May 28th '98
Well, so much for the five days - I'll try and do a decent update this weekend, but I can't promise anything. I need someone to take over the site from me - I'm just too busy trying to get my business going to able to run the site the way I used to. The person who takes it over must have a Lot of free time and a better than average knowledge of HTML and graphics manipulation - not to mention being really keen on Quake editing. If I do hand the site over, I'd like to see it keeping the same quality as it has now, including the prefabs. It's a time consuming site to run - I don't just throw the prefabs up on the site, I have to check them, fix any errors, compile the map and take decent screen shots, resample the image and write in all the HTML code before uploading. A typical five prefab update can take four hours or more. If you think you can run the site, email me a URL with an example of some of your HTML/Graphics work and we can take it from there.
May 18th '98 - Things are too hectic...
Things have got really hectic for me lately, which is why there are no updates, It might be another five days before I get any time to add some of the prefabs that have been submitted. I've had a lot of requests for 'player operated turrets' - if anyone has any info on how to create them please contact me. Congratulations to AzrKnight of the Qed Prefab Park, he's now a father ! Send you best wishes and congrats to Azr, his girlfriend and Amanda, their baby girl !
May 10th '98 - No new Prefabs today.
Having a busy time at work - new job, new responsibilities etc. etc. There are prefabs in my in-box which I will post, but it's Sunday Dammit, and I need some R&R (Mmmmm, Beer) I've received some cool email lately, one of them from Sgt. Garcia :- First of I must commend you and the crew for the awesome web page you all have constructed. I am a total newbie with maps and so forth. I am currently in the U.S. Marines and have been trying to get some good maps for my marines to actually do tactics and teamwork training without using the real bullets and man power. I have constructed a basic map of our M.O.U.T. facility. Mout means Military Operation Urban Terrain. I pretty much did a good job doing it. But i want the realism of the enemy lay down a really good base of fire.. and so forth. Don't know about you, but I think that's really cool ! Anybody who can help out, drop Henry a line - who knows, maybe an entire CTF/TF Total Conversion could be created, sponsored by the US Marines :) In other emails, Reaper of CTF Level Review is looking for a working Catapult prefab - possibly simalar to the one from Hexen2 - if anyone can help, drop him a line. More prefabs when I've had a rest :)
May 6th '98 - Two more turrets ->.
Quick update - two more most excellent turrets for download in the vehicles area - a ceiling and floor mounted version of the previous turret - enjoy. There are more prefabs in my inbox to post, but I'm real tired and need some sleep - hopefully this weekend there'll be a bunch more for you to check out. I'm considering doing some sort of market research/poll into the popularity of prefabs, and what mappers really want from them. I realise many mappers aren't interested in prefabs at all - this is the kind of info I'd like to nail down in order to make this site even more useful - I'll get around to it some time. :) and I'll possibly convert some people to the time saving aspect of using them - mappers use Id textures without any worries, so why not prefabs ?
May 2nd '98 - Some cool new prefabs !!.
Whoopla !! - Got some kick-ass prefabs for your perusal this very fine day. First up, Eutectic has created yet another turret ! - this one is wall mounted and took such a hectically long time to create and research he included detailed info in the attached text file - download this prefab, use it in your levels and read the text file - you'll find this baby in the vehicles area. Next we have a funky house style door for all your real life TC type levels which, strangley enough you'll find in the doors area Last, but not least, we have a freaky 'mutator' prefab which changes insane_marines into medics ! (or any other strogg of your choice:) - this is worth checking out, head on over to that often under-estimated misc area. I've been through the computer blues the last week or so - to cut a long story short, I've not had an upgrade, but a downgrade - bummer :( From a pentium 166mmx with 80meg, to a pentium 120 with 32meg - this sucker is three time slower than the 166mmx, I now sympathise with those of you that have real old hardware. I've overclocked it to 133mhz tho :)
April 28th '98 - Three prefabs added.
