Early FPS Megathread: the kids need to learn about TekWar sooner or later

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Rocket Pan: Nov 3, 2011; Anything can be sent, as long as it's less than 1200 bytes

HellaSecure posted:

Beat the Quake 2 remaster. Overall good, the Ray tracing makes a huge difference. However I was disappointed that it was pretty unstable. Crashed a few times while playing and I had to force it to run with DirectX. Even then it crashed once. And the music on most levels would fall to repeat, so part way through the level it would just go silent.

Uhh... wrong port? There's no raytracing in the remaster.

Music isn't supposed to always repeat. It's explicitly vanilla behavior that music only loops a set number of times before switching to track 11, and completing all objectives in a level stops music completely.
Did you not wonder why it was that the music stopped when you did something extremely specific? This specific "bug report" gets repeated by people far too often and I'm forced to wonder if cause and effect is just lost on people these days.

Your crashing may be tied to a thread stall bug that occurs on specific CPUs (or at the very least specific system configurations) that we have a patch planned for to work around whatever that hot nonsense is.

Rocket Pan fucked around with this message at 08:52 on Sep 11, 2023

# ? Sep 11, 2023 08:39

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 18:40

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

HellaSecure posted:

Beat the Quake 2 remaster. Overall good, the Ray tracing makes a huge difference.

the new remaster doesn't have ray tracing

# ? Sep 11, 2023 09:19

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Quantum of Phallus posted:

the new remaster doesn't have ray tracing

It does have fancy shadowing and lighting effects though, I think that's what they mean

# ? Sep 11, 2023 09:55

Rev. Melchisedech Howler: Sep 5, 2006; You know. Leather.

Judging by some posts I've seen, some people seem to think raytracing = shadows. I saw someone angrily insisting a SNES game had raytracing because of shadows.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 09:55

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

Rayman had ray tracing. It had all the rays.

That's just how that game rolled.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 10:02

A Worrying Warlock: Sep 21, 2009

Convex posted:

https://starwarsintrocreator.kassellabs.io/#!/ENe27xNcUXJaC1OU0v4D

# ? Sep 11, 2023 10:09

Name Change: Oct 9, 2005

Quantum of Phallus posted:

the new remaster doesn't have ray tracing

I guess one could be forgiven for confusing the Quake II remaster with Quake II RTX, which are both arguably remasters.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 10:17

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

I will not forgive them

# ? Sep 11, 2023 10:45

Bumhead: Sep 26, 2022

They must learn through suffering.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 11:58

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

Milo and POTUS posted:

I will not forgive them

# ? Sep 11, 2023 12:10

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

But Quake 2 is a game all about forgiveness!!!

Probably. Not sure anyone really followed the story that closely.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 12:44

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

dr_rat posted:

But Quake 2 is a game all about forgiveness!!!

Probably. Not sure anyone really followed the story that closely.

no that was the sequel, quake: 4giveness

# ? Sep 11, 2023 12:53

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

Convex posted:

no that was the sequel, quake: 4giveness

So Quake: 2gther was the one all about the power of friendship?

Hmm, yes that does make sense.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 12:55

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Bitterman learns to love... himself

# ? Sep 11, 2023 13:16

skasion: Feb 13, 2012; Why don't you perform zazen, facing a wall?

One of the Call of the Machine marines is called Positivity. Give me a spin-off about that guy

# ? Sep 11, 2023 13:24

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Bitterman, changed by his experiences, accepts the new title of Caringman

# ? Sep 11, 2023 13:27

Arivia: Mar 17, 2011

skasion posted:

One of the Call of the Machine marines is called Positivity. Give me a spin-off about that guy

that's not about his demeanor that's about shamblers grounding him to death repeatedly

# ? Sep 11, 2023 13:27

shoeberto: Jun 13, 2020; which way to the MACHINES?

haveblue posted:

Bitterman, changed by his experiences, accepts the new title of Caringman

Give me an FPS about him returning to earth and opening up a dog shelter.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 14:07

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

A strogg pound

# ? Sep 11, 2023 14:13

bbcisdabomb: Jan 15, 2008; SHEESH

Name Change posted:

I guess one could be forgiven for confusing the Quake II remaster with Quake II RTX, which are both arguably remasters.

they are both remasters but only one has Call of the Machine, so forgiveness isn't an option!!!

# ? Sep 11, 2023 20:32

Overbite: Jan 24, 2004; I'm a vtuber expert

Strogg is close to Dogg as in snoop dogg and snoop dogg hangs out with dr dre. Guess who also hung out with dr dre peep this: Trent reznor boom that how the lore is connected

# ? Sep 11, 2023 20:47

Weedle: May 31, 2006

stroggification is what happens when the estrogen starts hittin

# ? Sep 11, 2023 20:53

Crowetron: Apr 29, 2009

Getting smoked out on Stroggos

# ? Sep 11, 2023 20:54

Negostrike: Aug 15, 2015

I could go for some Strogganoff myself

# ? Sep 11, 2023 20:55

skasion: Feb 13, 2012; Why don't you perform zazen, facing a wall?

