Sunday, March 10, 2002

relnev's Quake 2 Port r0.9 -- 6:18 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

relnev has released r0.9 of his Quake 2 source port. You can download the file directly here. Here's a list of the changes/fixes:

• X selection support (softx/glx only).
• Mouse Wheel support (softx/glx).
• CD Audio fixes. (W.P. van Paassen)
• Swapped SDL buttons 2/3 to be correct.
• Big Gun+save game crash fixed.
• FreeBSD support. (Hampton Maxwell)
• Mouse buttons 4/5 supported (sdl only). (Angelo Grossini)
• IPv6 support. (Florent Parent)
• Documentation updates.

After this release, relnev will be handing over the maintainership of the port to someone else. Thanks, relnev, for your efforts!

UPDATE! I just got the new port installed on my new system. At 1024x768 using Tweak3D's image quality autoexec.cfg, I got 99 fps. Actually, I got a faster score on my new box with 4x4 Guassian antialiasing and maximum anisotropic filtering than I did on my old box by itself.

VCR Alert! -- 6:01 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Fox will be broadcasting a 2.5 minute trailer of Star Wars: Episode II in between Malcom in the Middle and X-Files tonight. Get those VCRs and Tivos set up! Thanks Slashdot.

Mark Rein Interview -- 5:45 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

HomeLan Fed posted an interview with Epic's Mark Rein, covering the Unreal Engine and the forthcoming games in the Unreal universe. Unreal Tournament 2 will be out around the end of June. Unreal 2 should be out by Christmas (and is having the multiplayer component dropped). Unreal Warfare is too far off to discuss. I'll be very interested in the UT2 test--especially if they have a Linux version. Thanks Blue.

Saturday, March 9, 2002

Pondering the Imponderable -- 12:32 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Last night was the first night that I've been really glad that I have a UPS. We had an ice storm. Along with it came a couple of decent-size power dropouts. UPSes are one of those things that 99% of the time you never think about. But that 1% of the time they are worth their weight in gold.

J.t.Qbe comments: We got your storm on Saturday afternoon: the sky got really dark and suddenly we had high wind gusts. Then the power went out at 1:30 pm. At 6 we finally packed up and went to a hotel; around the time we got there, the power came back on. Oh well--better safe than sorry!

JKII Stormtrooper Model for Q3A -- 12:02 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

LucasArts and Raven have teamed up to release a Stormtrooper model for Quake III Arena. The model, skins, and sounds are right from the forthcoming Jedi Knight II. Pretty slick. Thanks Blue.

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