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Title: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: afortier on February 28, 2007, 09:15:28 PM
Ok! I want this to be 100% legal, so I have to make the release rely on any end user having an authentic Quake II CD.

First of all, can I have permission to use the current build of Digital Paintball 2 in this project called Quake 2 Enhanced?

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Project notes: (thinkin' out loud)
To start off, I need to get all Quake II data in a read/write location for manipulation. I need to find the path to the Quake II CD in the registry.

In the registry path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CD
Burning\Current Media

the key named Disc Label has the value QUAKE2 when my authentic Quake II disc is inserted. I am using Windows XP so this method may not be good for all versions of Windows.

Any suggestions?
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: afortier on February 28, 2007, 09:27:23 PM
I will be using the batch language, since that is all I can comprehend at this point in my existence.

I am trying to use REG functions to get the path I need copied into a %q2man% path variable.
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: Smokey on February 28, 2007, 09:32:32 PM
Why would it need a key when q2 is open source.
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: afortier on February 28, 2007, 09:35:09 PM
The Quake II engine is open source, but the game content is not.

Does anyone know how to turn a registry key into a usable variable in batch?

I should do an advanced NSIS script for all of this.
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: afortier on February 28, 2007, 10:19:54 PM
darn, my help is not working so I can't view the documentation. Oh well, I'll just do everything but the data acquisition.
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: jitspoe on March 01, 2007, 02:00:33 PM
Um, why check for the CD?  CD checks are annoying, and somebody could just burn a copy anyway.  Also, what happens if you have one of those trilogy cd's what have Quake1-Quake3 on it?  Just let the game engine use whatever media is available.  Someone may want to use it with non-q2 media, too.
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: TinMan on March 01, 2007, 04:35:14 PM
CD checks = bad, I rip all my CDs to ISO's right away when I get them, my CD drive sucks enough as it is, trying to get it to work with scratched CDs is even more of a pain. Have it do what the icculus Quake 3 build does, check the media files (.pak) by hashes.
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: afortier on October 21, 2007, 11:18:32 AM
I, um... am working on Quake II Evolved and OverDose now over at Team Blur's place... I hope nobody feels betrayed or kicked in the guts... :)
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: KiLo on October 21, 2007, 12:57:42 PM
Let's not revive topics! Okay? Good.
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: y00tz on October 21, 2007, 01:59:50 PM
Heh I was tracking Q2Enhanced's progress at SF.net, glad to know it's official dead. :P
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: ViciouZ on October 21, 2007, 03:32:42 PM
KiLo, I really don't see what's wrong with reviving topics if what you post is relevant, and you started the topic.
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: Eiii on October 21, 2007, 04:12:34 PM
Though it's relevant to the thread, it's not really relevant to Paintball2 itself...
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: Cobo on October 21, 2007, 04:53:40 PM
Still, its his own thread...
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Post by: P!nk on October 21, 2007, 06:40:30 PM
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Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: Eiii on October 21, 2007, 10:37:22 PM
What's an 'ice cream cone monkey nose' and WHY DID YOU TAKE MINE?!
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Post by: P!nk on October 22, 2007, 09:15:32 PM
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Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: Eiii on October 22, 2007, 09:22:12 PM
Oh. That's... that's a beak.

Owlbear.

EDIT: HEY did you notice anything SUPER-AWESOME about my avatar as you were editing it?!
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: QueeNiE on October 22, 2007, 09:57:37 PM
It winked?
Title: Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
Post by: Eiii on October 22, 2007, 10:11:23 PM
Yaaaaaaaaaaay