Quake 1 Engine Thread

Which one should I choose? I was thinking CheapHack, or the one Tei made, because I know that there is support close at hand.

cheaphack works well, believe it has all the bells and whistles

Bells? AND Whistles?? w00t!

Telejano has almost everything but per-pixel lighting, even though it looks low detailed, the engine is VERY SLOW and not recommended for standard Quakers.

I'm working on CheapHack whenever I can.
However it seems that the multiplayer stopped functioning the last time I tested, so i'll try to give that a fix soon.

- Edited By CheapAlert On Mon 14th, Apr 2003 @ 9:24:15am

cheapie are you ready for the day when i buy my quake i almost got the money now just need a little more

Ya i'll be ready. If you're interested, i'll code hammy-bob quake, I am quick and adept at this QuakeC stuff

I can code in alot of stuff, whether it be player one-liners or rockets that slide across the ground and get drunk in flight, i'm there

- Edited By CheapAlert On Mon 14th, Apr 2003 @ 3:39:57pm

ok i think i got you and sa that will code for it !

I think I will go with Cheap Hack.

I like DarkPlaces, and Telejano. CheapHack can be a bit faster, maybe. Use standards, go inside3d and quakesrc and learn something about QSG extensions. Dont write for for engines, write mods for standards.

Maybe?

it IS faster, like 48% faster than TomazQuake and 121% faster than Telejano according to my 266MHz rig.

I program cautiously.

- Edited By CheapAlert On Tue 15th, Apr 2003 @ 9:00:35am

Or maybe, you program for your system, not the standards j/k, I think

If you're going to write a mod, it's best that you do it for standards, like Tei said. You can do it the Prydon Gate way, where it will run on DOS Quake if you want but it also has extra features just for the people who are using enhanced engines. Check out the QSG extensions, like Tei said, and give me a link to anything useful you find, please

is tenebrae an engine or a mod?

hammy-bob wrote: :D cheapie are you ready for the day when i buy my quake i almost got the money now just need a little more

lol how much is it?!?!5 bucks i believe
and if u cant,then just download the shit

oh and i would recommend DarkPlaces or cheapHack...they're both good.

- Edited By deadsouljha2 On Wed 16th, Apr 2003 @ 9:52:33pm

he already got it... he lives in teh boonies, so he had to get it off id softwares site for 30

I got it for $6.50 at the second hand store. Bargin!

Tenebrae is flabbergasm. Read my forum for more details.

I bought Quake for $45. It was 1996 so the prices were quite up there.

Tenebrea is a enginemod: modification to game and to engine. But next version will be engine only (similar to DarkPlaces) and Tenebrae 2.0 will break quake compatibility hard to have a good q3map render. Its very hard (+- imposible) to have a q1 engine that render q3 maps, the technology is soo new. But is posible (easy?) to have q2 engines that render q1 and q3 maps, and q1 engines that render HL maps. I think is posible to have q2 engines that render q1,q2,hl and q3 maps, but this is something maybe hard to write.

update:
My q1 original cd whas expensive, with a similar price but with a old spanish money... "7000 pesetas". Nowdays the people here work with euros: €

- Edited By Tei On Fri 18th, Apr 2003 @ 1:34:27am

i have no idea what i spent on quake...

Tei: Darkplaces will sport q3 map support, Charles is just a snotty bastard.

I hear about at the Nexuiz forums. Will believe after loading a RTCW map.

For some reason DarkPlaces still is not a sexy engine. Maybe because the particle system, maybe Quake palette itself is not good for a good engine.

I like a lot the Tenebrae engine, and the willy halmes testmap2.
Can be very cool to remake the "soldiers" Starship Troopers mod with that technology. But cool is something bad for gameplay somethimes.

LordHavoc promised Q3 map support will be done before the end of April, due to popular demand. I need it! I want my terrain!

Good Luck LordHavoc!

Aw dang, I asked him about his progress recently, and he said 'none since you last asked', which was the beginning of April
Oh well, he still is working on it, I believe LordHavoc is someone who will keep his promises. Also because Fniggium's future depends on him finishing Q3 map and DPM support!

I had a semi-long and very useful chat with him about DPM models and stuff on IRC... I feel betterly informed, and a little bit more hopeful! Although I'm disappointed that he still hasn't made much progress...

"not sexy"? Perhaps because he made the particle last for only a split second.