/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1546987
I've never played Unreal or Tribes online so I can't say about those, but with the Quake series you can easily play them online with out any CD-Key easily and with Doom, just grab a Doom 2 IWAD and one of the various Multiplayer sourceports like Zandronum and you're good to go pretty much.

You'll likely get better and possibly more detailed in the Doom/Retro FPS general on this board
>>1545042

>>1547019
Ah okay, I'll check out the Doom general thread.

Alright, but where to download Quake games? Just a general piratebay search will suffice?

>>1547039
Yeah piratebay or bitsnoop search should suffice, look for "Quake Collection" as it's got all three plus expansions in a single ISO and then look into the various sourceports (like Dark Places for Quake 1).

>>1547059
Oh jesus the only Quake collection piratebay has no seeders and all leechers.

>>1547075
On bitsnoop, there's one that has 2 seeders
http://bitsnoop.com/quake-collection-games-expansion-pa-q56591305.html

>>1547096
Thanks, downloading now.

>>1547096
Now would there been anything special I have to do to play multiplayer for these? Or just download the right sourceport?

Just in case anyone (like maybe OP) was curious, but Unreal 1+2 and UT99 are all on sale for cheeaaap on gog

>>1547129
Actually that's why I started the thread. Seeing the GOG sale made me remember how badly I want to play multiplayer again.

>>1547119
It's been a while, but I believe with Quake 1 & 2 you just need the right sourceport while with 3 you need the right soruceport and be sure any servers you connect to aren't running punkbuster as that checks your CD-Key I believe and I don't think any sourceport supports punkbuster too.

Also, like running the Doom games with sourceports, you don't need to install the Quake games you just need the required files for the sourceport like the PAK files from the ID1 directory for Quake 1. Oh also, if you want music with Quake 1 there's a separate file you can load up that contains the soundtrack, I don't have a link on hand at the moment though.

>>1547136
I do recommend buying Unreal from GOG as well if you haven't yet, as it's ready to play online the moment you install it if I remember correctly.

>>1547143
I would buy them if I could. Poorfag shit, otherwise I wouldn't be looking into pirating it and going through all this headache.

Do many of the Quake servers use punkbuster?

>>1547153
Nowadays I don't think there are any servers that still use punkbuster for Quake 3 so you should be good, well aside from maybe some inactive ones it's been a while since I've played.

Tribes should still be free.

Unreal and UT both don't require any sort of key, so it's just install and play online. I highly recommend UT the most. So many unique modes, mods, total conversions, weapons, etc.

I'd love to get some of /vr/ together for an Assault day.

>>1547164
Well I'll be finding out about that once when these downloads finish.

>>1547193
Really? They don't require a key at all?

Which Tribes are you talking about?

>>1547271
Nope, no key for Unreal/UT. I remember all you had to have was the CD in the drive and you could even circumvent that by editing the INI file to point the CD path to its install path.

>>1547291
Sometimes I wish we had a wiki or something to give complete guides for those who have the retail versions, gog versions, pirated versions, etc.

So, I can download the GOG versions of Unreal and UT, and I'll be good?

Do you know anything about Unreal Tournment? Do I actually need a key for that?

>>1547303
Yeah, get Unreal or UT and you're fine, no key required. Unreal series didn't require CD keys until UT2k3/4.

>>1547303
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Unreal_Tournament

>>1547308
Well shit that makes it all the easier.

I meant UT 2004 not just UT. Whoops.

>>1547309
Last time I checked that place it was all about legitimate copies. I mean, it's expected. But a man can dream.

>>1547317
And what I meant by getting the GOG versions is pirating it since >poorfag

>>1547317
I would start by setting up my own test server and seeing how it works. Then maybe moving on to some obscure servers and seeing if they let you connect and join.

>>1547328
You can join anyone with the original UT and have no problems. Not that I condone piracy or anything, I firmly believe in purchasing a legitimate copy of this fine game!

*ahem* butit'llworkseriously *ahem*

Later UT games are another matter (and outside of /vr/'s scope), you need a legit key to use those.

Also do not buy any id games. All of the money goes to Bethesda, and fuck them. None of the original Doom or Quake team is there anymore, apart from Willits, and he's no Romero or Carmack.

>>1547351
Personally I prefer owning games, more so physical than digital.

Sadly, I don't have the ability to get games even when they are cheap as shit.

I would much rather prefer owning them on steam or gog, but hey it's out of my reach, so I'll just pirate for now and enjoy.

Surprisingly there's not much gog unreal torrents on piratebay.

>without having a legit copy
Unreal works like a charm, in fact GOG even has it.
Quake is pretty much required to not use a CD nowadays, thanks to sourceports.
Same with Doom. Check out Doom General for that specific one.

>>1547360
Even if it did go to id, don't buy them. The Steam releases are absolutely awful. They just took the executable and run them through steam. No music if it was on CD. Its just the exact game you would download off the internets, running through a pre-configured dosbox.

>>1547369
Oh worth noting: look up new renderers for Unreal/Unreal Tournament.

Out there is a more improved OpenGL renderer, and D3D 9, 10, and 11.

