questions about quakewars

(Badb0y) #1

im writing an article about quakewars but never played it very deep, so maybe some of my questions can be answered here. thanks.

what other faqs are good to mentioned, i have
http://etqw.geezergaming.com/newbies
http://quakewarswiki.net/wiki/Main_Page
samurai faq here maybe

stroggs have unlimited ammo?

where can i find the greased scotsman video tutorials?

what good custom maps pop in mind? (besides there never been played)

wolfenstein 2009 multiplayer used the whole code from quakewars xbox version, or only the netcode.

in ETQWpro tournaments, clanwars etc the players started with all xp?

do make it sense to play the demo 2.0 (patch 1.4) nowadays, i mean are there people who play it today? (i have the full version, only a question)

if someone put the Tactical Shield on the front of Hog Scout/cyclone, what is the reason? hog scout ramms harder / do more damage / hog scout will be healthier after ramming?

what bugs contains the patch 1.5. i think it must have some little bugs/abuses, because every game has some.

how good would you describe the bot support in comparison with other games. good bots are always hard to do.

some players here played quakewars in tournaments, clanwars ? maybe i get in contact with you for a few more questions then if i may.

(Aristotle) #2

stroggs have unlimited ammo?

Not unless they are a technician or have one following them around constantly.

where can i find the greased scotsman video tutorials?

Not sure who has links to them still. I’m sure somebody has them just a matter of getting a hold of them.

what good custom maps pop in mind? (besides there never been played)

Radar, Maridia, Meltdown, Arctic Assualt, Estate (aside from it being so effing huge), Spirit City, pretty much all of them honestly.

wolfenstein 2009 multiplayer used the whole code from quakewars xbox version, or only the netcode.

We don’t speak of that fail ass game.

in ETQWpro tournaments, clanwars etc the players started with all xp?

In Pro tournaments they started with certain unlocks, like faster sprint, but could not gain new ranks in anything. In the vanilla clan wars I think they started with no unlocks but you gain them all throughout the map.

do make it sense to play the demo 2.0 (patch 1.4) nowadays, i mean are there people who play it today? (i have the full version, only a question)

I hear from time to time that people do play the demo still, but I don’t think there are many, if any at all, servers that aren’t the newest patched version of the full retail game.

if someone put the Tactical Shield on the front of Hog Scout/cyclone, what is the reason? hog scout ramms harder / do more damage / hog scout will be healthier after ramming?

It absorbs damage, if you put two of them on a hog you can survive a direct tank shot unless the shot comes from behind.n Rocket Launchers also can’t lock on through the shields, they have to be at an angle where the shields aren’t obstructing.

how good would you describe the bot support in comparison with other games. good bots are always hard to do.

I personally don’t like the bots. I would rather play with good players than the bots set at the highest settings.

some players here played quakewars in tournaments, clanwars ? maybe i get in contact with you for a few more questions then if i may.

Sure, you can get a hold of some of us. We check the forums from time to time. Though by tournaments do you mean tournaments like at QuakeCon or E-Sports Leagues seasons.

(Dthy) #3

Aristotle’s spot on imo, about the bots though. In all games where i’ve seen bots, this game is pretty high ranking for Bot AI and other stuff, but like Aristotle said, playing with people is better, since bots are scripted to follow a certain path, and the path is only interrupted if an enemy is within shooting distance

(ED209) #4

Hmm bugs…

vehicles that can travel with no wheels… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63gXq8_tBUc

flying husky… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpAZPz6J7xU

they kinda bugs, not useful though…

couple glitches remain in Official maps…

get the occasional insta-spawn-host

As far as playing strogg… blaster has infiinite ammo, but there is a cooling down period… in fact I made… nevermind lol. One of the best things about being strogg is Stroydown, the ability to turn ammo in to health (by default the minus - key). As a tech fills you up, it is more efficient to convert excess ammo to health if you are low on HP. Being a tech is pretty good for new players, as you get ammo and health all in one hit. Check out the Stroyent ads

The other reason for Tac Shields on a Hog is because it looks cool!

(.Chris.) #5

I fail to see how gravity is a bug…

(ED209) #6

I want to how gravity can engage the vehicles engines when they are sliding down a hill.

(Rex) #7

Yep, me. Ask.

(Apples) #8

Yeah ask rex how come he’s THAT ubergood to catch my nades with his tooth!

:smiley:

(Rex) #9

Or you ask “apple” - the best ninja in the whole QW-scene :tongue:

(Badb0y) #10

thank you all. @ed209 your videos are fun to watch (best are sled & husky), like the ones from Slippy the Weasel.

so where is the stats page now and will it come back? what happened and why.

what were the highlights of competition play. esl, clanbase and quakecon had quakewars.
http://clanbase.ggl.com/news_league.php?lid=5313
http://clanbase.ggl.com/news_league.php?lid=7690
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuakeCon#2007 and 2008

im searching tournament videos, youtube etc
damn i wanted quakecon 2008 vids, so i searched and found my own news on esreality (lol), seems the cast with maybe greased scotsman was playing over justin.tv and they cleaned all oldstuff out :frowning:

is the splash damage html-guide from patch 1.4 somewhere online?

there was a ad system from Massive Incorporated in quakewars, did it work well, when did it vanish?

(.Chris.) #11

Activision happened, no stats page and its not coming back, there is no reason for this.

The ads are still going.

(Badb0y) #12

so were are the fresh downloaded ad-pictures going on my pc, which path/directory, cant find them.

(light_sh4v0r) #13

Just guessing, but they are probably not transferred as image files. I think your client will download them in the form of pk4’s, which are just zipfiles with a different name. It’s the filetype the ETQW engine uses for all downloads.

(Susefreak) #14

The exact files are .dds files, the stock images are stored in generated/dds/textures/massive. So far I haven’t been able to find a single other add. Plus they never worked for me those adds, in all three platforms the game was released on.

(Seanza) #15

Keep it up Badb0y! Glad I could help you as much as I could on IRC <3

(Cankor) #16

TAW has a nice FTP repository of VOD’s from comp matches and I believe Greased videos are on their as well:

http://www.bravehardt.com/TAW/Quake_Wars/DukeNukeM/Videos/

(Badb0y) #17

i give you all my links collection when its finished.

@cankor wow really good source

(ED209) #18

Shame the AV Forum had to die, there was so much stuff in there.

(Badb0y) #19

funny is, id softwares homepage links on the frontpage to the old etqw links.
splash tell them their old!

(brbrbr) #20

in same way as death are.
both are mistake, both are disease.
both need cure/fix 2 get rid of them.
among other[similar] things.

p.s.
and yes, “there is no teaspoon” ©.
re-ally.