Maps can be added to the Q2R servers if you know where to put them. They can be downloaded but there's no indication that they're downloading and the game drops to console while it's doing it. Long downloads look like it crashed or something and they're UDP only. Paril says there will be a patch for dedicated and for HTTP redirects. No timeline.
The current release of the Q2R code does not support dedicated servers. There also does not seem to be a make file for building the game code for Linux but that shouldn't be an issue for too long. The mods for which source code is still available is all in C and needs to be adapted to C++ to accommodate the Q2R engine and game API.
Can't condump. Not supported. cvarlist works but you can't even redirect it to a file for reference. I prefer q2pro's descriptions when you use a cvar without arguments.
HA! I had a demodulator for that channel. Total hack. Unstable as hell, I was constantly fiddling with it. It was a kit as I recall. If you wound the torriods wrong there was no hope of making it work. The porn was always late night.
GL_Upload8 is a function in the Quake II v3.21 and r1q2 clients. The size of the buffer used to accept an image is defined as 512x256 (131072) bytes. The function accepts arguments of width and height and if the product of those arguments is greater than 32768 (131072/4) the client crashes with an error.
Q2pro clients rescale the image and do not suffer from this. I believe the absolute max texture size in q2pro is 4096x4096 but the computation is actually determined at runtime when it queries the OpenGL driver about its capabilities.
Release for server admins Railwarz for Linux and Windows. Zip file contains game dll for x86/x64 Windows and Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS. This version fixes the 'modop' command.
For what it's worth, q2pro r1504~924ff39 Dec 3 2014 Win32 x86 is the version distributed in the Quake 2 Starter at http://q2s.tastyspleen.net/. It's up to the user to customize it for use.
Speaking of the starter package, can someone update it to the latest q2pro release? Or at least put up a new starter kit that includes the current q2pro? I have to send people to the starter page, then to the https://skuller.net/q2pro/nightly/ page to get a better version.
If deploying a new q2pro version, I would suggest setting gl_waterwarp to 0, (from its default of 1) its the only change I have made to my client from the q2starter version over the years. Otherwise you get some weird warping under water, I don't recall changing any other settings to make it feel "vanilla".
I can't find gl_waterwarp or gl_water* anywhere in the q2pro client in the starter pack. I also don't find it in the latest q2pro either. I looked into the source and I don't find any trace of gl_water... or cl_water...
Was it in an earlier version or a different client perhaps?
Aha. Found it. It's in the latest build but it's not in the client 1504 that was included in the starter package.
i've tried to set up anticheat, but it must not work, because anytime i join a tastyspleen server, it says i do not have it installed.
oh well, i tried. no idea what i'm doing wrong. it was frustrating, but clearly not a big deal since it isn't enforced and most players don't have it.
The anticheat.dll is simply placed in your quake2 root directory next to the game client executable. It's a 32-bit DLL so it only works with 32-bit r1q2.exe clients. It doesn't work with q2pro, q2rtx or kmquake2 or any of the other clients, afaik. The r1q2 client can't be built from source. It must be r1ch's original distribution. The last version of that was b8012. Self-built clients don't have the secret sauce needed to use the anticheat module, for obvious reasons.
thanks! this is helpful. i'll look into this and verify i'm running things in 32-bit and the right clients, etc. i appreciate it
You're welcome. Let me know how it goes for you. I hang out here and on Discord. FWIW, most servers don't force anticheat and r1ch never recommended that they should. The if the anticheat is enabled on a server it will always report anticheat status but no significant action is taken. Forced anticheat requires all clients use r1q2 and Linux users are left out in the cold, along with clients like q2pro, q2rtx, etc. Openness and trust go hand in hand. Automated cheat detection takes a lot of work and secure, trustworthy executables that don't exist in the Q2 community.
For what it's worth, q2pro r1504~924ff39 Dec 3 2014 Win32 x86 is the version distributed in the Quake 2 Starter at http://q2s.tastyspleen.net/. It's up to the user to customize it for use.
Speaking of the starter package, can someone update it to the latest q2pro release? Or at least put up a new starter kit that includes the current q2pro? I have to send people to the starter page, then to the https://skuller.net/q2pro/nightly/ page to get a better version.
i've tried to set up anticheat, but it must not work, because anytime i join a tastyspleen server, it says i do not have it installed.
oh well, i tried. no idea what i'm doing wrong. it was frustrating, but clearly not a big deal since it isn't enforced and most players don't have it.
The anticheat.dll is simply placed in your quake2 root directory next to the game client executable. It's a 32-bit DLL so it only works with 32-bit r1q2.exe clients. It doesn't work with q2pro, q2rtx or kmquake2 or any of the other clients, afaik. The r1q2 client can't be built from source. It must be r1ch's original distribution. The last version of that was b8012. Self-built clients don't have the secret sauce needed to use the anticheat module, for obvious reasons.
I cannot say the infostring is a requirement. The wallfly doesn't actually look for it as far as I know. I used it to see if you had q2admin installed but if you have all its functionality built-in to q2dos then ignore it. Wallfly is being tweaked and claire may have it reconnected to your server soon.
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