Well, so much for the q2 competition - I got through the first round coming second, but got my sorry ass kicked in the next round coming a humble 14th - I'll stick to editing :) Down to biz - got a way cool iris door from Eutectic, it's been hanging around in my mail folder for ages - don't know why I didn't post it as it's excellent - check it out in the doors area. Next is a very cool prefab - the computer console from base2 - the bit with the satellite and blue key, very well created, that's in the switches area. Finally a creepy kinda prefab - it's simalar to the 'stasis pod/holding chamber' in the movie event horizon and has an insane marine within it - don't know about you, but that model scares the hell outta me :) You'll find that prefab in the misc area Well, the time between updates has got longer, but to tell you the truth, I'm not getting as many quality submissions as I used to - To all those of you whose prefabs I have not posted - sorry, but try again, I don't pretend to be some kinda master prefab builder or anything, but before you submit take a good look at the quality of the prefabs on the site. A lot of the stuff I receive is unusable either because it is too simple, too complex, full of errors or just plain crap - I will email people back to give my reasons for not posting their submissions, if you are a sensitive soul who can't take criticism or advice, you don't have to read the email :)
April 22nd '98 - Seven new prefabs !
Been a while since the last update, but this is a free service right ? :) Today I've added Seven more prefabs - that's worth the wait at least. In the Misc Area You'll find two holding cells, a trap simalar to the one in q2dm3 (The fragpipe), a clock, a set of streetlights and a floorfan. There's a new Door by EutecTic and I've made a set of walkways which are in the Structures Area. You'll have noticed a few changes to the site again - the color scheme and a couple of animations, I decided to take a break from q2 editing and make some animations - hope you like them. I'm practising for a Quake2 competition over the next few days - it's being held in South Africa, just down the road from me - the first prize is a Pentium II 300mhz puter worth a lot of money, so I don't think there will be any updates until next week - I need to win this !!!
April 14/15th '98 - Business as usual !
I've been darn busy over the last day or so with a big site facelift - the top section is now a lot smaller and there's some javascript additions. I've also added 10 more prefabs !! - Details as follows :- In the Misc Section you'll find an oriental light, a standard q2 container/pod, a street light, a set of computer monitors, a set of computer towers, a set of airducts and a power core. In the Switches area there's a laser style button and a 'sewer' button (have to see it:) & finally in the Bridges area there's a suspension bridge ! The q2crates have been updated with an extra 11 crates and have been moved to the misc area. Sorry about the delay on some of the prefabs - almost a month in some cases :( Expect lots more soon !
April 13th '98 - Back from vacation - Please re-send any mail from the past 4 days !
I'm back after a much needed 4 day R and R - the mountains were great, even climbed up one and felt like I was about to keel over and die half way up. I'll get back to normal service as soon as possible - on reading my mail a few minutes ago, I got a message from PQ headquarters informing all editors that one of the PQ hard drives crashed (first in three years) - unfortunately it was part of the mail system, so all the mail was wiped out completely - so anyone who sent mail from thursday onward (basically the day I left for vacation) Please resend it ! - The hard drive only went down yesterday, but all the mail I had not yet 'collected' will have gone down with it.
April 9th '98 - Two more prefabs - it's holiday time !
More vehicles - we've got a really cool tank and a most excellent helicopter - there seems to be more vehicles on the site now than anything else :) I've fixed up the screenshots for the trains - I had them placed inbetween the two tracks, not placed onto one - DOH ! - it's a monorail stupid !! Anyways, you can now also download a really excellent .bsp of the trains in action complete with a station - this is very detailed so speed suffers a lot, but it's worth checking out, monorail.zip(742k) is the file you need. Well, I'm off on holiday in a few hours, going into the Lesotho mountains, gonna eat, drink, hike and ride bikes for four days, should be fun - no computers, no television, no mod-cons - just basic accomodation and mountains. I hope to find my inbox full of excellent prefabs when I return, so send them in !!
April 7th '98 - Get out those Train driver caps !
An excellent set of prefabs for download today - the q2trainz set sent in by Gene 'ScuzzY' Beaumont an avid train spotter in his spare time. You'll find this excellently crafted train set in the vehicles section - it includes the train engine, a goods carriage, a passenger carriage, A Open Aired "Blood" Tanker and a section of track - the entire set is also available for download in one map file complete with a station - way cool ! In other developments, BadMonkey of Badmonkey Prefabs has put together a zip of textures converted for CTF and other use, you can download them at http://www.rcip.com/badmnky/prefab/zips/tex.zip There's a bunch more prefabs hanging out in my inbox some of which I hope to post tommorrow, if not, it'll be next week wednesday before they get a look in as I'm going away for a long Weekend of eating and drinking in the mountains !!! Whoop :)
April 2nd '98 - At last, new Prefabs !
I finally squeezed in some time this morning to update the site with another seven prefabs. There is another four more rotating doors, a set of crates and some stairs as well as another rig There is still a lot to post, so be patient if you submitted prefabs - I will get around to posting them if they meet the quality test :)
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