Waffles House of Quake: Sunday Service on Agora Road

[RisingThumb]

As long as your baseq3 directory contains these files you're good to go for our first Sunday Service.

Spoiler: BASEQ3 Directory

.q3a/
├── baseq3
│   ├── pak0.pk3
│   ├── pak1.pk3
│   ├── pak2.pk3
│   ├── pak3.pk3
│   ├── pak4.pk3
│   ├── pak5.pk3
│   ├── pak6.pk3
│   ├── pak7.pk3
│   └── pak8.pk3
│   └── pak8a.pk3
│   └── qwpak0.pk3
│   └── qwpak1.pk3
│   └── qwpak2.pk3
│   └── qwpak3.pk3
│   └── qwpak4.pk3

They can be found in either the MAC or WINDOWS canned versions. The bulk being the OEM game pak0.pk3

I have enabled client side downloading on the server so we'll all stay in sync with any fresh maps.
Just make sure you have 'Downloading' enabled in the Game Settings menu (it should be already).

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't have qwpak* before but now I do. Btw should it be asking for a CD key when I boot it up and then not complaining when I enter nothing?

 

[youtherthyf]

As long as your baseq3 directory contains these files you're good to go for our first Sunday Service.

Spoiler: BASEQ3 Directory

.q3a/
├── baseq3
│   ├── pak0.pk3
│   ├── pak1.pk3
│   ├── pak2.pk3
│   ├── pak3.pk3
│   ├── pak4.pk3
│   ├── pak5.pk3
│   ├── pak6.pk3
│   ├── pak7.pk3
│   └── pak8.pk3
│   └── pak8a.pk3
│   └── qwpak0.pk3
│   └── qwpak1.pk3
│   └── qwpak2.pk3
│   └── qwpak3.pk3
│   └── qwpak4.pk3

They can be found in either the MAC or WINDOWS canned versions. The bulk being the OEM game pak0.pk3

I have enabled client side downloading on the server so we'll all stay in sync with any fresh maps.
Just make sure you have 'Downloading' enabled in the Game Settings menu (it should be already).

wait. what are the "qwpak*" files? do i get them from your version rn or will it auto download?
for context i compiled the program from source and ripped the files from the steamunlocked download

 

[RisingThumb]

wait. what are the "qwpak*" files? do i get them from your version rn or will it auto download?

In the canned files, you can download them, and they're in there, along with the rest of the .pak files

 

[№56]

As long as your baseq3 directory contains these files you're good to go for our first Sunday Service.

Would having additional pk3s (specifically playermodels) loaded that aren't on the server cause an error, or will those be ignored?

 

[waffle]

In the canned files, you can download them, and they're in there, along with the rest of the .pak files

You guys are right the QWpaks aren't strictly speaking the Vanilla install. I've included everything you'll need server side, as long download sync is enabled we should be good.

Would having additional pk3s (specifically playermodels) loaded that aren't on the server cause an error, or will those be ignored?

Having additional player models and paks should not cause any error on the client or server side. Your custom player models just won't be seen and you'll default to the Sarge model until I add them server side.



Please be patient with your sysadmin while we get our bearings! I have not hosted like this in many years and we'll smooth out any bugs.

 

[youtherthyf]

Having additional player models and paks should not cause any error on the client or server side. Your custom player models just won't be seen and you'll default to the Sarge model

awesome cuz uhhhh... i couldn't control my self

 

[Ross_Я]

awesome cuz uhhhh... i couldn't control my self View attachment 118190

It should be Shadow, dude. I haven't played even a single Sonic game, and even I know that it is Shadow who gibs people.
Get along with the vibes, man.

 

[youtherthyf]

It should be Shadow, dude. I haven't played even a single Sonic game, and even I know that it is Shadow who gibs people.
Get along with the vibes, man.

oh the pak3 comes with a shadow and a bunch of other skin actually
ignore the ralsei, that was another impulsive download

 

[manpaint]

I needed to quit early due to a IRL thing, but that was a nice game.

 

[Andy Kaufman]

That was fun, Had to drop out early but still had a good time.
Lag was a little rough at 200-250ms but I got used to it, even won one rocket hypercube match (by sheer skill of course, this wasn't my first time playing Quake at all!)

 

[RisingThumb]

Thanks for the game lads, hope you all had a good one, see you all around next week and kudos to Waffle for hosting! Hopefully the mumble will be up for next game :D

 

[Andy Kaufman]

Thanks for the game lads, hope you all had a good one, see you all around next week and kudos to Waffle for hosting! Hopefully the mumble will be up for next game :D

But Mumble was up :O

 

[waffle]

Amazing turnout for our first Sunday Service fragTime!

