I reached a wall that seems impossible to jump over, so I was banging my head on it hoping I will break trough.
So I took a break, about a week, played Quake 2 to take my mind off my project.
After a week I came back, solved the issue and did even more than I planned.
Feels good man.
There's something awesome about finding secrets, especially in these older games. Truly a time capsule speaking of its era. There's just something magical about it.
@atomicpoet Their Voodoo cards made Quake II a lot more fun.
Quake 2 Ported to Apple Watch - DOOM always seems to spontaneously appear on any new device the day it’s released.... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/06/quake-2-ported-to-apple-watch/ #touchcontrols #applewatch #quake2 #games #build #quake #xcode #mac
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Quake II (until the remaster) ran at a 10hz internal tick rate. Playing at a smooth 60 FPS means that 5 of every 6 frames displayed are interpolated, and that there could be up to 100 ms of lag (avg of 50 ms) added to any other types of lag introduced by input or video output. Classic DOOM and DOOM II ran at a 35hz tick rate.
It makes sense that for playing online in the early internet days a slow tick rate plays better, but wow. #Quake2
Just like with #Quake, I'm delving into #Quake2 as someone, who never played it before. Germany wasn't a very kind place to be as an id Software fan in the 90's. Basically every single one of their releases up until #Doom3 got indexed - and after that slipped through, they indexed Resurrection of Evil, too.
Do you have any interest in playing modern PC games on a CRT monitor?
Check out my Steam Curator group, we review games and provide information about how well they support 4:3 resolutions. Just updated today with a review for the #Quake2 remaster!
#steam #crtgaming #crt #retrogaming #retrocomputing #throwbackthursday
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43078746-Does-it-4-3/
Quake II re-released for modern platforms just now! $9.99
By Nightdive Studios who did the excellent Quake 1 port.
PlayStation:
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10005715
Xbox:
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/quake-ii/9P7L9H478GGV
Switch:
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fan of ice hockey (#anaheimducks) + automobile racing (#f1 #indycar #wec)
loves electronic music, especially #trance + #dnb #drumandbass
an automobile enthusiast who hates car-centric infrastructure #urbanplanning
video gamer · fixated on #stardewvalley · former #quake2, #quakelive + #granturismo player
aspiring polyglot, currently studying #francais
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