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I'm not sure if this release is a good thing or bad thing for me haha
I'm still playing ut99 GOTY with my son (yeah, I'm that old)... and nothing else matterrrrrrrrrrrr
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Yeah, I couldn't really get into UT2004. Not sure what it was that bugged me since it was so long ago. But I played a lot of UT99 and I was doing it on a 28.8 modem.
I think the tone of of UT2004 was slightly sillier than UT99 and the guns felt .. fatter? I'm definitely looking at this with some nostalgia but UT99 will always be my favorite shooter
I'm still playing ut99 GOTY with my son (yeah, I'm that old)... and nothing else matterrrrrrrrrrrr
After a particularly shitty day on the helpdesk there was nothing quite like loading up Facing Worlds, jimmying team balancing so it was 8v1 and then holding off the ensuing rush of bots for a half hour with a sniper rifle.
And wine made it playable on FreeBSD which was quite something to behold.
Especially when my friend launched it on the 256 color, literal X term I had at home. Solid 0.2 FPS over the network.
Do they have access to the source code then?
The code was floating around the Internet some years back, and was probably privately shared much sooner. I just wish these groups making fan-made builds would share at least patches, so they don't become gatekeepers and others could build on their work.
Do they have access to the source code then?
The code was floating around the Internet some years back, and was probably privately shared much sooner. I just wish these groups making fan-made builds would share at least patches, so they don't become gatekeepers and others could build on their work.
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Haha realistic... reminds me that one of my favorite mods back in the day was Action Quake which was more action movie styled and less realistic. Last second sideways jumps in and out of the way were its claim to fame, imo.
> which was more action movie styled and less realistic Another HL mod I remember fondly in similar veins is "The Specialists". If I remember correctly, it came out around the same time as The Matrix, and had all the fun moves like running on walls in slowmo, jumping forward/sideways and shooting in slowmo, and lots of other stuff. I think I recall it being possible to play both in 1st and 3rd person too, something t…
Also had a strange RPG community entirely separate from the main game… funny how these random subcultures evolve in unexpected places.
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Counter-Strike 1.6 (and other Goldsrc based games) greatly benefited from AMX Mod X's scripting capabilities. I miss the days where people were playing modded servers. Obscuring server browser and/or not allowing self-hosting dedicated servers killed modding in modern games. A real shame. https://www.amxmodx.org/
And it was literally just so they could skinnerbox people and sell skins. I still remember when if you wanted a skin you just downloaded it and could put it on your server and anyone who joined would download and use it. People running their own stuff makes DLC/lootcrate/cosmetics unviable and I do think a huge part of the "server" finding stuff is to algorithmically put you in situations you are likely to win/lose a…
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I was going to say this. It's not a well-balanced map gameplay-wise, but the grand scale of it back in the day was very awe-inspiring.
I think most UT99 maps were balanced for chaos. Different types of chaos depending on the mode and the map. But they were genuinely all great. I don't remember hating any map in particular.
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Counter-Strike 1.6 (and other Goldsrc based games) greatly benefited from AMX Mod X's scripting capabilities. I miss the days where people were playing modded servers. Obscuring server browser and/or not allowing self-hosting dedicated servers killed modding in modern games. A real shame. https://www.amxmodx.org/
My favorite server which I think is dead by now, Dead Man Standing was a low gravity CS 1.6 server, no footstep noises, but there was a hook you could use to maneuver the low gravity, and the hook made noise, it was really something with those CS mouse maps. That was peak CS for me, I never saw anyone come close to the quality of that server. DMS I will always miss you.