There's more map sites than you can shake a stick at here on PQ, if you like doing that sort of thing. And our two most recent additions are Digital1 and Ingenuity! Digital1 is a site with upcoming conversions of your favorite original Quake maps. Ingenuity is your repository for original Quake, Quake 2, and Q3A maps. Check them both out today! archive / submit It's Map Week here on the Planet! Every day this week the PQ staff is featuring their favorite maps, with packs for you to download. We'll be capping off the week with chats with id's Robert Duffy and Dave "Zoid" Kirsch. Check out today's map pack: Lithium Quake 2! What happened this past week on PQ...do YOU know? You'd better, because there'll be a quiz later. Find out what happened this week and get the scoop on the Question of the Damned in the PQ in Review!   Monday, February 7, 2000 ��� Blast Chamber Final Quake II News | 2/7/2000 | 17:26 PST - Pappy-R Tonight sees the final realease for one of the coolest Q2 Mods to come down the pipe, Blast Chamber. The biggest additions are the two new maps, BCMorden and BCRocks. Also, there are now four different blast effects: Nuke, Shockwave, Napalm, and Poison Gas. In addition, four new powerups are available (Blast Damage, Power Screen, Invisibility, and Fallout). DM and Teamplay are fully working, and all known bugs are squashed. There will be bug squashing if any show up, but this Mod is considered done and shipped complete. Kind of a sad and happy day all in one. What's this team going to do now? Well you must have heard of Milieu. Another Op for Level Designers Community News | 2/7/2000 | 17:05 PST - Pappy-R Eric Biessman of Raven Software, and lead on Soldier of Fortune, has just updated his .plan file with another opportunity for mappers. Raven is hiring and this snippet rings home around these parts. Raven Software is looking for several talented and experienced level designers to join our team. We are looking for highly motivated, creative and skilled people who have experience with the Quake technology in any form (Heretic 2, Half-Life, Quake 1-3, SiN). The abillity to adapt is a strong plus, and any background in code or scripting will go a long way. At this time we can only accept applications from people who live inside the continental United States. The position is a full time one and it requires that you move to Madison, WI. For more info go right to the man's .plan file update Quake III Screensaver Quake III Arena News | 2/7/2000 | 16:08 PST - Pappy-R A very cool Quake III Screensaver is out and about that really looks great. It contains 11 pics and works quite well in Win 98. The author is also looking for someone to test it in Win 2K. Team 3 Grabs Help Community News | 2/7/2000 | 15:00 PST - Pappy-R Rumour has it that the gang from Team 3 has kidnapped acclaimed level guru Ian "smeghead" Marks, and has chained him to a low grade computer to produce Quake levels for the upcomng Team 3 projects. It's either that, or "smeghead" joined on his own. You could too if you have what Team 3 is looking for. They're currently looking to grab..err take on some texture artists, so drop by the site for more details. Levels of the Week Community News | 2/7/2000 | 12:56 PST - Pappy-R Three new Levels of the Week from the "big fuzzy" this week. Quake 1 gets two punches with Vigil of the Night for some ogre slapping single player fun, and Hyperalgesie for some DM trouncing. Last but not least is our Quake III offering. You must have heard about Quake3: Addiction, cause it's been a hot item ever since it broke onto the web. That's another sweet load of levels for you all, so get to checking out the PQ Levels of the Week before they're all sold out. Q3Tools Front End Quake III Arena News | 2/7/2000 | 12:28 PST - Pappy-R Masher's Q3Tools Front End has been updated to v1.52. This GUI for the q3map.exe and bspc.exe aims to make life easier and quicker for mappers doing those Quake III projects. Pics and info can be seen at Masher's page. Thnx Gecko. New Beryllium Build Quake III Arena News | 2/7/2000 | 12:07 PST - Pappy-R The latest build of the Beryllium Mod for Quake III has all the fetures from it's past and added voting limits to restrict what clients are allowed to change. Also added is a new "moderator" admin level to give some admin functions to specific users without giving total power. ModMaker GUI Quake III Arena News | 2/7/2000 | 11:48 PST - Pappy-R The DOS NewMod by Warzone has been taken to the next step and is now called ModMaker by Crowdpleazer. This latest verion now has a frontend (GUI) for creating and tracking Quake III Mods. Grey Liotta at The Big House Quake III Arena News | 2/7/2000 | 11:14 PST - Pappy-R The latest Quake III level to get time in The Big House is JVOX's Gray