* Game$py Pics
Rine made these in a fit of boredom, but they crack me up...

* Carmack Fixes
* changed RF_PORTALSURFACE to an entity type
* add sprite indexes in strip order
* changed builtin models to refentity types
* prevent respawn until resting on ground
* fixed unecessary dlight shader checking
* no splashe when lg hitting sky
* removed cvar_restart on version change, caused problems with dedicated server startup
* fixed stupid error that made skies double render
* fixed stupid error that made skies draw an uneeded bakground pass
* support add-mode multitexture for skies

* Quake 3 Arena Tour
As usual it sucks to live on the East coast, the Q3A bus is going up and down the WEST coast. Just like when I'd hit the road for a couple weeks to see the Grateful Dead each SHORT summer tour a few years back, those bastards out West got to see them all year long :( Nothing really cool is on this side of the country.... Wanna see the bus you won't be seeing?  http://www.quake3arena.com/roadtour/index.html

* #147 No Gnus, is good Gnus unless it's Gary..Gnu
Remember the geat Space Coaster when you were a kid?

*Link Of The Day
Foxtrot Comics At @marillo
 
 

SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1999

* New GLSetup (11:25 AM, EST)
This is a much more reasonable version, instead of the whopping 30+ MB d/l for one driver out of the dozens included, the new one is less than a meg and it then will dopnwload only the driver you need for you. Thank god, 30+ MB for one driver was ridiculous. Get it here:  http://192.246.40.35/

* New-Fangled Voodoo4
Well I paid little heed to the new upcoming Voodoo4 till I read a blurb about anti-aliasing for it. Then I hit PC.IGN and saw the side-by-side screenshots and watched the side-by-side mpg and got a little turned on... :) Although my next card *WILL* be 32-bit. Got that 3DFX? And it *WILL* work in Linux. Got that 3DFX? To see the screensies and mpg's:
http://pc.ign.com/news/9202.html
To read ZDNet's take on it:  http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2306495,00.html?chkpt=hpqs014

* Demise Patch4Test5 Released
Word from the Demise page:
It's finally available! The latest patch, which features the new lighting and companion PIX. All of the MP code has also been rewritten, so I'm sure there will be quirks here and there. NOTE that the new Master Server for the TEST5 version (and later) is now port :25536 instead of :25535. This version will NOT work with the old master server.

http://www.vbdesigns.com/demise/news.shtml

* Storage Of The Future
This is something to note for future computer technology... A penny-sized CD that can store 180 GB. Now that's storage.  http://www.discover.com/science_news/technology/smallcd.html

* Mitnick files motion accusing government of misconduct
Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick, who was imprisoned after a highly exaggerated case is claiming the government altered facts to imprison him as an example. Read more:  http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2306704,00.html?chkpt=hpqs014

* The Blair Witch Project
This ZDNet article gives a little background info as well as telling of it's huge box office records. Not bad for a movie with a budget below one million that was filmed in 8 days....  http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2306683,00.html?chkpt=hpqs014

* New User Friendly
Today's installment really hits a nail on the head...  http://www.userfriendly.org/static/

* Star Wars Quake
I hit this site a LONG time ago quite accidentally and saw a few screenshots and a little bit of news, now they're a bit further along and have quite a few screenshots to show off what's in store for us. Also there is an MP3 of some of the tunes from the TC. http://swtc.telefragged.com/

* #146 Beware the Jabberwock my son....
From the great poem 'The Jabberwocky' and my clans creed...

* Link O' The Day
Futurenet.com.... This link goes to a page with lot's of Win98 utilities (scroll \/ down when you get there). This was sent my way by my pal Wayfarer.
 
 
 

FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1999

* ANIMEATANDPOTATOES Returns (1:30 PM, EST)
After temporarily being suspended for having three X's on his page, not pr0n, just 'XXX' Rine's back at the helm brringing you more Anime news than you could eat at a buffet ;)

Animeat and potatoes is NOW back from it's unexpected hiatus. Due to problems with the server/ftp and the reinstall of winblows it's been down for some time (a week to exact). I apologize to any regular readers of this site for I should be back into the swing of things here shortly.

* New id Techy...
His nema is Eric Webb, and he's a techy. Note, the term techy means what it sounds like, tech support dude... Heheheheh, poor fella.

I was originally contracted by Brian [Hook] to help out with some benchmarking and, by the luck of the gods, Graeme [Devine] decided to keep me on for a while to help out with tech support. I have tech support experience, but this is my first gig in the game industry.

* Carmack On Q3test 1.08?
I apologize for not getting the Mac version released this last time.

All conspiracy theories aside, here is what actually happened:

I had my San Jose travel scheduled a while ago, and we were expecting to have the release done before I left.  We didn't quite make it, and nobody else at the office knew how to build the mac version after Cash made some last minute changes.

When I got back, Graeme was taking off to move his family down here. Graeme is in charge of building all the installs for our releases.

I considered just tossing new executables with the latest fixes for everything, but some data has changed, and it just isn't worth the hassle right now.

We will be making proper new releases for all architectures monday night when he gets back.

And the fixes:

* fixed marks fading properly in fog volumes
* show weapon in fov >90, adjusting position down as needed
* allow run/bob variables to be changed in non-cheat games
* update scoreboard info while at intermission
* fixed angles on resetplayerentities, corrects twitch on players as you come through a teleporter or respawn
* print "waiting to play" for tourney spectators
* fixed tied rank with 0 score and spectators
* return to roaming spectator when a followed client quits or spectates
* release windows cursor when running windowed and the console is down

Who cares? Mac users blow abyways....

* New GEEKS in SPACE
Versions 3.0 AND 3.1 for your geeking pleasure....  http://thesync.com/geeks/

*Xteq - Power Tweaker
This is TweakUI's big brother... More features than a Fernch Hooker...
Xteq X-Setup is the most complete hacker ever available for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0. And it is everywhere you need it: either in Start - Programs or as a symbol in Settings - Control Panel.
Go view the mighty tool: http://www.xteq.com/products/xset/index.html

* More AOL/M$ News
M$ is still trying to convince AOL to cooperate, this time getting other big name comapnies in on it.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2305490,00.html

* The Linux LCDAT part II
Yesterday I posted news about the LCDAT, which is a homemade MP3/CD player that works as a full-on stereo component and runs Linux... Today MP3.com has posted a short interview with it's creator:
http://www.mp3.com/news/303.html

* Super Soaker History
A little information about the ultimate dreancher. Word on the new version coming out:
This year's biggest model is nearly 3 feet long, connects to a backpack that carries two gallons of water, expels 20 ounces of fluid per second and is capable of drenching targets almost 40 feet away.
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/BUSINESS/UPDATES/lat_squirt990729.htm

* #145 Walk the walk, and talk the talk
Monday I'm going up to my ISP to take on their resident Quake God, Goldberg. Although we'll be playing Lithium (my game is RA2) I expect a good game since I'm used to modeming, and on a low ping I might turn into a beast...

* Link Of The Day
LeakyBA  People around these parts are truly strange...