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As I said some month ago, the new team inside ID software is developping the new quake series. They are currently working on the quake 3 remake, which will be totally free of charge and that will contain a bit advertisement. Finally the name won't be quake zero but quake live and it will include a lot of stuff like remake of our well known maps. Here follows a screenshot of q3dm17 (for duelists :P)







It could be a really good occasion to promote efreeze.

 

When should it be released?

 

This year we hope.

Vq3 or cpm? =P

Hehe we will see when it will be realeased. I think that most of us will be able to know it just while seeing the first video that will be released, probably during quake con.

"It will be released as a free version of Quake III Arena[2] launched and played via a web browser, but will also be playable full screen."


Via browser? Jesus... how nice pffff

looking forward to it! Does this mean for people who havent bought the original q3 they can still get this version? not for me but who knows hope they fix cheat bugs as well! ;D

It's based on quake 3. It's the real ID software that is remaking their own game, and they won't remake it from the beginning. Only some better graphics, and a better optimisation of the game to be more accessible to newbies, and some features to help creation of communities. It won't be a different game, just a lot of little improvements (and some ads to pay the developpement). ID software was the first team to add mod creation (when they released quake 2, half life wasn't the first team to allow mods) and I'm +/- sure that importing efreeze mod inside quake live will not require a huge work.



We should do stress to create some community stuff : logos (thx spiral ), official portal, maybe our own sounds/video to include into it... Maybe not something really wonderful, but just to give personnality to this mod, and to make a real difference with other communities.

all nice ideas svarog - we need a team to collect and implement all ideas and a manager who suprervises this all ;D volunteers?

I am but I've not a lot of free time. I'm not an artist but I've a master in computing science for business management. I can program +/- all langages. I can help a bit for web developpement and mod improvements.

There is also ioquake3. Which is btw is going to have an integrated VoIP support soon.

Ive heard about this, I cant wait until it comes out.



heh, I wish oiquake3 would connect to .31 servers.

ioquake isn't a bad thnig, but punkbuster will never support it.

Some new screenshots realeased.

quake3 > quake live now.

There is no bigger difference.

Efreeze won't work, coz there is different .pk3 compressing system. ( no winrar anymore )

 

 

quake live open beta should come soon. ( next 2 months )

http://www.quakelive.com/

dm11?

it should be played with a webbrowser only, and is for free, you need just a login, BUT: they incorporated ingame advertising! WTF - if they put it too much people'll never play this!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_Zero

<3

 

 

...we should work together and make a nice efreeze wikipedia post ! !

there are 3 advertisment which i noticed and still remember on dm6 - under bridge near armor, above quad, and pillars, near armor.

 

it doesnt annoy, coz for tihs moment it's just "quake live", no porn or other company.

you ve seen that on screenshots adam or ....

I reg my email for feedback on quake live hope i can test it.

im official quake live cheater :-)

more should subscirbe, this hightens the chances one of us gets to test it! then make screenes and write a report here pls.!

it's disallowed by law to show screenies/videos/etc from ql in public.

 

But i still can show u on msn

Ye, holy crap Adam, watch out so Pentagon won't see it!

Just look at trailer :



CLIC HERE

ah, and rail reload time is gay

But is this just an update for quake 3 which will be available to download in the internet soon?

nope

its "new" game.

 

In practise it looks like this:

1. We're downloading web browser plugin
2. We're opening quakelive site
3. It downloads all game files ( ~500 mb )
4. It runs game in browser. Like flash, but other technology ( probably id's own )
5. It acts like normal .exe game
6. There is no wallhacks for it yet.
7. quake live's pk3 file isnt readable by rar.
8. My fps sucks when i have set full screen mode (maybe it's caused by my old graphic drivers)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aceandvis/snoop_dogg.jpg

crackin' & smokin'

Fo shizzle my nizzle

shizzle fizzle televizzle, you whoop my nizzle!

Damn King, you got rusty  

Svarog Told :

Just look at trailer :



CLIC HERE

Posted on 21 July 2008 at 12:02:26


awesome! I signed up for the beta but I dont think they have selected me, bitches! :P

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/251981.html

Final of the quake con on quake live.



http://www.quakeunity.com/file=2753



I already have the beta, and it's nicer than quake 3 and fun anyway. I like the fact it's free of charge, and easy to use. Players on the beta are playing well.

I want to fuck those two girls at the end.

wow the maps looks nice we must have efreeze on this but has to play the same probably because else nobody wants it

Belorussia rules


17 y.o. guy o_O

as far as i heard its the same feeling just way faster (which efreeze players are used to anyways :P) but will there finally be mod support or not? heard both versions and just want confimation of either of those

for this moment, we know it will has ( or already has  ) ranked and unranked servers.

ID says they will not publicate source, coz it's almost same as q3 = no mods for ql now...

ok thx master :o

 

Just played the Quake Live game and it's about the same as Q3 (from what I remember from the days I wasn't playing exclusively Efreeze) tho they weakened RailGun (100->80) and LightingGun (8->6).

I think there's not a single occurence of me not being the last of my team, and, usually people on top have something like 2x or 3x my score. I probably use too much railing and switching to LG helped me improve tho obviously I should learn to use other weapons such as Rocket Launcher and Grenade Launcher.

It's kind of annoying tho to permanently get owned by people who know the game like the back of their hands. I mean, I'm no quake expert but I would have expected not to end last on every map. It seems tho ID is thinking of it as I saw some threads on Quake Live forums mentionning people not being able to join a server because it was reserved for lower skills players. I've yet to find those servers tho. Maybe they're not the TDM CPMA I'm playing (the classic game of counting seconds to take and deny red armors, weapons and mega health doesn't really fit my play style).

