what .pak file creation tools do you guys use?
i've been using pak explorer, but i just noticed that the 8 character limit it imposes has nothing to do with the pak file format and everything to do with it sucking the big one.

any other tools that allow >8 chars in .pak files? 

in the works :) 

Try Pakker or Pakscape 

 

There's another Q2 mapping contest coming up at the Q2 Cafe: http://leray.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=7contest 

thanks! 

won't that break some of the original engines though (although it might be debatable if anyone still uses them but since they're standard some probably do) 

Only DOS Quake afaik 

leilei probably uses dosquake :) 

Guess he doesn't play custom maps 

can someone approve the sm154 news kthx? or did I forget to click Submit? 

goldenboy, i find that highly probable for some reason

//saying that i gonna pretend i don't prefer software quake, this month 

well, software renderer != dosquake ;-) 

http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/30/carmack-doom-classic-closing-in-on-release-quake-wolfenstein-rpg-and-a-lot-more-coming-from-id/

Seems they're talking about porting quake to the iphone as an official project. The only downside is they will probably change the gameplay to be more of a rails shooter, the way they did with Doom Ressurection:

http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/29/doom-resurrection-is-actually-pretty-awesome/

(I have not played doom ressurection yet, so i can't comment on whether it's fun or not.) 

Does this mean iPhones get banned in Germany? 

probably not, but since there is a seperate App Store for each country, Apple can de-list apps per country if they choose. 

Maybe it'll slip through :-P 

and because it is so web2.0 for people to add details, tag and vote. ;)

http://www.quaddicted.com/multiplayer/

More than half the screenshots are not up yet and there are a lot of tiny annoying things. Anyways you are welcome to use it already.

Disclaimer: I had a random creativity burst after reading a wishlist in the qw.nu forums. I guess that burst is almost over so I better quickly publish it. You know how that is. 

Maybe sort the maps in alphabetical categories - so in addition to "Page 1 out of 30" there would also be pages listing maps by filenames, starting with 0-9, A, etc. 

rebb already suggested that. Maybe later. Those things will be more fun once all the data is there. 

thumbnails! 

Actually, you are right. That is an important feature.
Well, until I add it you can at least use ?n=3000 in the url to get all maps listed (please be nice with that, it is stress for the server). And I increased the number of maps shown by default to 300. 

Oh dear, what an oversight. Thanks! 

As to the efdat betas, there are newer versions, and possibly final ones soon(ish).