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PC Gamer: Quake 3 Exclusive Preview
I finally got my hands on that Quake 3 special in the latest PC Gamer magazine. It helps when you have an inside contact :)
After reading the article I think Quake 3 is gonna rock all of our worlds!
I've made some notes about the article, covering some of the groovy features mentioned. Enjoy.
- Gameplay:
- Main Emphasis is on Gameplay as opposed to eye candy.
- Game is primarily a fighting game along the lines of Tecken and Street fighter.
- More of an arcade feel, so you can jump in at have fun at any time.
- In built ranking system
- Player Characters
- AI controled characters in single player game will have noticable 'personalities'
- Lot's of weapons including some melee weapons, grappling hook and a rocket pack.
- More 'rubbery' physics. A rocket blast will send you flying.
- More options for spectators. It's a spectator sport !
- Into a network game with 3 presses of the enter key (hopefully)
- Integrated server tracking and pinging system
- New technology allows for new DeathMatch factors. An example is a DeathMatch level which has been made with a mirrored ceiling. You run around in trenches while being able to see the other player the whole time.
- Graphics:
- Curved surfaces
- Specular Lighting (Shiny surfaces)
- 24 bit colour
- 512x512 pixel texture maps
- Segmented models (better gibs :) )
- Realistic player movements. eg looking up will move only the head of the model
- Jumping, swimming, taunting and changing weapon actions will be animated.
- Bump mapping is gone due to performance restrictions.
- Net:
- Best ever ppp performance, better than Q2 and QW
- incredible player prediction
- Instant feedback
- reduced 'jitter' of moving objects/players
- Extras:
- Built in level designer/editor application
- Requirements:
- If you can run Q2 you can run Q3 ie p166mmx + voodoo will be able to run Q3 (phew) albeit with reduced texture quality and no specular lighting.
- You can run Q3 at the same quality of Q2.
- Best chipset so far is the Riva TNT chipset.
I can recommend grabbing the mag just for the read of this article. It'll spin you out!
Quake 3 WILL be serious WOOD material.
Author:
[EvEm]_Xtro
Created:
November 17, 1998
Modified:
November 17, 1998 - 10:17:42 PM
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