal richtig in die Ärsche zu trete n". Du wippst in der drückenden Schwüle der Augustsonne langsam auf den Zehen vor und zurück, spuckst aus und reibst Dir Deine Augen. Du denkst an den Tag, an dem die scheußlichen Kreaturen zum ersten Mal angriffen. Wie glühende Meteore waren ihre Schiffe auf der Erde eingeschlagen. Unglaublich: Während die Raumtransporter von der Hitze des Wiedereintritts in die Atmosphäre noch fast brutzelten, schwärmten die biomechanischen Aliens...diese widerlichen Cyborgs....aus und nahmen alles gefangen, was sich auf zw ei Beinen bewegte. Meistens machten die Stroggs aber gleich kurzen Prozeß....

Copyright for the translation: 1997 by mpgText Germany.

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Dec 28, 5:00 PM CST:

No crashes on any of the servers!

A few comments on some reported problems:

You have to press the "attack" button to respawn in deathmatch
now. This allows you to chat and go into the menu. I have
got several mails from people that are typing "kill" or
reconnecting to servers after they die...

Old savegames will NOT work with the patch. Just cheat yourself
to aproximately the same place you were before. The game included
config files for starting off at each unit. You can exec one of
those to get you close, then do "give" commands if you want to be
more precise. (bigguun.cfg, boss.cfg city.cfg, command.cfg,
factory.cfg, hangar.cfg, jail.cfg, mine.cfg, power.cfg, space.cfg,
warehouse.cfg).

I think several people are failing to get the gamex86.dll into the
baseq2 directory. if "fov 120" doesn't change your field of view,
the server doesn't have the right gamex86.dll.

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Dec 28, 5:00 AM CST:

Ok, two hours without a crash on four servers.

Here is a new patch:

ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/patch_08.zip

3.07 and 3.08 can interoperate fine. All servers should upgrade
to 3.08, but if you gravved the 3.07 earlier today and only play
as a client and don't need timedemo, you don't nned to upgrade.

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Dec 28, 2:55 AM CST:

There were a few problems with the 1.07 patch:

Bodies stuck under doors caused a repeated explosion effect.
Timedemo was broken.
The servers crash about once an hour under full load.

I have the first two fixed, and I hope the third. The four
servers at Id are running a new executable.

If the servers don't crash in the next hour or two,
I'll put another release out.

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Dec 27:

The 1.07 patch is out:

ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/patch_07.zip

Please mirror and distribute this.

When submitting bugs, make sure you say that you already have the
3.07 patch.

Christian will go through and update the bug page when he gets back
from vacation next week.

This release does not fix all known problems. We intend to have
another release in a few weeks.

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