Liotta. All high tech and polished, this one looks great for some FFA frags, so drop by The Big House for the full scoop. PQ Map Week Kick Off Community News | 2/7/2000 | 10:34 PST - Pappy-R I've been waiting for this for a while now. It's the big kick off for Map Week here at PlanetQuake. My motto is "nothing freshens up a game as quick as a new level" and we're gonna freshen up your Quaking like crazy this week. To kick it all off, we have our first PQ Map Pack submitted by that little tech-monster, Love2Play. Her choice was easy ,and she gives us her fave five Quake 2 Maps for Lithium play. The PQ staff will be giving you their choice Map Packs for all the Quakes and covering some popular play styles all week long. There's going to be plenty more treats as well and you can start to get primed up for the Thursday and Friday night chats we have planned. How would you like to ask what you will of such people as Robert Duffy and Dave "Zoid" Kirsch of id Software. More on that as the time draws near and more surpirises to come this week so stay close, cause you won't want to miss a beat as "the big fuzzy" kicks Map Week into gear. Quake III Lightning Gun Quake III Arena News | 2/7/2000 | 7:59 PST - Pappy-R All those that remember the underwater fun of the Quake 1 lightning gun, raise your hands. Well the House of Hard Havoc remembers, and has made the code for the same effect in Quake III. The code is available for server and client and is open source, so remember where ya got it. For those that are still scratching your heads on what effect I'm talking about, the classic Quake lightning gun, if discharged underwater would kill you and whoever was around. Banner Tutorial Quake III Arena News | 2/7/2000 | 7:53 PST - Pappy-R Tutorial #47 is up at Q-Workshop 3 today and this one will help you put those cool hanging banners and flags into your Q3A level. Q-Workshop 3 is one hot source for Quake III mapping tutorials, and with that many posted, you're sure to find something you need. Admin Central Grand Opening Community News | 2/7/2000 | 7:04 PST - Pappy-R Those that found Anitbotics to be an indispensable resource can now look to a broader, brighter future, with the change to Admin Central. Now focusing on all it takes to admin games servers, rather than just cheat smashing, you'll get what you were used to and more. To kick off the new look and mission, Admin Central has an interview with Chris "Cat" Scarvell of Fragstats, on what you should look for in a stats utility. Admin Central is going to be the site to watch and use to make sure the servers are the best they can be. John Carmack Interview Community News | 2/7/2000 | 6:47 PST - Pappy-R The Interview with John Carmack at the FiringSquad gets into more of what makes a person like John, rather than being about any one game. His background, his work ethic, and even his recent marriage come alive in this lenghty and interesting, Part 1 of the Interview.   Sunday, February 6, 2000 ��� InstaGib+ Source Released Quake III Arena News | 2/6/2000 | 21:38 PST - Pappy-R The source code for the Quake III Mod, InstaGib+ has been released to the public. Remember, if you use it, do the right thing and credit the author. Arches Tutorial Quake III Arena News | 2/6/2000 | 17:39 PST - Pappy-R Addition #26 to the mapping tutorials at Quake3Mods.net gives you the smack on making arches in Quake III levels. You need'em, you want'em, now you can make them on your own. WARground for Quake III Quake III Arena News | 2/6/2000 | 17:02 PST - Pappy-R A new Mod for Quake III is on the go with their first release. WARground for Q3A is a teamplay Mod with votable options, weapon and item dropping coupled with competition style settings and stats, this one looks good. More GLQuake Quake News | 2/6/2000 | 16:38 PST - Pappy-R The Unofficial GLQuake is another project spawned from the release of the Quake engine. This is an update to the GLQuake we all know and love, and has reached version 1.10. Here's some features included in this release: - ARB_multitexture. - Bug-fixed shadows. - OpenGL fog. - Quake2-style sky rendering. - Added distance attenuated flickering flares to torches. - Added some console variables for controling new additions. - Revised Options menu. - Increased particle density. - Misc fixes/additions to original source. - Created new MSVC 6.0 project file. - Revised source directory structure. Gameart Re-Opens Community News | 2/6/2000 | 16:26 PST - Pappy-R All shiny and new for Y2K, Gameart is back with the eye candy we all need. A great place to grab some treats for your desktop, or get some tips on your budding talents, Gameart is the show piece for some great talent. Equilibrium Q3A v0.5 Beta Quake III Arena News | 2/6/2000 | 15:54 PST - Pappy-R The second public