From: gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Quake Editing Utilies Date: 15 Feb 1997 18:15:41 GMT Organization: Oxford University Lines: 28 Message-ID: <5e4ugd$gnr@news.ox.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: mc31.merton.ox.ac.uk To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Adrian Oboroc (ash AT cinf DOT usm DOT md) wrote: : George, I love your idea about software freedom. But do you really think : that guys from iD will give their latest sources to all registered users? : It's a kind of advanced technology, and it costs > $40. As I said, I don't really expect them to. : So, I will not be surprised if after a year they will release : something even greater then Quake (they constantly keeps a delta in their : productions: Wolf3d - Keen = Doom - Wolf3d = Quake - Doom = ??? - Quake ;) Well, I'm looking forward to Quake 2 :) The problem here is that the talent at id Software is now split up - Romero has gone to Ion Storm, a few people went to Hipnotic, etc... I'm not sure whether they'll produce another classic. However, now there are three companies with the Quake code and the license to use it... : What I really expect is a lot of brainles Quake-like shareware games with : ugly graphics and stupid levels... But still Quake is unique and great. : (I speaking about gfx engine, I don't enjoy playing it). Check out the Unreal demo-movies. -- George Foot Merton College, Oxford.