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Foo
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Posted: 01-01-2010 12:15 PM

Enjoy...

Q3 IHV

Q3 Test 105

Q3 Test 107

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Zyte
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Posted: 01-01-2010 12:37 PM

ah purple quad.

God this game is awesome.

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Posted: 01-01-2010 02:39 PM

Zyte wrote:

God this game is awesome.

^this

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MKJ
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Posted: 01-01-2010 04:45 PM

no pics of the mac expo demo, with the rotating mirror and such?

[edit] oh i see theyre in the mag preview bit.
chronologically, those were before public test 1.05

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DTS
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Posted: 01-02-2010 01:39 AM

Anyone who likes those screenshots should play Lost Arena.

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Posted: 01-03-2010 12:22 PM

great post fooman

i found te mag preview shots very exciting!

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Posted: 01-04-2010 10:20 AM

Pasted from LEM:

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Posted: 01-04-2010 10:22 AM

Also, did Q3 have some sort of different lens flare code? Q3 doesn't seem to be able to render something like this:

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Posted: 01-04-2010 10:25 AM

Yea, looks like something from Unreal. It would be awesome to be able to use those kinds of flares for Q3.

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Silicone_Milk
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Posted: 01-04-2010 10:45 AM

It's interesting to see how the artists had focused on more of a Quake 1 theme in the test version of Quake 3 while in the release they went a completely different direction.

Also, awesome: http://img228.imageshack.us/i/quake3pre ... nshot.jpg/

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Posted: 01-04-2010 11:06 AM

obsidian wrote:
Also, did Q3 have some sort of different lens flare code?

Yep. Flares were scheduled for the release build but cancelled because of render bugs. They do work in ioquake3 though: /r_flares 1

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MKJ
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Posted: 01-04-2010 01:06 PM

it was removed in one of the tests, much to my dismay.
about the same time they got rid of the colored railgunglows, i think (which, imo, is more a bug than deliberately removed)

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Posted: 01-20-2010 03:43 PM

Somewhere I still have the original UK copy of PC gamer from late 1999 still one of my prized possessions. digs around ...

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.:Z:.
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Posted: 01-20-2010 05:21 PM

wanna play it to view how it was ?
http://freebsd.quadspeed.com/wanadoo/ga ... win32/old/

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menkent
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Posted: 01-21-2010 12:12 AM

i actually did load up the q3demo a couple years ago and found it really annoying. it's just different enough that it was a real pain in the ass to play. also, only about 3 maps.

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Foo
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Posted: 01-21-2010 01:10 AM

dave-0 wrote:
Somewhere I still have the original UK copy of PC gamer from late 1999 still one of my prized possessions. digs around ...

Yeah me too. Came with a mouse ball cleaner and cardboard box? not sure I have those, though.

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Foo
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Posted: 01-21-2010 01:11 AM

.:Z:. wrote:
wanna play it to view how it was ?
http://freebsd.quadspeed.com/wanadoo/ga ... win32/old/

Freaking epic, thanks man

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XG Gent
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Posted: 02-01-2010 05:25 PM

Not so long in history, but don't forget the hacked console maps that allowed pc-gamers to join/dominate the console kids

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SoM
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Posted: 02-03-2010 01:24 PM

them dreamcast maps, i loved raping everyone on them.

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Lieutenant Dan
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Posted: 02-04-2010 09:27 PM

The Dreamcast had a few good exclusive maps too.

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spookmineer
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Posted: 02-16-2010 05:16 PM

I saw the IHV footage quite some time ago and couldn't find it on youtube.

Now, someone made a new movie showing perhaps even more of this technology map:

IHV Leak Quake III Arena 1999

[Found this in a QuakeLive thread]

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MKJ
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Posted: 02-17-2010 12:57 AM

whoa, i totally forgot about those olskool q1 style teleporters.

also, purple plasma really was where it was at.

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haternet
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Posted: 02-18-2010 08:53 PM

Very cool! Thanks for sharing those!

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HateFactor
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Posted: 02-25-2010 08:22 AM

I still think many of the maps looked better in Q3's pre-alpha screenshots/videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_zmQPFt7I

I remember being really disappointed when the final game wasn't as Quake 1-ish as "advertised."

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Eraser
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Posted: 03-03-2010 03:54 AM

The plasma gun is still purple in the Q3 instruction manual

I remember running to the shops for additional memory so I could run Q3Test.
It's a shame how they didn't continue the gothic theme of the IHV in the final game.

There were a bunch of other cool things in the IHV and q3tests that were removed. The railtrail for example and the machinegun's barrels would rotate when shooting and there was a spark of electricity between the pointy bits of the lightning gun (I also remember you saw more of the LG than you do now).

The physics in Q3Test feel really odd as well when you're used to the current Q3 physics.

Oh yeah and that flamethrower never made it past the IHV either did it?

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Posted: 03-03-2010 04:25 AM

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Oh yeah and that flamethrower never made it past the IHV either did it?