beta for the Quake III Equilibrium Mod is out. Version 0.2 of this Mod brings percentage scoring to four play types. Drop by the AZ Development page for complete details and scoring breakdowns. PQ in Review Community News | 2/6/2000 | 15:20 PST - Pappy-R And now a big round of applause for the PQ in Review by "that guy who's name I won't mention". This is a very cool edition of the PQ in Review and you'll see not only the features you missed but "that guy" also started giving a recap of the new sites to the PQ family. Read this one closely for some very big news about what we have planned next week, and no I won't be going "nekkid" cause the bucks weren't quite there. I'm not too pleased with "that guy that does the PQ in Review", since he keeps hitting us with Questions of the Damned, making Hellchick and I pick just one answer and he wimps out and picks two. So make double sure you check out this week's PQ in Review, even though "that guy" wrote it. :) Reincarnation Maps and Mod Quake News | 2/6/2000 | 14:20 PST - Pappy-R A nice big gift from GeN's has been released, and if you're still banging in classic Quake, then today's your lucky day. Reincarnation is the name of the treat and it comes with five DM levels featuring new textures, innovative layouts and tactical elements that will make this a fresh breeze. Reincarnation is more than just maps and comes with a Quake 1 server Mod that's loaded with features as well. Here's some of what the Mod will give you: -huge amount of options for regular quake like damage zones, player id, sudden death, ... -new game modes like hunter hunted dm, shamblerhead dm, teammatch, and many more -item managment (items can be toggled on/off) -many new teamplay options / overall enhanced teamplay -source code included There's alot more to check out as you download this one, so get hoofin' it over to GeN's. Equim's HUD Quake III Arena News | 2/6/2000 | 10:55 PST - Pappy-R A new adjustable HUD can be snagged from Equim's Emporium for a new look in Quake III. You can move some info to the crosshair area, add a scoreboard, and even center view the weapons (except rail). Take a peek and give it a try if you need some adjustments. Q3ASE v0.2 Quake III Arena News | 2/6/2000 | 9:47 PST - Pappy-R The Quake III shader editing utility, Q3ASE has just released a new version (0.2). New in the latest release is: Much improved file loading : correct handling of alpha channel; stable loading of large JPEGs; workaround for the Q3A jpg/tga extension bug; realtime preview in the texture browser; option to add pakfiles as well as directories Full support for alphaGen, $lightmap, $whiteimage, alphaFunc Tool assists in checking shader validity : missing lightmaps, correct detail textures Easy shuffling around of layers Preview window supports 32bit bitdepths A few bugfixes QIC's Level Load Community News | 2/6/2000 | 8:13 PST - Pappy-R Over the past couple days, the QIC has been pumping out those full featured level reviews. Quake 2 single player and Quake III levels abound with a full range of quality and scores. Drop by the QIC to freshen up your game, with SP or DM flavours. Tips and Tricks Community News | 2/6/2000 | 6:50 PST - Pappy-R A couple sweet features that popped up at "the big fuzzy" to help you cope with your Quaking woes or teach you to do something new are the Q3A Server Setup Guide and the latest edition of the Tech Tips Mailbag. Both of these are great sources of info. While the the Q3A Server Setup Guide gives you info on a specific project, your Quake III server, Tech Tips Mailbag answers all kinds of questions from readers. Proving once again that PQ is here to help. Get Them Gunz Quake III Arena News | 2/6/2000 | 6:33 PST - Pappy-R Another big release is from Earn a Weapon, and it's the first public beta of their Capture The Gunz! Mod for Quake III: Arena. CtG is a teamplay Mod that makes control of spawn points all important for weapons supply and points scoring. Scoop this new treat and "grab them gunz". Freeze Tag for Q3A Quake III Arena News | 2/6/2000 | 6:03 PST - Pappy-R The popular Mod for Quake 2 now has a jump start for Quake III. The first beta for Q3A Freeze Tag is out and ready to go. Freeze Tag Q3A uses a new cool entity shader and has it's own GameSpy 3D tab included. Not all of the Mod's features are implemented in this beta (of course), but you'll still have a blast with putting the chill on your friends. New Half Dozen at LvL Quake III Arena News | 2/6/2000 | 5:57 PST - Pappy-R Need a new level? Give LvL - Q3A a minute and you'll see six new additions to the list of maps to grab and comment on. Take your pick from this list and give it what you think it deserves. * wdf by WEB DESIGN FACTORY (DM 3-8 player) * Sin City by Jon (DM/Tourney 2-4 