1-800-IDGAMES? Registration? I'm lost.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Dudes. If you have the CD version, and installed both pak0.pak and pak1.pak, you don't have those problems.

Have the decency and use Google at least

My daughters mentality :It's simply easier if you do it for me. haha, wtf.

[Phenom]

I miss my quake CD,

I still have Quake1 in a nice little ZIP file

24MB of zipped pure nostalgia ready to go.

[Syluxguy28O3]

If id Software sells Quake on Steam for $9.99, why would you call it abandonware?

Abandonware is where the publisher no longer sells something or no longer exists to sell it.

what i meant was they should make it abandon ware. bad choice of words. its old and only has a small following. do you think it sells enough to be worth it?

[Baker]

what i meant was they should make it abandon ware. bad choice of words. its old and only has a small following. do you think it sells enough to be worth it?

Probably, yes.

Think of it like this, id Software has always essentially been an independent game maker --- small number of staff. I don't know how things changed when they decided to be acquired by Besthesda/Zenimax, but id Software is not (and never has been) a giant company.

They aren't an EA or Valve.

The games usually go on sale every once in a while where you can get most of their old games at Steam for not much $$$.

[talisa]

yeah, and still even while they're not on sale they're still cheap. just check out the quake pack on steam: QUAKE Collection on Steam

just 30euro(40dollar) for quake and quake2 plus all mission packs for both, plus quake3arena and team arena

thats nothing, especially considering how amazing the games are <3 (well except q3a )

[Mindf!3ldzX]

HA, Q3A > QLive. All fn day long

[Spirit]

The steam version is a zero effort dump, they definitely have a great income through doing that. I mean, it probably cost them less than 1000$ to get it on there (in man hours). And they easily sold a couple of thousand copies I guess.

Ho, QuakeLive > Q3A, all night!

gb: The pak1.pak is encrypted on the shareware disc.

[Seven]

For the most part, all we would really need to play online FREELY is a decent player model replacement, and recompiled gpl maps with new textures.
So for 90% of the online scene thats, 1 model (142frames) and dm3. Done. Or spend 2 minutes and 5$.

A free very good replacement player model is available here

Sounds?

Good replacement sounds has been done by Mindgrid here

Regards,
Seven

[Mindf!3ldzX]

And how much of this can be utilized outside darkplaces? This is the most relevant question I've asked,im pretty sure universal support will be a high priority for other engine authors.

[Seven]

Hello Mindf!3ldzX,

I am pleased to tell you that it is not a DarkPlaces-thing this time
The sounds are .wav files. You can even replace them inside your pak0.pak and most engines can use them.
The model is a md3 model. Many many engines support md3 files as you know (Spike´s, R00k´s, MH´s, Baker´s, LH´s ...).

Kind regards,
Seven

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Hello Mindf!3ldzX,

I am pleased to tell you that it is not a DarkPlaces-thing this time
The sounds are .wav files. You can even replace them inside your pak0.pak and most engines can use them.
The model is a md3 model. Many many engines support md3 files as you know (Spike´s, R00k´s, MH´s, Baker´s, LH´s ...).

Kind regards,
Seven

So, at the current state of Quake ,in terms of replacement-everything, is ready for "Free-Quake" to be provided? The legal hurdle of providing legal pak0.pak and pak1.pak has been over come? I'm ready for Quakeone.com to start hosting a download obviously.

[Seven]

So, at the current state of Quake ,in terms of replacement-everything, is ready for "Free-Quake" to be provided? The legal hurdle of providing legal pak0.pak and pak1.pak has been over come? I'm ready for Quakeone.com to start hosting a download obviously.

Not yet. Remember what R00k said:
maps (including textures)
But Moon[Drunk] made all the textures already, so they can be used (downscaled) for the rebuilded maps.

All models, like weapons, powerups, items, bboxes have also been done.

We even have half the monsters available (the md3 ones). So also single player is not impossible.

Regarding all the other licencing terms, I dont know. I am not familiar with these things.

But i think it has never been closer to a free Quake than now.
Even though I dont need this. Quake by ID1 is available for 5$.

[bluntz]

The animations on that model were very bad the last time I tried it.Hopefully someone fixed them?

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Not yet. Remember what R00k said:
maps (including textures)
But Moon[Drunk] made all the textures already, so they can be used (downscaled) for the rebuilded maps.

All models, like weapons, powerups, items, bboxes have also been done.

We even have half the monsters available (the md3 ones). So also single player is not impossible.

Regarding all the other licencing terms, I dont know. I am not familiar with these things.

But i think it has never been closer to a free Quake than now.
Even though I dont need this. Quake by ID1 is available for 5$.

When you say half the monsters, Are you talking about monsters outside the original Q1 release. zombie,rotfish,all soldiers,all knights,ogre,fiend,vore,shamby. Thats it. Those addon packs and the such, they should not be considered a "hurdle" to providing a free quake. Something tells me even if someone of us approached ID software about what constitutes "okay" in there eyes would be met with "DONT U EVEN THINK ABOUT IT,FUCKER!"


and im pretty sure Free > $5. My vision is a simple no-fuss "basic" download, with 100% customized content (short of Map designs,those remain same) and you would take that basic download, and simply add an engine (Qrack,DirectQ,DarkPlaces,and others all support custom textures/Item Textures/Monster Textures.Engines would not be provided in the DL, just a pure-basic folder (not named quake,because of the trademark obv it would be called NotQ or something not quake) extract basic folder, then extract engine of choice.

I do not know about custom sounds though, if they all support these. My thoughts is everything could be ripped out and replaced with 100% custom content. Where once was an original model/texture/sound, replacements all exist. pak0 and pak1 provided,purely custom.

we would have a page purely dedicated to hotlinks (1st download,extract this. 2nd,pick a client,download extract same place,done!)

[A VERY unoriginal name]

I miss my quake CD,

I still have Quake1 in a nice little ZIP file

24MB of zipped pure nostalgia ready to go.

I used to Have the Original, 1996 edition of Quake. Last year, the little cardboard case finally ripped apart at the spine, and I was so sad (1996 edition, man ) Then I found out that I didn't need some DOS emulator for a 2001 re-release of Quake included with the Ultimate Quake set. It came in a CD-CASE WITH REAL INSERTS!

What happened to yours anyway?

EDIT: 1-800-IDGAMES was a Hotline for purchasing id's games and merchandise though a phone, which was pretty cool for the 1990's. There is no more support for the phone number, nor the "IDSTUFF" client (or whatever it was ). The only way to purchase Quake now is through websites like Amazon.com or Ebay.com, or purchase a Digital copy from either http://www.idsoftware.com/games/quake/quake# or the Steam store

You purchased a Shareware copy of Quake, there's no other explanation. I purchased a copy of the shareware just to stare at it, and then sold it for about 15$