Grappling Hook

[vpredoehl]

What's the key for the grappling hook on MacOS. I can't find it in the config anywhere. I only the hook wasn't available on Quake I on the Mac, so I hope they fixed that in Quake3.

[Massive Quasars]

For future reference, these questions generally belong in the Quake III discussion forum.

[MKJ]

hook has never been available in any out of the box quake

[vpredoehl]

It must be an addon feature. I've downloaded the freeze map and a lot of people have what looks like Mr. Lightning bolt, but it acts like the grappling hook. So you have to have XBox or something to get that? Is there something I can download to get it for MacOS X?

[Dark Metal]

Google, it's not just for searching porn.

[MKJ]

if a mod has the hook implemented, take a look at the readme file

most mods use "+button5" as their hook button. so if you open up your q3config.cfg and add

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bind x "+button5"

the x button will activate your hook in the mod.
all mods are crosscompatible btw, so it wont matter if youre using a Win or Mac machine

[vpredoehl]

I was using x to moveleft, so I tried using q (bind q "+button5"). It doesn't work though. I've been playing the freeze games if that helps. Can someone at least verify that the grappling hook works on MacOS?

[MKJ]

platform has nothing to do with it, quake runs on a virtual machine


nayways, from the freezetag readme;

seta g_grapple "0"
Freeze comes with a simple grapple. Turn it on here and then bind a key to "+button5" to use. This grapple actually came with Quake3. They did not have it on though to preserve map flow.

have you tried the button5 on a server where youve seen other people use the hook? it only works if the server admin allows it..

[vpredoehl]

yeah!! it works now. I was editing the wrong q3config file.

I remember in Quake I we configed the grapple for 'q'. You would hit 'q' once and then press and hold again to retract the line. Is there similar behavior in Q3. There doesn't seem to be for me, but I saw players using the grapple as an excape route by leaving the it extended and not retracting it.

[MKJ]

they prolly bound the thing to a mouse button for easy access and hold the key.

maybe it can be done with some scripting involved, e.g.

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set hookon "button5;set hooktog vstr hookoff"
set hookoff "-button5; set hooktog vstr hookon"
set hooktog "vstr hookon"
bind q "vstr hooktog"

im not sure if this works with the + commands though (like +moveup, +button5, +attack, et al).

[vpredoehl]

After reading my post, I should have said 'q' extends the hook, the pressing and holing 'q' again retracts it.

Anyway, I got it to work. What I really need now is to find a real mouse for playing Quake. Keyboard configuration for the hook doesn't seem to work for me. I posted a topic called "Shopping for a controller" in the Quake III Discussion forum about that.

Thanks. Now I can finally kill somebody!!

[MKJ]

oh. well.

ggs then!

[7zark7]

3wave.