The official Quake Live website has word of an update to the free browser-based version of Quake III: Arena:
We took QUAKE LIVE offline for just a short period today to update our statsdaemon, a necessary adjustment to our back-end systems so that we could continue our work on improving scalability.
In addition to these back-end changes, [...]
Quake Live for Linux is according to 1up.com just around the corner, .i.e. due this Tuesday, August 18th:
During the QuakeCon 2009 press conference, id President Todd Hollenshead announced what many non-Windows computer users had been asking about for months. Quake Live, id software’s browser based shooter, would be adding support for Linux and Macintosh operating [...]
id Software has released a web update for Quake Live, their browser plugin-based iteration of the Quake series, that includes a Linux crash bugfix: Today’s update covers another batch of small web bugs, and has already been applied. Some changes may not appear until you reload the page and clear the browser cache. Force the browser to [...]
id Software’s free online version of Quake III: Arena, Quake Live, has embraced the spirit of the season:
Ho, ho, ho! The holidays are upon us, and Santa has brought each of you a special present! For two weeks enjoy “Silent Night”, a holiday-themed remake of the popular arena “Distant Screams” from Team Arena. During this [...]
A few Quake Live-related items:
Bethesda Blog interviewed id Software’s Marty Stratton about the genesis of the online shooter.
One of the most requested features in QUAKE LIVE and something that I think would be at the core of any premium service, would be the ability to very easily and quickly start a private match (that only [...]
id Software has updated Quake Live with 3 new arenas for premium subscribers, a resolution to the recent hitching that has occurred when leaving the game, improvements to the Duel experience (including persistent duel queues and scoreboard fixes), and adjustments to weapon balance within Team Deathmatch. Additional release notes can be found in the announcement.
I am very new to Gaming on Ubuntu and so I have listed the problems that I am facing with several games.
Open Arena :
Working fine
Alien Arena :
No response
Urban Terror :
Keyboard stops working, there is always a square box near the shooter's hand of about 3cm x 3cm in 800x600 resolution.
The definitive Quake engine map editor GtkRadiant is now at version 1.6.3, with the notable addition of support for Quake Live, as mentioned by TTimo: The main item for this release is the addition of QuakeLive support. This includes support for the encrypted paks, and png textures support (including on models). bspc.exe (for bot navigation [...]