quake 3 and UT updates

[EmperorNero]

how is the Unreal Tournament Patch v436 and Quake III 1.27g Update? do they fix or introduce any annoyances and is the game faster? basically, should I install them?

 

[Valhalla1]

to upgrade from 1.0? certainly, without a friggin' question

to upgrade from last patch? no idea.

 

[Doggiedog]

From my experience, the UT4.36 patch fixes a lockup when changing maps that 4.32 had. After finishing a map in multiplayer, the new map wouldn't load up for several minutes. The new patch fixes that.

 

[Gorgonzola]

at the moment its better to stay with version 1.17 for quake3, for the simple reason that most of the servers are still using it. only problem i have noticed with 1.27g is that demo playback doesn't work from the menu anymore, it says this will be fixed in the next update.

 

[dabuddha]

i've heard of tons of errors and problems with the 1.27 patch for q3
stick with 1.17 like gorgon said 🙂

 

[EmperorNero]

in v1.17, did it change some things in gameplay? for example, 3 things changed (and all were very annoying: 1) the game didn't fit the whole screen - there would be a black background the actual 1st person shooting window would be smaller, leaving about an inch of margin on each side - tried changing the resolution but it didn't work. 2) when I tried playing capture the flag, it wouldn't let me get in on the fun right away. I would have to hit escape -> join Team -> Join Red/blue 3) game became even choppier on a Voodoo3 3000. at the same time I installed the patch, I also installed Wicked3D - so I don't know which to blame for those annoyances. can anyone shed some light on this?



also, before all of this happen, one day my sound started sucking really bad. whenever there's a loud explosion, the sound started cracking and become all static-y and stuff - happened to anyone else? then suddenly, it happened to Thief Gold too. btw, it's a SB Live MP3+.