Questions about Quake 4

[Dextor]

Hey you pros who play this game on a regular basis, I’m considering getting this game but need to know a few things on the MP aspect:

1) Does this game have MP bots like in quake 3?

2) Does this game support older systems? (XP2500+, 512DDR, Radeon 9700pro)...I dont mind tweaking to the lowest possible stable/playable settings...

2) Does it support 56K? (Not a problem as in a few months I should be on broadband hopefully!)

3) Is the game play movements similar to Quake 2, 3, Unreal, other, none?

4) And lastly, form your point of view is the MP experience worth the buy?

Thanks for any help!

-Dextor

[Shogun]

1) Yes, but they are added via a mod, check the pinned Q4 Info thread here for a link to it.

2a) Even though your ram is low (even for the XP OS which likes 1gb) I would say yes you could. The best thing you can do is to run either of the test contained in this thread: http://www.gamemecca.net/forums/showthread.php?t=76250

2b) (BTW You have 2 2s) In the system requirements on the box's side, it says broadband required for MP.

3) IMO it is just like Q3.

4) IMO the MP is awesome and getting better since the SDK has been released and more mods will start being released. Atm there is a problem that if you are missing 1 file that a server requires, you can not join that server and you get a message telling you that you are missing a .pk4 file, but it does not tell you what the file name is. Once they get the auto download problem fixed it great. I'm sure someone will come behind me now and post something i've forgotten or was unaware of so stay tuned.

EDIT: I moved this from the Quake Sceenshot section to the regular Quake section

[BobtheCkroach]

Once they get the auto download problem fixed it great.

Have you heard somewhere that they're going to do this? If you haven't, I wouldn't count on it. Doom 3's MP gives that same error about needing all the files, and to my knowledge, it's still giving that message - no autodownloading...D3 has been out for a year and a half...

[Shogun]

Yikes, you've got to be kidding

That doesn't sound good. I've seen a few posts at sites that someone was wanting to come up with a single repository server for files and then servers would use a server side redirect mod to it for downloads. That's a nice idea on paper, but keeping something like that funded for the whole Q4 community is going to take something other than just an individual or clan or group to run it. Activision or iD is going to have to it if it going to be done right.

[MR. SLiK]

Have you heard somewhere that they're going to do this? If you haven't, I wouldn't count on it. Doom 3's MP gives that same error about needing all the files, and to my knowledge, it's still giving that message - no autodownloading...D3 has been out for a year and a half...

Doom3 has URL Redirect. Quake4 will have autodownload (its in game but broken) and has already been announced by a Raven employee that it has been fixed in the latest patch (which we are waiting for).

[BobtheCkroach]

Doom3 has URL Redirect. Quake4 will have autodownload (its in game but broken) and has already been announced by a Raven employee that it has been fixed in the latest patch (which we are waiting for).

Glad to hear it!

Didn't realize that D3 had any sort of fix for that...i've never seen an server offer anything but that stupid message. Good to know.

[Dextor]

Thanks alot for taking the time to respond back Shogun

So the game doesn't ship with the MP bots but there is a bot mod avaliable for downloading right

[Shogun]

Yeppers, this is one and it seems like i've seen another one somewhere.
http://quake4.filefront.com/file/Sabota8;52204

[Shogun]

BTW The SP is really good too. It's tied in with Q2's storyline.