Monday, March 6, 2000

Q3A Beta Point Release -- 4:15 pm CST, Update by The Master

Robert Duffy updated his .plan with word of yet another Q3A beta point release. You can get it at:

id's FTP site.
Win32: Blues Shugashack
Linux: Blues Shugashack
Mac: Blues Shugashack

Stuff fixed includes:

• Fixed Models and Skins not showing up when you have more than the max ( 256 )
• Fixed Single player loop issue when a bunch of pk3 files ( 100-200 ) exist in baseq3
• Fixed issue with greater than 1K server config strings, this only happens when you have several hundred PK3 files
• Added Q3Space_CTF, a 2 on 2 CTF modification of Q3Tourney6
• Updated bot behaviour to work better with the platform in Q3Space_CTF
• Turn off floating point exceptions ( fixes potential crash right after startup )
• Fixed unpure client bug when levelshots loaded out of secondary pk3 files
• Fixed connection issues for pure clients
• Fixed invisible player bug when clients connected during downloads

Here's the .plan:

A new point release beta is out and on the FTP. We anticipate removing the beta tag in the very near future. We have been doing a lot of testing on connection issues, cheat preventions, auto-downloading as well as running a lot of the new mods through it. Things look good, some of the mods heading our way look fantastic!

This also contains a CTF version of Q3Tourney6 which is tons of fun for 2 on 2 CTF.

One key thing is that when connecting to a pure server both sides will have to be using the latest point release as we updated the pak2.pk3. This is not much of an issue once this version propogates a bit but it is something to keep in mind.

There are 3 issues of note with this version ( 2 of them Linux only )

• ZFree errors, on some Linux systems you may see ZFree allocation errors. This happens mostly when fiddling with the mouse etc. during map loads. We are looking into this ( as is Loki ).
• Mods directory does not show mods ( Linux only )
• Starting a team game with bots does not automatically assign the player ( you ) to a team.

As before, please forward bug and other information to raduffy@idsoftware.com

News for 03/06/2000

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