Previously called the "QUAKE 3 Engine" and one of the most successful licensed engines in history, id Tech 3 was the engine used to create games such as Quake II Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix. id Tech 3 introduced shaders, curved surfaces, 32-bit color, special effects, bleeding-edge networking and super-smooth speedy hardware rendering.

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0 comments by 0xA5EA on Feb 14th, 2008 digg this super bookmark


Here's a preview of a new deathmatch-map our team-member Zihaben
is currently working on. It's a forgotten manor outside of a town used by mobs to bury their victims. The name of the map is "Klinsky's manor".

manor00 manor01 manor02

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ibz
ibz Sep 12 2008, 6:20pm says:

is it open source?

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Bosconian
Bosconian May 19 2008, 3:37pm says:

I love this engine, its the best to play online.
Best feeling

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viper276
viper276 May 6 2008, 11:46am says:

Good engine

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MrTambourineMan
MrTambourineMan Apr 6 2008, 7:48am says:

Cool seminar from celestial impact game programmer who talks about the workings of Q3 engine. It took place at Swedish Game Awards : Fz.se

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