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  • Tarball for packagers!

    If you want to go ahead and package rc2 for your operating system, unofficially (as in, not blessed by us), go ahead! tarbz2ball zip file. Note that the latest changes are still in the trunk of the project, not in this rc2 branch. So game developers should continue to use the trunk as they like.

  • Did you know about Elite Force support?

    One of the projects which we’re really proud of is Thilo Schulz’s Elite Force patch set. Thilo’s Elite Force is an amazing accomplishment, reverse engineered support for the game’s multiplayer that is even compatible with the original game!

  • MP3 Support!

    Ogg Vorbis haters can now go to the Patches page, where they will find MP3 support available.

  • Calling all testers! ioquake3 1.34 rc2!

    Installers are getting updated for the second release candidate version. There is also a tag in SVN for developers. Check out the mailing list for more information. Subscribe to it via the above discussion link. All installer/binary/whatever downloads should be rc2 if they aren’t already. Please test them, and report back to bugzilla if you…

  • HTTP/FTP Download Redirection

    Tony J. White and company did an excellent piece of work, and now server admins can enable HTTP/FTP download redirection (fast downloads!) in their servers with ioquake3! This won’t be in the first release, early adopters can follow the build-from-source instructions to get it. More information resides in the README. Thanks Tony!

  • Fix 100% CPU usage on idle dedicated servers.

    Thilo Schulz just committed a fix for 100% cpu usage on idle servers to the SVN, enjoy!

  • Name change. IRC Channel Move

    icculus.org/quake3 is now ioquake3 to prevent confusion. This means if you try to join #icculus.org/quake3 on freenode, you’ll join #ioquake3 instead. If you haven’t joined the IRC Channel yet, hey, now is the time!

  • OS X Universal!

    We’re pleased to announce that Tony J. White has been kind enough to go the distance in making ioquake3 a Universal Binary, so now you can play safely on your Intel Macs too. When we finally get a release out the door, his work will allow us to make sure we’re Intel Mac compatible at…

  • Joe Barr Incites Violence Among Deep Space Miners

    Joe Barr, lead author of the mplayer program, posted an article to JoeBarrForge today about Tremulous, which is worth reading if you like reading articles about Tremulous.

  • Updated binaries.

    The Windows (exe) and Linux (.run) have been updated for the latest security fixes.