the old days...

[X'tyfe]

heyas

id like to share this bit of history with everyone who doesnt already know
http://telefrag.ru/idstuff/quake2/old/q2test.zip
that is the quake2 test version, the version of quake2 before there was even a demo

its the first few maps
there are big differences, such as the hud and explosions are spirits instead of models. lots sounds are different :p
different item,monster skins too
even the model animations, like the fov90 version of the RL
some things are missing, such as the rail and bfg

[The Dreaming Dragon]

VERY cool thank you

I remember getting "leaked" alphas of Unreal 1 and Quake 3,when I had my roommate's connected nephew hooking us up with such stuff.The Unreal thing was a tech demo with that big castle featured in the opening,and the only thing you could do in it was make a sprite placeholder eye move randomly through it.The Quake 3 thing had an odd map and a teleport to nowhere,and only some of the weapons implemented.

[Om3ga]

thx xtife, ill test it out. its prolly very buggy anyways.

i was stuck with q2demo for three years (2001 - 2004), and all that time, never did i play mp q2. i actually started playing mp games in late 2003, and i have 1 1/2 year of skillz with q2.

[Bleach]

thx xtife, ill test it out. its prolly very buggy anyways.

i was stuck with q2demo for three years (2001 - 2004), and all that time, never did i play mp q2. i actually started playing mp games in late 2003, and i have 1 1/2 year of skillz with q2.

i didnt get the full game for 2 years myself.. but i switched out the pak0pak files 

[Om3ga]

alot of quakers, prolly nevered played spq2, but i got full version, although, i could have played mpq2 for free. sp is got so boring, cause cheating is so frickin easy.

[themuffinman]

heyas

id like to share this bit of history with everyone who doesnt already know
http://telefrag.ru/idstuff/quake2/old/q2test.zip
that is the quake2 test version, the version of quake2 before there was even a demo

its the first few maps
there are big differences, such as the hud and explosions are spirits instead of models. lots sounds are different :p
different item,monster skins too
even the model animations, like the fov90 version of the RL
some things are missing, such as the rail and bfg

I think theres alot in the test version that is better than the full release version. Its got far more of a Quake feel about it, and they shoulda kept that look and feel. The textures should have been kept like that as well, but they fucked it up quite a bit.

[M^tster]

Very interesting.Thx! 

[themuffinman]

mah i disagree corn. it looks kinda half-assed there
just wouldnt be quake2 without it being the way it is now

im old school just cant stand things to be removed or changed (even tho i use a custom pak )
like take r1q2 for instance, fastest client. yet there were alot of native quake2 functions and features removed
and none of them impacted speed and stability either. if it wasent as fast as is it is, i certinly wouldnt be using it

Nah coz ya see, Quake 1 was the realest Quake of all Quakes, and that Q2 test version has far more of a Q1 feeling than the release version has.

(even tho i use a custom pak )

LOL yeah you gotta stop your obsession with making everything in Q2 look orange!   

[themuffinman]

what you talkin about
i think the only things that is orange in that was the bfg and the ammo
oh and the backpack

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A//dlx.gamespot.com/pc/quake2/moreinfo_6089486.html&ei=wkMcQ-iKDZic-gHOn5yfCw
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A//dlx.gamespot.com/pc/quake2/moreinfo_6089486.html&ei=wkMcQ-iKDZic-gHOn5yfCw
now thats orange

[X'tyfe]

what pak is that?

[themuffinman]

what pak is that?

Also a blue pak - http://tastyspleen.net/quake/forums/index.php?topic=983.0

[themuffinman]

 

[PANTONE 7717C]

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A//dlx.gamespot.com/pc/quake2/moreinfo_6089486.html&ei=wkMcQ-iKDZic-gHOn5yfCw
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A//dlx.gamespot.com/pc/quake2/moreinfo_6089486.html&ei=wkMcQ-iKDZic-gHOn5yfCw

now thats orange

Hey, that's my Pakfile :). But it's not as orange as it sounds lol :P Should have named it Yellow/grey. Now the HUD, that's orange.

[DKarn]

i got a black & gold/yellow railgun

am wanting all black & gold/yellow weapons

is there a black pak?

having black weapons with a touch of gold on each to match our skin would be nice

very nice

[X'tyfe]

that orange pak pretty much is black/yellow
sorta :p