Stroggystyle

# ? Sep 11, 2023 20:55

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

and don't forget new hollywood auteur, peter stroggdanovich

# ? Sep 11, 2023 20:58

Leroy Dennui: Aug 9, 2014; Gina McCarthy made us gay,
but we would not have met
had Biden not dropped his cones

I'm goin' Strogg wild over here.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 21:34

Black Griffon: Mar 12, 2005; Now, in the quantum moment before the closure, when all become one. One moment left. One point of space and time.

I know who you are. You are destiny.

ngl as someone who follows this thread for early/retro FPS stuff I'm really stroggling to see the point of this derail

# ? Sep 11, 2023 21:46

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Leroy Dennui posted:

I'm goin' Strogg wild over here.

The current thread title is pretty old and referencing something we'd all rather not think about...

# ? Sep 11, 2023 22:12

Xenomrph: Dec 9, 2005; AvP Nerd/Fanboy/Shill

haveblue posted:

The current thread title is pretty old and referencing something we'd all rather not think about...

What is it in reference to?

# ? Sep 11, 2023 22:28

Cream-of-Plenty: Apr 21, 2010; "The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering."

Xenomrph posted:

What is it in reference to?

Between the development of Quake 1 and Quake 2, John Carmack purportedly tried to make full-spectrum nutrient milkshakes that included duck meat ("the most efficient of meats") to cut down on time spent prepping, cooking, and eating food.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 22:50

Assepoester: Jul 18, 2004; Can't post for 10 years!; Melman v2

Str�ggenb�tter

haveblue posted:

The current thread title is pretty old and referencing something we'd all rather not think about...

Don't worry, I'm sure that in the few months since then Carmack has put his foot in his mouth over something even dumber, we're just kinda collectively choosing to ignore it

# ? Sep 11, 2023 23:06

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

the first man on the moon: neil armstrogg

# ? Sep 11, 2023 23:07

Xenomrph: Dec 9, 2005; AvP Nerd/Fanboy/Shill

Cream-of-Plenty posted:

Between the development of Quake 1 and Quake 2, John Carmack purportedly tried to make full-spectrum nutrient milkshakes that included duck meat ("the most efficient of meats") to cut down on time spent prepping, cooking, and eating food.

Oh neat.

I do know what �milkshake duck� means, I assume Carmack said or did something idiotic?

# ? Sep 11, 2023 23:17

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

Xenomrph posted:

I do know what �milkshake duck� means, I assume Carmack said or did something idiotic?

made Rage

# ? Sep 11, 2023 23:24

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

Xenomrph posted:

Oh neat.

I do know what �milkshake duck� means, I assume Carmack said or did something idiotic?

Oh he's done that too!

https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-co-creator-john-carmack-is-headlining-a-toxic-and-proud-sci-fi-convention-that-rails-against-woke-propaganda/

quote:

Doom co-creator John Carmack is headlining a 'toxic and proud' sci-fi convention that rails against 'woke propaganda'
Carmack heads the list of "guests" at the upcoming event that bill itself as a sci-fi convention for people "tired of woke propaganda."

Original story follows: Id Software co-founder and former Oculus VR CTO John Carmack is facing criticism for his recent announcement that he will be attending BasedCon, a sci-fi and fantasy convention for fans who are "tired of woke propaganda."

"I�m going to be at basedcon.com again this year," Carmack tweeted. "I had read books from and twitter-interacted with three of the authors (more since!), but I wasn�t sure what to expect last year. It turned out fun, in a grass-roots con way that reminded me of the old Space Access days.

"I was just going to show up as a normal attendee / fan of the authors last year, but Rob [presumably BasedCon fouder Robert Kroese] nudged me into doing a talk and some panels, and I enjoyed it."

# ? Sep 11, 2023 23:26

Volte: Oct 4, 2004; woosh woosh

haveblue posted:

The current thread title is pretty old and referencing something we'd all rather not think about...

The chud convention that Carmack attended was two days ago so it's not that out of date. Haven't seen anything about his appearance yet though.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 23:27

Xenomrph: Dec 9, 2005; AvP Nerd/Fanboy/Shill

Goddamnit Carmack. :wtc:

I liked him more when his only real failing was not naming his aerospace company �Union Aerospsce Corporation�. You had ONE job, John!

# ? Sep 11, 2023 23:29

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Jfc, Carmack too? Ugh.

Then again, he should also be thought of as an rear end in a top hat over the whole cat deal.

I'm hoping Romero isn't secretly a piece of poo poo.

# ? Sep 11, 2023 23:57

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 18:40

Cream-of-Plenty: Apr 21, 2010; "The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering."

Romero is secretly a luscious human hair wig that spontaneously gained life and sapience after Elizabeth Taylor farted on the set of The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

# ? Sep 12, 2023 00:05

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