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afortier

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Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« on: February 28, 2007, 08:15:28 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?
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afortier

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2007, 08:27:23 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.
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Smokey

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2007, 08:32:32 PM »
Why would it need a key when q2 is open source.
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afortier

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2007, 08:35:09 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.
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afortier

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2007, 09:19:54 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.
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jitspoe

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2007, 01:00:33 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.
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TinMan

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2007, 03:35:14 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.
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afortier

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2007, 09:18:32 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... :)
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KiLo

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2007, 10:57:42 AM »
Let's not revive topics! Okay? Good.
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y00tz

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2007, 11:59:50 AM »
Heh I was tracking Q2Enhanced's progress at SF.net, glad to know it's official dead. :P
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ViciouZ

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2007, 01:32:42 PM »
KiLo, I really don't see what's wrong with reviving topics if what you post is relevant, and you started the topic.
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Eiii

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2007, 02:12:34 PM »
Though it's relevant to the thread, it's not really relevant to Paintball2 itself...
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Cobo

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2007, 02:53:40 PM »
Still, its his own thread...
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P!nk

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« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2007, 04:40:30 PM »
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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2007, 08:37:22 PM »
What's an 'ice cream cone monkey nose' and WHY DID YOU TAKE MINE?!
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P!nk

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« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2007, 07:15:32 PM »
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Eiii

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2007, 07:22:12 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?!
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QueeNiE

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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2007, 07:57:37 PM »
It winked?
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Re: Starting Over - Quake 2 Enhanced
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2007, 08:11:23 PM »
Yaaaaaaaaaaay
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