 

I'm curious and wonder if anybody from this community who tried it out successfully made it to the top?

 

 

 

OK here's a more extensive review with pictures

I played a few more maps and games, and have now played about 3 hours.

So Quake Live is basically Quake III revisited. There are some changes to the User Interface, to the Gameplay (hence to the gaming experience) and to the maps. As Quake III players, you won't be too much disoriented tho.

Before I begin, this is not yet the whole complete game : it's a beta. The game seems to be changed/tweaked very often and you should expect the gaming experience to change day after day.

This Beta is opened to invitation. Every member can invite up to 2 other persons (I already spent mine for Balna and a RL friend) and every invitation is manually checked by the staff.

Now that we're facing the door, let's knock three times and pray for somebody to open it!

The Web UI is pretty intuitive. There are even best picks when you just wanna have a quickie which perfectly suits me in most instances :-) So far, there is no modding but there are several flavours for gaming : Classic FFA, TDM, CPMA TDM, Duel, CTF, Instagib are the ones I noticed. Also, if you do have the chance to have friends, you may even register them a la ASE to know when they're online, and if they are, where they're currently playing.

But the UI offers more, such as statisctics. These statistics offer lots of details such as your favorite weapons (pick percentage), your accuracy, your number of medals (impressive, excellent), number of wins and other fancy figures. There is also a leadership board summing up who's best in each category.

If you want a quick warm up before entering the realz boyz arena, you might as well try a good ol' bot match, as much customizable as before.

Last but not least, there is great support and the community is very active. There are 5 forums (Site news, Bug reports, Map Feedback, General discussion, Off-topic discussion).

Now, let's "enter the arena"!

(Two brand new splash screens whoho! We're lucky

First map won't be DM10, but DM8 who changed a bit. Indeed, Mega health area suffered a flood, it seems. As you can see, there are several placeholders currently holding "Quake Live" signs. When the game is released officially, these should contain advertisement instead, which is why the game is free.

The game offers weapons back from older versions of Quake such as ChainGun, NailGun and another one which I don't remember.The HUD graphics also got enhanced and besides that, fervent souls still have the luxury to bow and praise their thoughtful god in our good ol' church!

 

Most maps, like DM8, suffered minor tweakings, but some maps such as teh nameless place got drastic changes operated on them. And so, ID mappers fancy bumpers a lot:

  

Some rooms got widened while others were shrunk or removed:

 

DM11 changed much too. Just like the corridor opening up on lava:

(continued below)

which offers a new portal (My first Quake live teleportation frag here

A last few glances at DM11 (i don't like this new service passage, it looks too big!):

 

It seems most of the re-mapping work was done to balance out more the maps to avoid camping for instance. And hence, they walled this room so restless-campers would have their souls tormented for eternity.

Also, it seems they were inspired enough to remove the lava bug.. God bless Carmack

 

That was a flawless victory.

ThX Ben for this very nice big piece of news on quake live! Now how can we/I play it - can somebody invote me pls?!  I wanna make the world fear the 333 Tag,

Although an idea struck my mind, If we all would make a team (of course it would be quite big) or more teams, we could get hold of this game (sooner or later) and we'd be recognizable and could play with the mates we know, of course getting to know some potentials as well.... we have YET no clanborders there, and to play with monkey/burzyk/my king/bartek/333mates.... in one team to smash the quake live world could be quite interesting.... and much fun!

...just a thought

so who will spare us 8ers an invite? :o

But, sa far as i know, beta testing is off now. Well have to wait the official way.

pSylle Told :

But, sa far as i know, beta testing is off now. Well have to wait the official way.

Wrong. invitation system still works, beta too, and today I had a long update. I think beta will be available on as long as quake live isn't gold.

uhm ye gold for? 1.000.000 copies sold? xD still send me that invitation and ill send u 5 euros again k sva?

DooMDirK Told :

uhm ye gold for? 1.000.000 copies sold? xD still send me that invitation and ill send u 5 euros again k sva?

I never saw the first 5 euros =P I sent my invitations to people of my clan, we will have more invitations soon, but the system is a bit long.



Concerning the "gold" thing, it's a common usage in video game developpement. When a game is "gold" it means that the developpement stage is over, and the game is ready to be released.

Efreeze on Cake Live please please please...

So: why do they patch gold versions? patches patches PAAAAAATCCCHHHESS

bah can't wait... <3 u all!

pSylle Told :

So: why do they patch gold versions? patches patches PAAAAAATCCCHHHESS

Posted on 30 August 2008 at 04:40:36



Bugs.

 

Mind you, with a game that is almost 10 years old, I don't really think they need that many bug fixes. But indeed, the interface needs some tunning, as the developpers here know how hard it is to get a nice layout for everybody since most browsers do not comply with Microsoft Standarts: IE.

About invitations, every invited member in-turn becomes able him(her)self to invite 2 other people. As Deiweis wanted to invite both balna and me with a single invitation, I invited Balna, together with a school mate who in-turn should invite a good ol' quaker who hopefully would invite pSylle. That would probably mean 333 would get invitations quite soon.

As for 8, I'm pretty sure their members' refined diplomatical skills shall make people eager to offer them invitations as soon as the occasion shall arise. ;-)

<3

 

a) that doesnt mean 333 will get invitations soon.

Invitations are going to players in 'parts'. That means, you can wait half day, 1week, 1 month.

b) command which we were looking for: /tell_buddy <quakelivelogin> or something

 

Ah nice catch for that command Adam