[MM]aq2lite 1.34 installer - try it out and give feedback

starttimartti · Post by **starttimartti** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:23 am

Howdy.

http://makimiehet.mine.nu <- click that

I've finally finsihed my aq2 installer and here it is.

The main difference with this and aq2 installer that's provided in http://action.marsmodule.com/ is that [MM]aq2lite has more maps (27 vs 15), all the required sounds and texutres, smaller filesize (40MB vs 90MB when compressed and ~110MB vs ~200MB when uncompressed).

What I've done is I've removed everything that's not needed for aq2 from quake 2 demo and most of 32bit textures and then added all the required stuff from various sources.

Included maps: bank, beach, bwcity, cemal, cliff2, cloud, ctbcity, ferron, industrial, jungle1, kumanru, murder, plaza, revolution, riotx, rok, scity2, simplicity, spring, time, tjt, torabora, urban, urban2, urban3, winter and wizs.

I originally started making this so my mates could play on my aq2 dm server, but now this seems quite solid installer to me, so I decided to release this to public. The servers in the address book are all finnish servers and I'm thinkin that you (possible) foreigners wont have a playable ping on my dm server (makimiehet.mine.nu that is in finland and ran over adsl).

But yeah. Try it out and give feedback.

Ps. Don't get it how to get rid of the nag screen? Read the line 14 in the autoexec.cfg a few times.

Download and some other stuff: http://makimiehet.mine.nu

-starttimartti

Edit:
updated the message to include facts about the latest version.

Stric · Post by **Stric** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:40 pm

Nice "system" you have there for updates and configuration.
You could also use HTTP ingame downloading for updates, would work flawless, just great for newbies.
Great job...

Keep it up.

starttimartti · Post by **starttimartti** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:41 am

I plan to use http downloading, but currently I haven't got the webspace or the bandwidth to provide it. Hopefully that will change later this year tho.

Post by **Clown** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:10 am

I could help you with that.

BlueBird · Post by **BlueBird** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:24 am

very nice, idd, just installed it on my dad´s pc. Simple and easy for a noob like me

starttimartti · Post by **starttimartti** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:02 am

Clown wrote:I could help you with that.

Let me get this straight: you'd be willing to provide OVER 100 MB of webspace for a SINGLE finnish dm server?

That's mighty big of you.

But I'm getting 100 MB of webspace myself next month, so I quess I'll manage with that. It's not enough to hold all the content that is currently used on my server, but it'll fit nicely (possible) future updates and the more rarer maps (ie. not urbans and such), textures and sounds that are run on my server.

But if you still think that you'd be ok with providing that OVER 100 MB of webspace then by all means reply, or pm or something.

z0 · Post by z0 » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:13 am

Really great installer, works flawless, only thing i miss is the ordinary crosshair

And maybee a sniperscript? atleast "lens" functions. Otherwise it was great!

Post by **Clown** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:17 am

Yes. I can provide mirrors. Obviously it won't just be for your finnish server, but for whoever needs it.

Flunx · Post by **Flunx** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:31 am

This installer is great! I've used it several times and I always tell people to download this if they're looking for AQ2.

I'm honored to have my map in this install. Thanks!

starttimartti · Post by **starttimartti** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:29 am

z0 wrote:Really great installer, works flawless, only thing i miss is the ordinary crosshair And maybee a sniperscript? atleast "lens" functions. Otherwise it was great!

I sometimes loose the track on single colored crosshairs, when the target/background is a similiar colour, so that is why I prefer the crosshairs that are included now. So unfortunetaly I wont be adding it to the installer. But if you so far haven't managed to draw one yourself save http://personal.inet.fi/kerho/starttima ... sc/ch4.pcx to your [MM]aq2lite\action\pics folder and edit the autoexec.cfg crosshair line to "crosshair 4".

and as for the sniper script/lens binds, I'm trying to make this installer as newbie friendly as possible and I belive sniperscript would be too much for them to handle (binding a "zoom more/less" button and calculating a correct sensitivity for each zoom level[if they dont use the default sensitivity in the autoexec.cfg]), and the people who need those scripts can copypaste/write their own scripts to autoexec.cfg.

Thanks (to everybody) for the feedback.

More constructive criticism is welcomed.

So far I've corrected the following minor flaws:
-wrong "song" in Wizs' club
-fixed some typos in readme
-improved following textures that I can remember (with as-small-as-possible pngs): ferron's red brick house, tjt grass, cemalia ground texture

starttimartti · Post by **starttimartti** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:46 am

Clown wrote:Yes. I can provide mirrors. Obviously it won't just be for your finnish server, but for whoever needs it.

I sent you a private message, but didn't get a reply. Is that ingame http download offer still on?

Post by **Clown** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:09 am

I didn't notice that I got a pm

Yes, offer is still on.

starttimartti · Post by **starttimartti** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:55 am

sure i'd be interested in getting that http download from you.

i take it that you are already providing downloads for other servers, so do i need to/can i provide the files to you?

if you got the http server with the action quake files in place then all i need is the url.

Post by **Clown** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:14 pm

I'm providing AQ2 files for people, but only movies and stuff.
Give me a link to all the files you need hosting and I will let you know when it is mirrored.

starttimartti · Post by **starttimartti** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:18 pm

I pm'd you with the address of the content. I'll host it on my aq2 server for a few days for you to download. Upload speed is limited.