Nope. Would have loved it though.

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Eraser
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Posted: 03-03-2010 06:25 AM

Dunno, they said it just didn't work gameplay-wise, so I'm not sure if it would've been an improvement if we had it.

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Posted: 03-03-2010 06:35 AM

What? Toasting the newbs, then pummeling their charred corpses? What's not to love?

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MKJ
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Posted: 03-03-2010 07:00 AM

how exactly would it differ from the lightning gun i wonder.
apart from particles

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menkent
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Posted: 03-03-2010 09:44 AM

if it's like the flamethrower that was in TF, it would be like a LG that sets them on fire so they keep taking damage for a few seconds after getting hit.

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Foo
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Posted: 03-03-2010 11:09 AM

menkent wrote:
if it's like the flamethrower that was in TF, it would be like a LG that sets them on fire so they keep taking damage for a few seconds after getting hit.

Then I can see why they cut it, wouldn't fit with the flow of Q3.

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Posted: 08-23-2010 08:35 AM

Bump! All my Quake pre's..

Quake
QTest 0.1 - http://www.fileshack.com/file_download.x/17307#

Quake II
Q2Test - http://205.196.120.94/ilcmmfmidvyg/0000 ... mo-x86.exe

Quake III Arena

Quake III Arena IHV Leak - http://www.tricorponline.com/phox/Phoxf ... ha/Ihv.zip
Q3Test 1.01 - http://www.tricorponline.com/phox/Phoxf ... 32_x86.zip
Q3Test 1.03 - http://www.tricorponline.com/phox/Phoxf ... erver1.zip
Q3Test 1.03 Update - http://www.tricorponline.com/phox/Phoxf ... pdate1.zip
Q3Test 1.05 - http://www.tricorponline.com/phox/Phoxf ... t_1_05.exe
Q3Test 1.06 - http://www.tricorponline.com/phox/Phoxf ... t_1_06.exe
Q3Test 1.06-1.07 - http://www.tricorponline.com/phox/Phoxf ... _06-07.exe
Q3Test 1.07 - http://download815.mediafire.com/ubxyls ... 2_1_07.exe
Q3Test 1.08 - http://www.tricorponline.com/phox/Phoxf ... 2_1_08.exe
Q3Test 1.09 - http://freebsd.quadspeed.com/wanadoo/ga ... moTEST.exe

100% real! I hope this helps someone.

By the way, please don't ban me for giving out illegal versions D=.

And here's a few links to some early Quake 3 images...

http://nostalgia.poweredbylasers.com/ca ... &gameNo=13
http://nostalgia.poweredbylasers.com/ca ... &gameNo=14
http://nostalgia.poweredbylasers.com/ca ... e&gameNo=0

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Eraser
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Posted: 08-23-2010 10:46 PM

When watching the IHV video, it's funny that a lot of the bits built for the IHV eventually made it into the game as full maps.

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Posted: 08-23-2010 11:42 PM

I think Quake 3 was so much better during its development but everyone likes it at its current state, Quake Live, which sucks. I want a full early version of Quake 3, not the leak, doesn't give much of a story. As far as I know there were many more maps, different textures (more textures), player models, weapon models, more weapons perhaps (flamethrower), etc, even the architecture was better. But everyone will hate that. Have any of you seen the early sarge and visor models? They were awesome!

Here's a video of Quake III Arena Alpha. It is NOT the IHV LEAK! It's a video of the FULL GAME. You can see because there's a visor model, different effects and lighting and different the map layout is different. Don't get tricked.

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Eraser
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Posted: 08-23-2010 11:56 PM

That is the IHV actually.
As for the rest of your post, I think everyone here agrees that the early versions of Quake 3 looked far more interesting than how it went to retail. Everyone liked the hellish gothic look. However, when you load up the IHV or any of the Q3Tests right now, you'll notice that the physics are really wonky and things just feel wrong (movement mostly).

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Enjoy...Q3 IHV Q3 Test 105 Q3 Test 107 Magazine Preview

ah purple quad.God this game is awesome.

Zyte wrote:God this game is awesome.^this

no pics of the mac expo demo, with the rotating mirror and such?[edit] oh i see theyre in the mag preview bit.chronologically, those were before public test 1.05

Anyone who likes those screenshots should play Lost Arena.

great post foomani found te mag preview shots very exciting!

Pasted from LEM:

Also, did Q3 have some sort of different lens flare code? Q3 doesn't seem to be able to render something like this:

Yea, looks like something from Unreal. It would be awesome to be able to use those kinds of flares for Q3.

