First Patch and Q4 SDK Released!

Post by **rgoer** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:05 pm

Have at it

Patch 1.0.4
Patch Mirror 1 - Quake4World's File Server (HTTP)

Patch Mirror 2 - Fileshack (HTTP)

Patch Mirror 3 - idSoftware's Zerowing (Bittorrent)

SDK
SDK Mirror 1 - IDDevNet (HTTP)

SDK Mirror 2 - idSoftware's Zerowing (Bittorrent)

Patch Readme:

QUAKE 4(tm) 1.0.4.0 Update README

Last updated 11-09-2005

Please note that in-game console commands are not supported by Activision(r).

This update for QUAKE 4 addresses issues found in both multiplayer and single player since the release of the game. A complete list of changes and additions is included below. For future updates and more information about the game, please visit the official game website at http://www.quake4game.com

If you require additional QUAKE 4 technical support, please see the help system that is included with the game, or visit the official game website at http://www.quake4game.com

NOTES FOR MOD USERS:
It is recommended that any user modifications that have been installed to the QUAKE 4 directory be removed before installing this update. These modifications are not supported by Activision and may not be compatible with some of the new features that are included in the patch.

FIXES & UPDATES IN 1.0.4.0:

GENERAL:
- Copied map files can now be overwritten/deleted without quitting first.
- The console command "com_allowconsole" will stay set after leaving the game.

INTERFACE:
- Improved Game Browser sorting and filtering: You can sort by up to three criteria, which will be displayed just under the server list, with the more recently clicked criteria sorting first. For example, to sort by ping time, then number of players, then gametype, click them in the reverse order:
Click "GAMETYPE," then "PLAYERS," then "PING." The server list will be sorted by the fastest ping, then the servers with the fewest players, then the gametype.
Clicking a category more than once will keep its position as
the primary sorting criteria, but will change the sorting order.
After cycling through all available sort types, clicking the category a final time will remove it from the sorting. Each criteria has specific behavior with one or two clicks, as listed:
Favorite Server: Display only favorites, or only non-favorites.
Password Enabled: Display only locked server, or only unlocked servers.
Dedicated Server: Display only Dedicated servers, or only Listen servers.
Punkbuster Enabled: Display only PB-enabled servers, or only PB-
disabled servers.
Server Name: Sort server names A to Z, or Z to A.
Ping: Sort by ping Low to High, or High to Low.
Players: Sort by Players High to Low, High to Low (non-full), Low to High, or Low to High (non-empty).
Gametype: Sort by Deathmatch, Team DM, Tournament, CTF, or Arena CTF.
Map: Sort by map CTF1 to DM9, or DM9 to CTF1.

- The Game Browser now displays more than 1000 servers.
- Fixed a problem with the refresh time on the Game Browser.
- Added a Game Browser filter for full or empty servers.
- Players can now connect to a server while the Game Browser is refreshing.
- Game Browser sorting will display the correct server information without the need to refresh the list.
- Clicking anywhere on the scrollbar except the button itself will advance a page up or down instead of shifting to that position.
- Non-full server sorting now disregards full servers.
- Game Browser hover window updates when sort order is changed.
- Fixed a Game Browser slowdown issue with high numbers of servers.
- Added Game Browser server list scrolling with the mousewheel, keyboard arrows up/down, and keyboard Page Up/Page Down.
- The Game Browser hover window will only appear when mousing over a highlighted server.
- Sorting by server name will now ignore colored names, brackets, etc.

MULTIPLAYER:
- The dedicated server window will now be titled with the si_name setting instead of "Quake 4".

Post by **Foo** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:16 pm

Holeh crap

Post by **[TJD]Rico** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:23 pm

With the emphasis on crap, as I noted in the other thread. =)

Post by **PARALYZER_** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:37 pm

A little disappointed about the fix list (I think there are things more important than the game browser).

At least I can put my cd away since the cd check seems to be gone now

Post by **^misantropia^** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:16 pm

The official iD Bittorrent tracker with the patch and SDK for both Linux and Windows:

http://zerowing.idsoftware.com:6969/

Post by **Foo** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:34 pm

Added that link in preference to my own tracker. No sense to having 2 trackers for the same file.

Post by **{uZa}FreakOfNature** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:41 pm

Since the other thread was locked:

This is a joke right? They just decided not to mention the "Under the hood" stuff I hope. If downloading of maps in game is STILL broken I'm gonna scream.

Post by **Foo** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:45 pm

Depends. This patch might be the small fixes they had time to do. Better to release a small patch than store all the small fixes up for a bigger patch later?

Post by **Lenard** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:23 pm

The fuck?

Post by **Lenard** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:27 pm

How does the SDK look? Anyone?