player) * The Catacombs of Pain by ZFX (DM 5-10 player) * The Vault by Lizardman and BugBear (Tourney 2 player) * the Asylum of Remorse by death chicken (DM 4-8 player) * Postmodern by Matija Micin (DM 3-10 player)   Saturday, February 5, 2000 ��� FvF Weapons Skinning Tutorial Quake III Arena News | 2/5/2000 | 18:29 PST - Pappy-R Part II in the weapons skinning tutorial at FvF is up and aimed at 3D Studio Max users. Learn to make your new toy shine, with this new lesson from a team with some very impressive weapons of their own. Q3Fortress Screen Bonanza Quake III Arena News | 2/5/2000 | 18:24 PST - Pappy-R It's almost like a sale was on over at Q3Fortress for Quake III. They've added 19 new pics to the pile in weapons, maps and player classes categories. Everything that we've seen from this Mod so far has been sweet, so give'em a peek. Another Gloomy Review Quake II News | 2/5/2000 | 16:16 PST - Pappy-R The Gloom Awakening is really getting into their new level review task. The second review is in and this one for Bug Ports by Bidmix. If you're a freak for this Mod, you have to check out this map. New Java MD3 Viewer Beta Quake III Arena News | 2/5/2000 | 16:04 PST - Pappy-R The Java MD3 Model Viewer has released a new beta version, 1.2.3 in an update. Here's the list of changes and additions: Fixed searchForPath method not able to deal with backslash bug. First command line argument can now also be a directory. This way you can tell the program on startup from which directory files should initially be loaded. Fixed .obj texture coordinate export and face orientation problems. Added background color selection functionality using the JColorChooser class. Looping frames are now used correctly during animation. The last 'looping number' frames of the animation are repeated, the first few frames are only played once. Integrated an MD3 save function and import 3DS function (disabled for now because it's not finished yet), both written by Donald Gray. The 'save screenshot' functionality now makes use of the LittleEndianDataOutputStream class that Donald Gray contributed. Q3A Head Hunter Teaser Quake III Arena News | 2/5/2000 | 15:19 PST - Pappy-R Pop some corn and slide over to Now Playing to check out some Head Hunters Q3 action. All done in first person and just under 2 1/2 minutes on your RealPlayer. Skull-sicles look just yummy. More Q3Offline Quake III Arena News | 2/5/2000 | 11:32 PST - Pappy-R A couple fixes and adjustments bring you Q3Offline version 00.02.05.00. This utility is really filling out with bot server options, Mod options and tweaks. Check out Q3Offline for more than just the same old Q3A. Q3A Modlauncher v2.5 Quake III Arena News | 2/5/2000 | 10:29 PST - Pappy-R The Modlauncher utility for Quake III has just gone to version 2.5. New to the latest build is map selection, game type, and the "pure" server option has been included. Focus On Levels with Xcalibur Community News | 2/5/2000 | 9:36 PST - Pappy-R It's all about the levels at Focus On Levels, and Redchurch takes it to Bobby "Xcalibur" Pavlock of Rogue Entertainment for some inside info. This interview goes for the goods on what rocked, what changes in the games have added the most, and what we should/could look forward to in the VR worlds we all love. Bid for Power Update Quake III Arena News | 2/5/2000 | 8:22 PST - Pappy-R The Quake III project DBZ: Bid for Power has released some pics of the skins for the "Vegetta" model. This rounds out the images section nicely, so drop by to keep tabs on this crew. One Night in the Big House Quake III Arena News | 2/5/2000 | 7:53 PST - Pappy-R Today's visit to The Big House will net you a review of smeghead's One Night Stand. This level hasn't been out that long, so if you have yet to check it out, drop by The Big House to get a good look at it first. Yes, then you'll grab it and play it.

Buy Quake III QuakeFinger � Graeme Devine 2/3 Tim Willits 2/3 Todd H. 2/2 Robert Duffy 1/31 Christian Antkow 1/12 .plan summary � Site of the Day � Mod on Demand is your one stop mod shop! � New on PQ � Map Pack #1: Lithium 2/7 PQ in Review 2/6 TechMailbag 2/5 Guide: Setting up a Q3A Server 2/4 Mailbag 2/4 � Site Updates � Blast Chamber: 2/7, 16:59 Final Version Released! The 6th Floor: 2/7, 15:50 Texture Tutorial-Suren Pillay Team 3: 2/7, 13:02 New Guy -- Artists Wanted! Beryllium: 2/7, 11:22 A new build has been created The Big House: 2/7, 09:40 Q3 Review: "Gray Liotta" The Q.I.C.: 2/6, 06:04 Review, reviews, reviews! Antibotics: 2/6, 04:31 Admin Central moves in.... Gloom Awakening: 2/5, 15:50 Map Review: BugPorts Killer's Maps: 2/5, 10:07 MKLOG news Shellshock's Crater: 2/5, 08:34 Q3Offline new release Riding the Rocket: 2/2, 18:15 New Tricks Arena; Weeklies up Renegade: 2/2, 16:06 New Level for Q3 