Are you up to the Challenge?

[divVerent]

It looks like we'll release a minor update to 2.3 soon. No big changes will be in it, but this feature will be included, and the networking settings will be tuned.

Current change list:

Engine:

• optional new HUD (sbar_hudselector 1)
• new command r_glsl_dumpshader to assist with GLSL shader hacking
• fix crash in vorbis decoder for weird sampling rates
• timing debug info in status (see RBI servers)
• sv_rate and rate got increased
• lots of CSQC related fixes
• fix autosprite2
• fix integer overflow causing crashes in servers running for a long time
• new console parser now also expands variables inside double quotes, except for alias definitions; also, variable expansions insert a quoted value that can be safely used inside double quotes to keep a variable together. Allows copying cvars using set copyvar "$originalvar" even if ", \, space or ; were contained in the variable

Game code/content/config:

• sv_clmovement_waitforinput got reduced to 4 (previously 16) to reduce players sticking in air for some time
• IP banning got added, and kick votes now show who is going to be kicked/banned
• Domination support for reslimed
• cl_handicap feature
• very experimental bot_autoskill feature
• disable joystick by default
• impulse 99 now can teleport to a saved position

[shaggy]

These are the other maps I have tried.

Lavaflag - 18.6:
http://www.thenex.tk.googlepages.com/lavaflag_4.dem

MojoCTF - 2.9:
http://www.thenex.tk.googlepages.com/mojo_2.dem

Vitamea-v2 - 14.7:
http://www.thenex.tk.googlepages.com/vita_mia_1.dem

[Mirio]

Vitamea ( better )
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/1/1 ... mea_v2.dem

Egg... ( normal ,just laser)
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/1/1 ... dbacon.dem

[divVerent]

Vitamea ( better )
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/1/1 ... mea_v2.dem

Impressive, my best time was 12.55s, and I made the map... have to watch it.

Oh... you used laser boosting, I held the electro all the time to open the doors for me... maybe a combination of these two tactics can lead to a better time, but it will be really hard.

First attempt at combining was 11.75s, your time is 11.15s...
Now I got 11.55s... but I still got stuck at the turn just before the flag room. There must be a way... 11.35s and still stuck in that room... it must be possible... damn, my mouse is annoying me... YEAH, 10.75s and still beatable, But I gave up, weapon switches often don't happen when they should... so I am now posting my 10.75s (with impulse 99, however, so it may not count as valid, but as the run isn't perfect at all, it will be beaten anyway - my estimate is that 9.5s should be possible that way, maybe even 9.0): http://mensa.ath.cx/~polzer/temp/2007-0 ... mea_v2.dem

So, Mirio... can you now use this trick to improve your run, and get a time lower than ten seconds?

[divVerent]

• If a demo is uploaded, Please Provide the exact time of the capture. This will eliminate having to watch a demo all the way through.

Get tool called "strings" and "grep" (available on every Linux box, and contained in unxutils for win32 -> http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/) and then:

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rpolzer:~/.nexuiz/data/demos 14> strings 2007-07-07_13-02_vitamea_v2.dem | grep "curl\|captured"
        curl --clear_autodownload
curl --pak --forthismap --as vitamea-v2.pk3 --for maps/vitamea_v2.bsp http://www.nexuiz.com/contentdownload/getmap.php?file=vitamea-v2.pk3
curl --finish_autodownload
^3[^8RBI^3]^0You^8-^1Know^8-^3Who^7^7 captured the ^4BLUE^7 flag in 13.10 seconds
^3[^8RBI^3]^0You^8-^1Know^8-^3Who^7^7 captured the ^4BLUE^7 flag in 10.75, breaking the previous record of 13.10 seconds

You should also watch the curl commands so you see which map really was loaded... otherwise there may be a map change in the demo.

[shaggy]

Nice capture, i thought i had a good lead over most people, i was wrong =) i'll try to beat it soon, i don't think i will =)

[divVerent]

Just thinking whether I should make the teleport a separate cheat from impulse 99, and let it also return the flag you are carrying, so you can use it to abort a failed attempt...

or actually, committing exactly that now. It will be impulse 77.

Yes, it's coded now, http://mensa.ath.cx/~polzer/temp/2007-0 ... lspace.dem mentalspace 6.5s weapons.

[shaggy]

You should, but who is going to use it?

Div, with the model, sorry it's taking so long, it's because genegineer is using a different skeleton then the normal one.

[divVerent]

Source code patch for Impulse 77: http://mensa.ath.cx/~polzer/temp/impulse77.diff

pk3 containing the impulse 77 function with otherwise unmodified 2.3 progs.dat: http://mensa.ath.cx/~polzer/temp/impulse77.pk3

Just put this in your data directory, and you get a new "impulse 77" command for speedruns (only when sv_cheats is enabled of course), no other changes from 2.3. Someone please test it...

BTW, it can't be used to get a faster time, as it automatically returns the flag you are carrying.

[Mirio]

vitamea : exactly 10,750000 secs. with only laser. with the 3rd attempt i got it
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/1/1 ... mea_v2.dem

vitamea: 9,1 secs or something , but with hook
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/1/1 ... mea_v2.dem


oh and btw...i really hate this map