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Oh man! Memories. Back in 1999, Quake II was the game I played (like, literally the only one). I sunk so much time in QII and I wrote my very first code buildi
by mmh0000 3y ago
Oh man! Memories.
Back in 1999, Quake II was the game I played (like, literally the only one). I sunk so much time in QII and I wrote my very first code building a Mod.
I think it's fair to say, Quake II turned me from a computer user into a computer programmer. And set the course for my entire adult life and career.
From my original mod, I learned how to calculate vectors, learn an existing code base, integrate autobuilds for rapid testing.
I also dabbeled in making maps, learning 3rd art, but, quickly realized I am no artist or designer.
Sadly, my version control and backup policies at the time were non-existant and I've lost all my original code.
The next game that really got my attention in the same way was Tribes 2, the scriptings and modding you could do there was truly amazing.
- anotherhue 3y agoDiscovering the drop down console was a revelation. An homage: http://guake-project.org/ http://guake-project.org/
- AdmiralAsshat 3y agoThe Windows terminal now has a quake-style dropdown mode by default.
- bee_rider 3y agoI wish I could find a use for that, it is a funny idea. Unfortunately in a world where all of you stuff is in terminals, having one special drop down one is less useful.
- Shared404 3y agoI use Yakuake (KDE's equivalent) for my password manager at work. I find most DE's painful without that ability. The main exceptions are i3/sway or cwm, where I just launvh a terminal and then kill it.
- bee_rider 3y agoI think that must be it, I use i3, so popping open a shell is always an easy option.
- cyberax 3y agoI use iTerm2 that pops up F12, it's surprisingly close to that drop console behavior.
- bombcar 3y agoNever use sudo again! make the drop down be always at your root shell.
- q87b 3y agosv_cheats 1
- semi 3y agoI hadn't set this back up after getting a new laptop, but it's great for any of the one-off things you might need to do like confirm that some webserver is down like someone on chat complained it was, or lookup an ip or dns entry. So the real benefit IMO is that it then lets you keep your actual terminals more clean and focused, and not just interleave that kind of stuff with whatever you are doing.
- mmh0000 3y agoIn my endless files, I just found the binary of my mod. https://xn0.co/Xeno-Mod_1.9_Setup.exe https://xn0.co/Xeno-Mod_1.9_Setup.exe Because I'm sure everyone on HN just downloads execs from a random internet source and runs them! But if you have the OG QII, are curious, it is safe to run.
- klipklop 3y agoWhat does your mod do?
- mmh0000 3y agoThis is all from memory so, I might be missing some things: Adds 10 extra weapons Changes the damage ratio of all weapons Imports the "gravity mines" from one of the Q2 expansion packs Adds togglable "moon boots" (low gravity, on a per-player basis) Adds a grappling hook, with swing physics Has "secret" command to turn invisible. (I can't remember what it is). Because back in 1999 I didn't realize people could unpack binaries and read them.
- thadt 3y agoMy cousin and I burned hours in Quake2 with a mod that did these. Jumping around in low G while grappling around all over the map while trying to hit each other was fantastic - thank you for some of the best early FPS gaming I can remember!
- giantrobot 3y ago> Because I'm sure everyone on HN just downloads execs from a random internet source and runs them! ...should I not?
- gonzo41 3y agoThis is what work computers are for.
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- mentos 3y agoTribes 2 was my first taste of modding, the game holds a super special place in my heart too. Then came Ultima Online emulators Sphere and RunUO that turned me from a gamer into a programmer too.
- ljm 3y agoTribes 2 and Unreal Tourney were childhood faves.. when I played something other than CS 1.6
- johngalt2600 3y agoThis man computes
- mcronce 3y agoRune was mine. A buddy and I got into level design, and I got into modding along with it
- n4te 3y agoI had a lot of fun making the HaVoC Tribes 1 mod. It was really cool seeing there was 1000 people online playing my mod at once.
- mmh0000 3y agoYou made HaVoC?! I loved HaVoC! Thank you so much for making it and putting time into it. I assume this[1] is your website, please do not ever let the website go offline. It is such a perfect reminder of the time it is from. [1] http://havoctribes.com/ http://havoctribes.com/
- n4te 3y agoHello! Yes! It's cool you remember. I resurrected the site a while ago and gave it a domain. I also have a HaVoC server running on a Linode, so there will always be a server up. The master servers are a bit of a mess and it's a little hard to setup a client, but it's possible. I skipped T2 and haven't played T1 in a long time. I played Tribes: Ascend for a while, it's pretty good but now dying/dead. I miss T1. PubG and others just don't do it for me. Nowadays I play Rocket League occasionally and that's it.