>>1547364
No biggie, just trying to appease the "don't discuss anything illegal" gods of 4chan.

>>1547360
>>1547372
Well shit. Here I was going to buy them during the Quakecon sale.

Just like VtM:B. I wanted to get it on Steam, but all that money going to Activsion after they fucked Troika.

Also, got this for captcha

>>1547379
I don't think really anyone of worth cares about talking about illegal shit as long as you aren't posting CP or something.

>>1547379
I'm not even biased and don't really care who got the money. I downloaded Quake 1 and Hexen last time they were on sale for next to nothing. I got ripped off. Quake has no music, Hexen has the soundblaster FM (worse than the CD version I actually have lying around somewhere and the N64 version I also have) and runs through a pre-configured DOSBOX that suffers from slowdown at points.

>>1547390
Meant to reply to
>>1547383

UT works without a legit copy, dunno about Q3.

Question is how many players you'll find. I've heard Q3 is pretty much dead. I haven't played UT for over 3 years but last time all servers were full of bots.

>>1547390
That's disgusting.

>>1547390
The horror.

Granted, they probably didn't even try porting them because they already knew about source ports. Hell, the official Doom mobile was done with a fanmade prBoom+.

>>1547396
Q3 works perfect thanks to ioQuake3 not being able to put in punkbuster. Every server doesn't require a key anymore.

>>1547383
Well you can still buy them, install, copy the necessary files for sourceports elsewhere, and then uninstall them.

>>1547039
Quake 3:
geht ioquake, then Google for pak0.pk3:

pak0.pk3 inurl:ftp*baseq3

should do it.

>>1547401
Becomes a waste of money at that point.

>>1547405
>As for the CD code
ioq3 will still ask for it even though there's no reason whatsoever. You can either just click the button every time, or find a key on the internet. The game won't give a shit either way.

>>1547403
Punkbuster is dogshit anyway. It did it's share of fucking up the multiplayer with it's constant breaking and requiring manual updates all the time as well as shitting on peoples performance.

I have never seen a game where punkbuster worked well.

Does anyone know why Quake 3 is so dark for me? Changing the brightness setting does nothing? Also how do I increase the chat font size?

>>1547406
You are basically paying for a pirated copy. In the case of Quake, merely pirating an iso of the disc and running that is a better product than the Steam release.

>>1547396
I've found a couple busy servers. The problem is that the list is all but completely clogged with Urban Terror for some reason which is a standalone mod.

>>1547442
The hell is Urban terror?

>>1547436
Try running Q3 in XP mode and also use

seta r_ext_gamma_control "1"
seta r_ignorehwgamma "0"
seta r_gamma "1.125"
seta r_intensity "1.125"

See if that helps.

>>1547453
Also seta r_overBrightBits "1"

>>1547445
It's a more "modern warfare" type of game on the Quake 3 engine. It's actually alright, but I don't personally find it very fun compared to other mods.

I'd post the page but apparently their website got hacked for some reason.

>>1547445
It's sort of like Action Quake 2 for Quake 3.

>>1547405
oh and try quake live, there is an active MP community there

>>1547472
it has circle jumps and wall jumps, and when you get wounded you blead to death and are limited in movement depending on the hit location unless you bandage yourself.

>>1547372
What does that have to do with anything? What you're paying for is the IWADs, they and everyone else knows that source ports exist.

If they grabbed someone's source port and sold it bundled with the IWADs there would be a huge outcry, are you serious?

>>1547364
>owning digital games

>>1548210
Gotta play that multiplayer for some games.

2004 superior

>>1547317
>I meant UT 2004 not just UT. Whoops.
2k4 requires a key. But considering it's the single greatest game in existence, it's worth whatever low price they're asking for it. 2k3 is just a gimpy 2k4, might as well not exist.

>>1547414
Try all lower case a's for the CD key

>>1547423
1000 times this

I had nothing but problems with punkbuster, it was ridiculous.
I would constantly get booted because it thought I was cheating after like 5-7 minutes on the server, it wasn't even immediate so it was almost worse in a way.
At one point, I could only do duels because I didn't want to risk fucking up a 4v4 TDM game and have 7 people be mad at me, rather than just 1. And even then I was really only comfortable with playing with clanmates who knew I might get kicked randomly.
It was one of the major reasons I ended up having to quit the game originally.

It totally ruined Q3 for me, fuck pb.

>>1546987
Hit up an IRC Channel that's dedicated towards online gameplay

irc.rizon.net
#/vr/_Netplay

A tleast three users in here, including myself, are hardcore UT99 players, and we play Doom quite a bit also. I've been playing UT Since GOTY dropped. Haven't ever owned a computer I didn't have it installed on. I run a dedicated (private) server too so feel free to stop by and join in.

>Go to TPB
>Download Unreal Tournament 2004 GOG torrent.
>Play DRM free version of UT2004 online.

It simple. There's also a GOG version of the original UT99

Anyone know how I can increase the text size of the chat for Quake 3?

>>1548586
joke on you, 2k3 don't exist since a long time!

>>1546987
You can play UT online with a pirated game, and quake live is free to play(really free, none of that pay to win bullshit).