ORG

legacy cack like joystick/midi support only pollutes configs if enabled

fixed a memory leak in the sound code

made com_soundmegs SLIGHTLY less broken: now only 2x instead of 3x :P

note that "soundmegs" are taken FROM THE HUNK now to fix the leak

so you need to increase com_hunkmegs by 2x your com_soundmegs

removed the explicit and incorrect "fastsky==1 == disable portals" test

r_noportals is not a cheat var

hyperspace is a bit less annoying

purged the unused (never finished) idMD4 model code

fixed ALL the dropped sound issues in snd_dma

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The sound stuff is important, not that I expect 99% of people to

actually read the damn instructions and instead bitch about how it's

all OMG BROKEN. :P

First off:

arQon wrote:and indeed, it is - q3 leaks 3x com_soundmegs each

time, so if you've got that at some retarded value, it'll add up FAST.

since com_soundmegs ISN'T megs in the first place (cf the x3 bug)

and there's only 7mb sound TOTAL in all of q3, setting it to anything

above 8 is just daft.

That means if you have a "borderline" com_hunkMegs value like 64 (like

I do^H^H DID :P) you should change it to 80, and correct your

com_soundmegs to 8 if you've got it at pretty much ANY other value, or

you WILL run out of "Q3 memory" on large maps or potentially even when

taking screenshots etc.

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The sound fix is AMAZING. The amount of "extra" stuff you hear now that

you SHOULD have been hearing all along is just mindblowing: especially

in team games. It's probably going to take some getting used to (tho

much less so in DM) but as with our policy on all bugs, there will

NEVER be support for "MAEK IT AN OPSHON!"

I fully expect VQ3'ers to rage about it being OMG HAX BUG CPM SOUND Y YOU CHAENG VQ3 ARQON SUX!!1!. It's THAT different.

There are some fascinating side-effects too: the Q3 LG (because of its

insane firing rate) has actually been dropping something like 60% of

its sounds for 8 years (if you fire it at a wall, that's the cause of

the harmonic "wave / pulse" effect you hear ATM). It sounds NOTHING

like that now (and, again, VQ3'ers will rage and accuse us of changing

the LG sound, sigh).

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Anyway, that's where we are ATM. I'm AFK for a couple of weeks: qrealka

will (I'm sure) continue to do all sorts of other Good Things while I'm

gone, and we'll release 1.42 (and CPMA 1.46) when I'm back.