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Jokes / Re: Funny Pictures Funny
on June 27, 2020, 09:49:36 PM by Punk_FAS
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Quake / Re: R1Q2 vs Q2Pro vs Yamagi vs ? - What are the advantages/disadvantages of each? Informative
on June 27, 2020, 02:24:59 PM by Punk_FAS
r1q2 was the client of choice in the mid to late 2000's, for sure.
These days r1q2 is no longer maintained, while improvements are still being made to q2pro. q2pro lists its key features as: - rewritten OpenGL renderer optimized for stable FPS - enhanced client console with persistent history - ZIP packfiles (.pkz), JPEG and PNG textures, MD3 models - fast HTTP downloads (same as r1q2) - multichannel sound using OpenAL - recording from demos, forward and backward seeking - server side multiview demos and GTV capabilities q2pro also has an improved, config-file-driven in-game menu system for setting options, which can be nice. I finally switched to q2pro a few weeks back, as I wasn't happy with how r1q2 was performing (in windowed mode) under Windows 10. Had to mess with the q2pro config awhile to get it dialed in the way I like it, but I'm happy with it. I really like the .pkz files, as one can use ordinary zip/unzip tools to modify & explore them. (You can even add 'pkz' as a type for Windows Explorer to understand is really a ZIP file and manipulate them right from the desktop.) Only thing I'm missing from r1q2 right now is cl_autorecord for demos. (If there's a way to autorecord demos in q2pro, I haven't found it yet.) Latest q2pro client: https://skuller.net/q2pro/
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Quake / Re: Speedruns & Defrags Rock On
on June 26, 2020, 09:30:51 PM by Punk_FAS
I don't think I ever played Quake 1 (so I can't fully appreciate it), but that must have taken a LOT of repetition/experience. Neato. Here's a World Record "any%" run of Q2, in 17 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjkLMKgIlG0 (The rules for "any%": just complete the game regardless of enemies or secrets. "segmented" means the runners' best times for different maps are compiled together, as opposed to one continuous run.)
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/dev/random / Re: The Strange and Interesting Thread Funny
on April 07, 2020, 04:19:58 PM by Focalor
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/dev/random / Re: The Strange and Interesting Thread Informative
on February 16, 2020, 03:00:26 AM by Focalor
I recall seeing some of this footage in 2011, but a lot of it at the time was pretty low-resolution video.
For whatever reason, this HD footage was posted recently. In this video, the same camera caught both the initial earthquake, and the subsequent arrival of the tsunami at the airport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk68bZ701s0 Tsunami arriving in the middle of a town. By the end, whole buildings are floating down the street: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_5-IF5cAvA
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Jokes / Re: Funny videos Funny
on January 06, 2020, 12:22:48 AM by Focalor
(a higher-res version of the ol' classic gif)
https://www.reddit.com/r/gifsthatkeepongiving/comments/egeyzc/i_could_watch_this_all_day/
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Jokes / Re: Funny videos Funny
on October 20, 2019, 10:22:04 PM by Focalor
Original vid had no audio.
This guy dubbed in voice and sound effects: https://twitter.com/hybridscores/status/1185160260199288832 |