Quake DeveLS - Make it fast, Baby!
Author: Raptor
Difficulty: (VERY) Easy !
Some weeks ago, I got
Quake II and said – WOW. What else could I say about the single player mode of
a great game!?! And then, the first LAN – Party came and I played Quake II in
deathmatch mode for the first time…And I couldn't believe it, but the
deathmatch mode of Quake II is boring… (Remember: it's MY OWN OPINION). [Ed's
note... I wouldn't call it boring, maybe just a "different style of
play" ?, I think id meant it to be a more strategic deathmatch game...]
And that was the reason
for me to write this mod. With this modification you can easily change the
rocket speed by a console command. Cause this is the first mod I've ever
written, this is the only modification I did. But others may follow…for example
you can change the player's velocity by a console command so the deathmatch
mode in Quake II is as fast as Quake I! Have fun…
Let's Do
It...
First, we
need to open the file g_local.h to declare a new variable. For a good overview,
go to line 20 and insert the following text :
//================================ int rocketspeed = 550; // sets the rocket speed to 550 (default!) //================================
Now we
need to open the file g_cmds.c to create a new console command. Go to line 588
and insert the following :
/*=================Cmd_RocketSpeed_f=================*/void Cmd_RocketSpeed_f (edict_t *ent){ int i; i = atoi (gi.argv(1)); switch (i) { case 0: gi.cprintf (ent, PRINT_HIGH, "actual rocket speed : %d\n\n", rocketspeed); break; default: rocketspeed = i; gi.cprintf (ent, PRINT_HIGH, "new rocket speed is now %d\n\n", rocketspeed); break; }}
This
function changes the actual speed of the rockets. For example, if you type
"cmd r_speed 1000" the new rocket speed is set to 1000. And if you
don't give a parameter like "cmd r_speed", the actual speed will be
displayed. Get it? Ok, but it is not finished yet… Now go to line 635 and
insert 2 lines so that it looks like this :
else if (Q_stricmp (cmd, "putaway") == 0) Cmd_PutAway_f (ent);else if (Q_stricmp (cmd, "wave") == 0) Cmd_Wave_f (ent);else if (Q_stricmp (cmd, "r_speed") == 0) // insert a new console command -> "cmd r_speed" Cmd_RocketSpeed_f (ent); // added this line tooelse if (Q_stricmp (cmd, "gameversion") == 0){gi.cprintf (ent, PRINT_HIGH, "%s : %s\n", GAMEVERSION, __DATE__);}else if (Q_stricmp (cmd, "fov") == 0)
And last
but not least, we open the file p_weapon.c and go to line 655. We see the
following line :
fire_rocket (ent, start, forward, damage, 550, damage_radius, radius_damage);
REPLACE
that line with THIS line :
fire_rocket (ent, start, forward, damage, rocketspeed, damage_radius, radius_damage);
Ok that's
it! Very easy for some guys, but I think a usefull mod for those, who like
deathmatch as fast as Quake I ! I'm currently working on a mod where all is a
little bit faster, and the new version will have sound support. Compile it and
have fun! Bye…
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