@RisingThumb @№56 @youtherthyf @manpaint @Andy Kaufman @Z0diacK @Fauxx @Wandrer @Ashman

We had a fantastic congregation for our first session today both in-game and mumble. Thanks for your patience with the admin as we get things flowing properly. Stay tuned for next weeks bulletin and adjustments to our ModPacks to help with lag/latency.

REMINDER: DM me links to any character models or maps you'd like us to include for future fragTimes.

NEXT SERVICE IN 5 HOURS @042 - - SEE YOU FRAGGERS THEN!

 

[Wandrer]

Amazing turnout for our first Sunday Service fragTime!

@RisingThumb @№56 @youtherthyf @manpaint @Andy Kaufman @Z0diacK @Fauxx @Wandrer @Ashman

We had a fantastic congregation for our first session today both in-game and mumble. Thanks for your patience with the admin as we get things flowing properly. Stay tuned for next weeks bulletin and adjustments to our ModPacks to help with lag/latency.

REMINDER: DM me links to any character models or maps you'd like us to include for future fragTimes.

NEXT SERVICE IN 5 HOURS @042 - - SEE YOU FRAGGERS THEN!

Thanks for hosting! This was super fun!

 

[RisingThumb]

But Mumble was up :O

I was using the wrong port... I'm a dumbass

 

[waffle]

HOUSE OF QUAKE SUNDAY SERVICE SESSION 2 IS OPEN -- SEE YALL IN THE ARENA!

 

[turntableToothache]

That was very fun, I had a great night pwning you all, have a good night!

 

[Arcensyl]

I really enjoyed playing Quake 3 for the first time with you guys! Hope to see more in the future, and thanks again to Waffle for hosting it. By the way, here's some random technical tips that I used to fix issues on my Arch Linux machine.

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First of all, here's a problem faced by everyone. By default, Quake 3 doesn't allow automatically downloading maps from the server. If the server switches to a custom map and this setting is off, you'll immediately get kicked from it. This setting is just a simple toggle you can find at the bottom of Setup > Game Options.

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Second, I noticed that map downloads were very slow for me (like 80 Kb/s). I imagine this probably a side-effect of the server's network troubles, but I feel like it improved when I changed the data rate to 56k or ISDN. Since this was just observational though, there's a chance I just perceived a greater difference than there was. It might still be worth a shot though. You can find this option under Setup > System > Network.

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Finally, here's a tip that's more specific to setups like mine. If you're running the game inside Gamescope, you might encounter an issue where the game handles your mouse incorrectly. Mine was essentially stuck inverted, regardless of what I set in the game's settings. I managed to fix this by telling Gamescope to forcibly grab my cursor. To do this, simply call Gamescope using the --force-grab-cursor flag. This problem is probably just happening because I'm using Hyprland as my window manager, but it might be useful to one of you.

 

[RisingThumb]

Arch Linux setup guide:

1. Install the ioquake3-git package from the AUR
2. Download waffle's canned github package, and move all the .pak files found in baseq3 in the canned github package, into /opt/quake3/baseq3
3. Run the game. The game binary is called quake3. Your config files are found in ~/.q3a/baseq3/q3config.cfg. I recommend changing your resolution size here.
4. When you launch the game, enable downloading files from servers, otherwise you'll have issues if any files need downloading.

NOTE: These were the steps I followed since I run the game under X11/Xorg. If you're using wayland, these steps might differ.

 

[waffle]

Beats be with you, fraggers.

Thank you for attending our inaugural Sunday Service sessions this past weekend!

Both of our sessions had great attendance across the mutli-hour long fragTime Services! Be sure to check your Mumble settings and join us on VC!

Sunday Service 00 @709 - 10
Sunday Service 00 @042 - 6

Please keep an eye out for this weeks SUNDAY SERVICE MAILING LIST BULLETIN which will contain any additional instructions and downloads to get in sync. We'll update the canned versions and provide instructions on adding new paks! These are our proposed upgrades:

• Excessive Plus (E+) - Network/Latency/Lag improvements plus many new game-types and enhancements!
• BFG Edition - Map, texture, sound, character model upscaling. Looks really sharp in 1080p.
• More Custom Player Models

As a reminder the Time poll will remain open for several weeks. Please consider adjusting your preferred time should things shift.​

If you're running the game inside Gamescope,

Arch Linux setup guide:

Both of these will be added to our FAQ for newcomers, thank you kindly for your documentation of experience!

-- waffle