It's interesting to see how the artists had focused on more of a Quake 1 theme in the test version of Quake 3 while in the release they went a completely different direction. Also, awesome: http://img228.imageshack.us/i/quake3pre ... nshot.jpg/

obsidian wrote:Also, did Q3 have some sort of different lens flare code?Yep. Flares were scheduled for the release build but cancelled because of render bugs. They do work in ioquake3 though: /r_flares 1

it was removed in one of the tests, much to my dismay.about the same time they got rid of the colored railgunglows, i think (which, imo, is more a bug than deliberately removed)

Somewhere I still have the original UK copy of PC gamer from late 1999 still one of my prized possessions. *digs around ...*

wanna play it to view how it was ? http://freebsd.quadspeed.com/wanadoo/ga ... win32/old/

i actually did load up the q3demo a couple years ago and found it really annoying. it's just different enough that it was a real pain in the ass to play. also, only about 3 maps.

dave-0 wrote:Somewhere I still have the original UK copy of PC gamer from late 1999 still one of my prized possessions. *digs around ...*Yeah me too. Came with a mouse ball cleaner and cardboard box? not sure I have those, though.

.:Z:. wrote:wanna play it to view how it was ? http://freebsd.quadspeed.com/wanadoo/ga ... win32/old/Freaking epic, thanks man

Not so long in history, but don't forget the hacked console maps that allowed pc-gamers to join/dominate the console kids

them dreamcast maps, i loved raping everyone on them.

The Dreamcast had a few good exclusive maps too.

I saw the IHV footage quite some time ago and couldn't find it on youtube.Now, someone made a new movie showing perhaps even more of this technology map:IHV Leak Quake III Arena 1999[Found this in a QuakeLive thread]

whoa, i totally forgot about those olskool q1 style teleporters.also, purple plasma really was where it was at.

Very cool! Thanks for sharing those!

I still think many of the maps looked better in Q3's pre-alpha screenshots/videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_zmQPFt7II remember being really disappointed when the final game wasn't as Quake 1-ish as "advertised."

Eraser wrote:Oh yeah and that flamethrower never made it past the IHV either did it?Nope. Would have loved it though.

Dunno, they said it just didn't work gameplay-wise, so I'm not sure if it would've been an improvement if we had it.

What? Toasting the newbs, then pummeling their charred corpses? What's not to love?

how exactly would it differ from the lightning gun i wonder.apart from particles

if it's like the flamethrower that was in TF, it would be like a LG that sets them on fire so they keep taking damage for a few seconds after getting hit.

menkent wrote:if it's like the flamethrower that was in TF, it would be like a LG that sets them on fire so they keep taking damage for a few seconds after getting hit.Then I can see why they cut it, wouldn't fit with the flow of Q3.

When watching the IHV video, it's funny that a lot of the bits built for the IHV eventually made it into the game as full maps.

Enjoy...

Q3 IHV

Q3 Test 105

Q3 Test 107

Magazine Preview

ah purple quad.

God this game is awesome.

Zyte wrote:

God this game is awesome.

^this

no pics of the mac expo demo, with the rotating mirror and such?

[edit] oh i see theyre in the mag preview bit.
chronologically, those were before public test 1.05

great post fooman

i found te mag preview shots very exciting!

It's interesting to see how the artists had focused on more of a Quake 1 theme in the test version of Quake 3 while in the release they went a completely different direction.

Also, awesome: http://img228.imageshack.us/i/quake3pre ... nshot.jpg/

obsidian wrote:
Also, did Q3 have some sort of different lens flare code?

Yep. Flares were scheduled for the release build but cancelled because of render bugs. They do work in ioquake3 though: /r_flares 1

it was removed in one of the tests, much to my dismay.
about the same time they got rid of the colored railgunglows, i think (which, imo, is more a bug than deliberately removed)

Somewhere I still have the original UK copy of PC gamer from late 1999 still one of my prized possessions. digs around ...

wanna play it to view how it was ?
http://freebsd.quadspeed.com/wanadoo/ga ... win32/old/

dave-0 wrote:
Somewhere I still have the original UK copy of PC gamer from late 1999 still one of my prized possessions. digs around ...

Yeah me too. Came with a mouse ball cleaner and cardboard box? not sure I have those, though.

.:Z:. wrote:
wanna play it to view how it was ?
http://freebsd.quadspeed.com/wanadoo/ga ... win32/old/

Freaking epic, thanks man

I saw the IHV footage quite some time ago and couldn't find it on youtube.

Now, someone made a new movie showing perhaps even more of this technology map:

IHV Leak Quake III Arena 1999

[Found this in a QuakeLive thread]

whoa, i totally forgot about those olskool q1 style teleporters.

also, purple plasma really was where it was at.

I still think many of the maps looked better in Q3's pre-alpha screenshots/videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_zmQPFt7I

I remember being really disappointed when the final game wasn't as Quake 1-ish as "advertised."

Eraser wrote:
Oh yeah and that flamethrower never made it past the IHV either did it?

Nope. Would have loved it though.

how exactly would it differ from the lightning gun i wonder.
apart from particles

menkent wrote:
if it's like the flamethrower that was in TF, it would be like a LG that sets them on fire so they keep taking damage for a few seconds after getting hit.

Then I can see why they cut it, wouldn't fit with the flow of Q3.