Post by **jester!** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:30 pm

Foo wrote:Depends. This patch might be the small fixes they had time to do. Better to release a small patch than store all the small fixes up for a bigger patch later?

Sure, as long as they are all backward compatibly as this one was.

Still waiting on a .plan of some kind personally. Actually thats not true, I am waiting to get home and see if there are any fixes which I can find quickly, then I will be waiting for the mod teams to do their thing...

Anything worthwhile will undoubtably break backwards compatability, as is I wont even download this patch as I dont use the ingame browser anyway, like most people who play the game I would expect.

It is good for new bodies though, but will they even find the patch?

I wont even complain about my normal issues, FPS, sound, shoddy console, which I now expect is unsupported = not going to fix?, but instead will mention 2 critical things.

1. You cannot connect to a server you do not have all the files for.
2. You cannot autodownload said files.

The community can and will improve this game exponentionally, however haveing those 2 things happen gives everyone, especially the new blood to the game, a quick kick to the sack.

Either way ill say again. Thanks for the SDK.

Post by **TTK-Bandit** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:47 pm

coool

some mirrors:

http://www.death-row.org/quake4_1_0_4_patch.exe
http://www.death-row.org/quake4/quake4- ... .5.x86.run
http://www.death-row.org/quake4_1.0_sdk.exe
http://www.death-row.org/quake4/quake4- ... dk.x86.run

Post by **[TJD]Rico** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:48 pm

http://www.idsoftware.com/

We are also working on a larger, required update that will address a broader range of reported issues in both multiplayer and single player.

Phew!

Post by **Psyche911** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:10 pm

PARALYZER_ wrote:At least I can put my cd away since the cd check seems to be gone now

Now that's handy.

We are also working on a larger, required update that will address a broader range of reported issues in both multiplayer and single player.

As long as that fixes the crash to desktop issue, along with the way Quake 4 keeps shutting down and starting up when trying to connect to some servers (I assume it's got something to do with not having "mod" game files) than I'm happy. After that they can just tweak performance and netcode and some small things like autodownload (I honestly hate it, filling up my directory with files I don't want).

Post by **o'dium** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:16 pm

How about hey fix the editor just randomly NOT saving your work after it tells you it has, thus forcing you to lose the past 97 hours of work?

Post by **Psyche911** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:00 pm

- Copied map files can now be overwritten/deleted without quitting first.

o'dium, could that have something to do with it? If I'm understanding this fix right, it makes me believe before the fix "Saving" with the same file name wouldn't overwrite the old file. Sounds like it could be your same problem. Does it not?

Post by **R00k** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:18 pm

[TJD]Rico wrote:http://www.idsoftware.com/

We are also working on a larger, required update that will address a broader range of reported issues in both multiplayer and single player.
Phew!

Thank god for that! :icon14:

And thanks for the patch and SDK, Raven. :icon14:

Post by **PieceMaker** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:50 pm

R00k wrote:Thank god for that! :icon14:

And thanks for the patch and SDK, Raven. :icon14:

I second that one!!!

Downloads and ready's to install @ home

Post by **Oeloe** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:39 am

Probably the fastest mirror available (5 mirrors actually): http://www.planetquake4.net/download.ph ... d&lid=2229

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:30 am

gg. too bad its so focused on the browser though. but its all good :icon14:

Post by **[TJD]Rico** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:08 am

Yeah, I have to wait less time to find that no one's playing CTF on any servers near me. \o/

My mod's coming along nicely. I made it write "Hello world" to my console...

Post by **o'dium** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:46 am

Psyche911 wrote:
- Copied map files can now be overwritten/deleted without quitting first.
o'dium, could that have something to do with it? If I'm understanding this fix right, it makes me believe before the fix "Saving" with the same file name wouldn't overwrite the old file. Sounds like it could be your same problem. Does it not?

Aye it does.

And I like the sound of it

However, somebody needs to tell them its nto just maps, its everything. Even editing particles, i can come back to one i saved before with editFx and guess what? "Hi, all your changes you made were great! But we just lied about saving them, so your back to square one!"

AHHAH"H"H""!!"£!"£!£!"£!"£!"FISH!¬!J!"J!

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:58 pm

ok so with all the browser changes they made, they still didnt add a "stop" button, nor does the browser save the pinged list after you join a server or do whatever outside the browser.
werent these 2 of the biggest annoyances of the q3 browser?

Post by **Oeloe** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:07 am

MKJ wrote:ok so with all the browser changes they made, they still didnt add a "stop" button, nor does the browser save the pinged list after you join a server or do whatever outside the browser.
werent these 2 of the biggest annoyances of the q3 browser?

You mean those thing weren't included in Q3 earlier ("because Q3 says press space to stop" now)?

Post by **MidnightQ4** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:47 am

what no map download fix? rofl