Q3E Minimizer 1.50 out with Q4 support

Post by **Oeloe** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:43 pm

I've been craving for a new version of this brilliant little program, and here it is: http://quake4.filefront.com/file/Q3E_Minimizer;50235

The mirros don't work for me except the Belgian one (with http:// in front instead of ftp://)
:icon10: http://ftp.games.skynet.be/pub/www.file ... er_150.zip

The D3 and Q4 support isn't flawless yet, so v 1.51 is expected quite soon.

Post by **_borsdy** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:33 pm

ftw! I loved this thing for CoD and SoF2

Thanks.

Post by **catphone** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:33 pm

it only can used once from quake 4 switch to desktop

Post by **Oeloe** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:31 pm

catphone wrote:it only can used once from quake 4 switch to desktop

Just press alt+tab first and then ctrl+z. Works perfectly.

Post by **PARALYZER_** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:20 pm

What does this program actually do?

Post by **jester!** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:44 pm

I am going to guess, without reading any links, that it minimizes q4 properly... :icon28:

Post by **catphone** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:59 pm

Oeloe wrote:
catphone wrote:it only can used once from quake 4 switch to desktop
Just press alt+tab first and then ctrl+z. Works perfectly.

OK,it worked now,but I must opend a folder before it ,is it my problem?!it seems not perfect.and it always appear an errors after game quit or re-enter game.my friends have the same problem,plz fix the bug

Post by **Oeloe** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:52 pm

Ok, 'works perfectly' wasn't the right choice of words. :icon32: But it works anyway and a next version is on the way.

Post by **PARALYZER_** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 5:25 pm

jester! wrote:I am going to guess, without reading any links, that it minimizes q4 properly... :icon28:

Yeah I figured that one out hehe.

Just can't believe that this game needs a program to be minimized properly.

Post by **ensiform** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:01 pm

... wtf? i hate playing in windowed mode so mimimizers are good.

Post by **Oeloe** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:12 pm

PARALYZER_ wrote:Just can't believe that this game needs a program to be minimized properly.

How did you minimize Q3 then?

I wouldn't know how to but luckily i found Q3E Minimizer so i've always been able to quickly minimize Q3, move a map into baseq3 or even google and dl one quickly before a map change on a server. I minimize to answer someone at msn mostly though. Extremely convenient never having to go to windowed mode. :icon14:

Post by **PARALYZER_** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:38 pm

Hello Oeloe,

I am not saying this program is not good. What I meant was it's just sad that Q3 or Q4 couldn't not have this out of the box

I would love to try this program myself. When is the Q4 version coming?

Post by **ensiform** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:01 am

q3 and up purposely has alt tab disabled in fullscreen mode.

Post by **Oeloe** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:27 am

PARALYZER_ wrote:Hello Oeloe,

I am not saying this program is not good. What I meant was it's just sad that Q3 or Q4 couldn't not have this out of the box

I would love to try this program myself. When is the Q4 version coming?

I don't know many games that have handy a minimize function... But v 1.50 does support Q4, that's why i made this thread.

The alt+tab problem will probably be solved in v 1.51. Just check out that site for updates (many other interesting things there btw, like a Q3 sound pack for Q4).

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:23 pm

wtf...

all you do is press alt + enter to run q4 in windowed mode, then press console to get back the focus of your mouse in windoze, i actually rather like the minimising capabilites of quake. you can do two things at once. When you're done just make it fullscreen again.

Post by **Fjoggs** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:39 pm

alt-enter takes ages on my machine.

Post by **Oeloe** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:23 pm

Fjoggs wrote:alt-enter takes ages on my machine.

As it does on most people's machines, and with Q3 as well as Q4. Alt+enter is for the noobs.

phantasmagoria wrote:i actually rather like the minimising capabilites of quake.

Quake has no minimizing capabilities. Just full-screen and windowed mode.

Post by **Oeloe** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:29 pm

1.51 is out, but it doesn't work anymore on my system.

http://quake4.filefront.com/file/Q3E_Minimizer;50572

Does this version work for you? Seems to me like TiM broke the main functionality by fixing some bugs...

Post by **ensiform** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:57 pm

so did he make it so u dont need to do alt-tab with d3/q4 anymore? and whats with that message saying it cant register the hotkeys even when i have nothing else running :S

Alt + T
Ctrl + T

Post by **Oeloe** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:14 pm

He supposedly removed the necessity of alt+tab for D3/Q4, but it doesn't minimize Q4 at all here anymore. :icon7: So i'm back to v 1.50.

Post by **NitrousFlare** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:10 pm

..does for me, but my gamma is still messed up

Post by **ensiform** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:09 am

thats your gfx card fking up. and the fact that your game gamma is r_gamma higher than 1.0.

Post by **NitrousFlare** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:40 am

ensiform wrote:thats your gfx card fking up. and the fact that your game gamma is r_gamma higher than 1.0.

my gfx card isn't fucked up.

my gamma is higher than normal,but i have a gammafix program, all i do, is click it, and it's fixed.

Post by **Oeloe** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:23 am

NitrousFlare wrote:my gamma is higher than normal, but i have a gammafix program, all i do, is click it, and it's fixed.

I've asked TiM (author of Q3E Minimizer) to include a gamma fix feature. Hopefully he will read my comments this time.

Post by **Oeloe** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:39 am

NitrousFlare wrote:..does for me, but my gamma is still messed up

It works with Q4 on your system? :icon28: Damn. Ctrl+Z refuses to do anything here in Q4, while it works in Q3.