QRACK v1.80

[=peg=]

i mean muting a specific player only

btw the scoreboardpings are still fupped up.. on cr-mod servers that is.. it only seems to work correctly during intermission somehow.. it does work fine on CAx servers tho..

could this issue be ticrate related? couse GCHQ is running .025 ticrate i believe..

[R00k]

ya i cant figure out why the timings are off for pings, from server to server.. constantly tweaking that code.

[R00k]

gamma control in windowed modes

I cant remember where Mindzx posted this bug but here's the fix i tracked down

to enable gamma control on "-window" modes set "vid_hwgammacontrol 2"
I have since forced this to default.

[R00k]

QRACK v1.82 *BETA release!!

Working on a new version with some minor tweaks for user friendly setup...
It's not a complete update, but I thought I could release a beta version for bug reports or suggestions...

>>DOWNLOAD HERE QRACK v1.82 BETA<<

What's New:
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v1.82 beta

added crosshair selector in the multiplayer/setup menu
added video setup menu option to change resolutions in-game.
added scr_sbaralpha cvar for cl_sbar 0 overlay (transparent sbar background)
set vid_hwgammacontrol default to 2 for windows mode
changed, r_wateralpha_distance: only compares height distance from player to water now.
q_version command to output version information to messagemode1

plus some other things I'm sure I forgot...:d

This is just the executable, final version will include a cleaned up pak0.pak and full source.

[Baker]

added video setup menu option to change resolutions in-game.

Nice!

vid_hwgammacontrol default to 2 for windows mode

This allows windowed mode gamma change for those that don't know.

[=peg=]

qmb effects dont seem to work.. the particle menu is named "light bloom"
the "light bloom" option either doesnt work or the menu is just fubar..

hud is kinda fucked too but i guess that is easy to fix with some cvar..

didnt test the ingame res changer but if it works that IS a nice feature

just some feedback from a quick test.. ill stick to 1.8 for now

[R00k]

Right, this beta is meant for public testing/tweaking, dont replace the last version just yet

Since the way that the system now reads the cfg file for resolutions including the console/sbar width I had to default the conwidth to 50% of the screen resolution. Like on my 1440x900 flatpanel my sbar is 720x450 (easier to read by default).

VID_CONWIDTH is the cvar, and it will automatically adjust the conheight based on your monitors aspect ratio. Also, con_textsize for adjusting the size of the console charset.I did want to add a charset selection option, and some other things for multiplayer settings. but kinda just didnt want 100 options on 4 screen pages...

I threw in the light blooms this morning before i went to work so I'll have to look over it again, should be just a simple cvar toggle though i may have a menu coordinate off, thus its selecting another option.

is there anything not related to MENUs that someone wants added?
I am working on new icons for simple items, (models are replaced by SPRITES) nice and fast on CTF games

[PapaSmurf]

R00k, is there an option to turn on/off centered crosshair? Off being default quake's off-center crosshair.

[Baker]

is there anything not related to MENUs that someone wants added? I am working on new icons for simple items, (models are replaced by SPRITES) nice and fast on CTF games

The #1 most annoying thing to me in Qrack is that there is a delay the first time a particular sound is played. Like a slight stutter.

FuhQuake doesn't do this and ezQuake doesn't either of course -- at least not as far as I've ever been able to tell. Are those engines preloading the sound to avoid that or something?

In ProQuake, it is never noticeable so I have to assume that JoeQuake's sound code is not doing something other engines did and this was inherited in Qrack?

Because I've never noticed this in DarkPlaces either. Qrack and JoeQuake both have the sound caching stutter real bad.

[aguirRe]

Have you tried increasing heapsize? Sounds and models are loaded when they're precached, but they may get pushed out if heapsize is too low and then they have to be loaded again from disk.

[PapaSmurf]

Also, the sound code in Qrack doesn't allow for wavonly. I'm probalby the only person who uses wavonly, but it would be nice if Qrack supported it.

[Baker]

Have you tried increasing heapsize? Sounds and models are loaded when they're precached, but they may get pushed out if heapsize is too low and then they have to be loaded again from disk.

I was using mem -32. I'll try -mem 64, although usually in the past -mem 32 seemed sufficient.

[R00k]

make sure sound precache is set to 1

[Baker]

Is that a cvar or command line parameter? I didn't know Qrack had that.

[R00k]

normal quake "precache 1", i changed in qrack to "SND_precache", i think ezquake uses s_precache...