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Raptor007 / aq2-tng

Action Quake 2: The Next Generation. Raptor007's sandbox for testing changes. When verified stable, this code is pushed to the official aq2-tng repo:
https://github.com/aq2-tng/aq2-tng/tree/bots
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Zip Release of AQ2 Paks and DLL #85

Closed Raptor007 closed 2 years ago

Raptor007 commented 4 years ago

Some people have been reporting issues with Q2Online, and the old AQ2 1.52 client install is hard to find. I think it's time to make a new easy zip archive of the action directory for people who already have Quake2 installed, containing the basics needed to play.

darkshade9 commented 2 years ago

We're starting a project now to handle this:

https://github.com/actionquake/distrib

Raptor007 commented 2 years ago

Yours is probably a better way to do it for new players and I encourage you to keep at it.

Even so, I'd also like to create an action folder zip that can be dropped into any existing Quake 2 install, such as the Steam, GOG, and RTX versions of Quake II. Maybe I'm just old fashioned. But first I'll clear a few more bugs off the list and maybe bump the version to 2.82.

darkshade9 commented 2 years ago

I can create a 'drag and drop' add-on release tarball/zip for existing installations with instructions on how to launch it (+set game action), it makes sense for RTX and people who love other clients like Yamagi and don't want to install a client just for AQ2.

darkshade9 commented 2 years ago

We have a regular cadence of releases now https://github.com/actionquake/distrib/releases

This includes Mac M1, Mac Intel, 64-bit x86 Linux and Windows, 64-bit ARM Linux and 32-bit Windows. It also includes a content-only zip that can be used for existing installations as a drag-n-drop install, and server-only files for 64-bit x86 and ARM Linux with q2admin. All are built from source on the aqtion branch of q2pro, the aqtion branch of aq2-tng (this repository) and the aqtion branch of q2admin

If this all fits the bill for a ready-to-go installation, we could consider this issue resolved?

darkshade9 commented 2 years ago

I think since AQtion is released, we can probably close this out?

Raptor007 commented 2 years ago

Hah yeah it does seem less relevant now. New players are almost surely using AQtion rather than unzipping AQ2 into a fresh Quake 2 install.