GalleryVirtuality

PROJECT SUMMARY: The GalleryVirtuality Project is an Open Source creator community of users and developers co-creating GalleryVirtuality, a "Neutral Zone" virtual environment using the Quake III Game Engine that simulates a modern art gallery. The gallery space can be used by artists to show work in a virtual environment familiar to patrons of the arts. The viewer can wander through the rooms, look at the art, get information about the art and artist, with no time limit or distractions. A music track may be added for ambiance. The code is greatly simplified which makes it a useful tool for viewing maps and features in the design phase at one's leisure. The simplified code environment also can help students of gaming design or the visual arts learn basic coding skills and to simulate how art might express in a physical environment. MISSION STATEMENT: "The GalleryVirtuality Project is dedicated to the nonviolent use of virtual reality technology, to promote engagement with art as an enriching experience, and to maintain an Open Source environment to promote art education and sharing with all."

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Gallery Virtuality by Bret C. Sheppard bretcolin@gmail.com

based on Quake 3:Arena source by id Software

Overview

With the release of the Quake 3 Arena engine source code, id Software has continued it's tradition of releasing source code to their legacy games.

The sole purpose of this project is to remove weapons in the code base which others may use as a starting point for their own projects. As such, there will be major changes other than what is essential in fixing existing bugs. Additionally, any non-essential files have been removed from this engine/game code distribution, such as LCC, Q3ASM and Splines. These aren't likely to see a lot of modification.

The utility source code will be maintained and distributed seperately, but will continue to be fully compatible with GTK radiant versions. The source will be changed enough to be considered an entire rewrite since weapons are highly integrated normally - taking them out makes this a streamlined game engine with the intention focused on artists using this as a tool to craft their own 3d gallery or to use directly for elaborate illustration or space design.

This code base will be updated often and will be excellent for mod makers. I will not fix whats not broke and will utilize the rendering engine to the max. Improvements will be made that will not be processor intensive. Keeping this version lightweight is important because of how much rendering will normally be done in maps and BSP files.

This package includes both source code and binarys, with the game code being DLL's. If you desire to work with the QVM's, you can use the tools provided with the original game source code release by id Software to compile them.

Check the ToDo list and Known Bugs below for a list of planned features/changes and known issues.

Contact Info

Bret C. Sheppard, LEAD DESIGNER (bretcolin AT gmail DOT com) bretcolin@gmail.com

Karen C. Patrick, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (kcpatricktexas AT gmail DOT com) kcpatricktexas@gmail.com

Development system:

Pentium RD CPU2 2.80ghz, nVidia GeForce9600 w/2568MB, 3.25GB RAM, WinXP, MSVC2003

Copyright

This program and its contents are and will be open source and free to use. All ID art, logos and functions will be replaced with ours.

Disclaimer

I accept no responsibility if this file or program in any way causes a cold, causes your wife/girlfriend to run off with your best friend, or blows up your computer. There is no warranty expressed or implied.

This project does not require the registered version of Quake3.

Installation

Extract this archive to your directory of choice and open Gallery Virtuality.vcproj.

Features

Includes debugged SDK game source by TTK-Bandit
All releases are full rebuilds, not incremental
Great starting point for those wishing to create their own games

Controls/Configuration

Joystick support has been removed.
Any changes will be outline in this section.

Known Bugs/Issues

Depends on how far strayed from it's intention.

Version History

Gallery Virtuality v0.1.0:

Clean Quake 3 v0.5.3: (Justin Thyme)

Cleaned up main menu, removing unnecessary items. Things like Demo's and Cinematics were removed from the menu, but can still be accessed via console
"genericizing" menu system by removing menu art resources ongoing
Changed executable to "GalleryVirtuality.exe" so that it could coexist with standard Q3 in the same directory

Clean Quake 3 v0.5.2: (Justin Thyme)

Implemented SV_Kick_f fix from ensiform which fixes kicking bots
Implemented misantropia's snaps fix
Removed Team Arena option from main menu, still accessabile under MODS
Implemented ensiform's ATi skybox fix
Implemented Kaziganthe's TA menu fix that allows showing all gametypes in Skirmish menu

Clean Quake 3 v0.5.1: (Justin Thyme)

Fixed Dlights shining through walls
Modified main menu to fix overlapping menu options due to allowing the running of mods with the demo version
Removed joystick support
Fixed menu bug where it wouldn't show the Controls menu
Slowed down how often FPS display is updated to make it more readable

Clean Quake 3 v0.5.0: (Justin Thyme)

More QSG bug fixes
Implemented bug fixes from Quake3World.Com
Got source code to compile with 17 warnings, but no errors
Add #pragma to silence warnings for now
A couple of basic bug fixes
Increased hunk to 128MB default, 64MB min
Integrated TTK-Bandit's Clean game source
Disabled the id logo cinematic at startup
Removed restriction to allow running mods with demo pak
Tweaked compile settings
Added Pheonix's long server uptime bug fix
Numerous small bug fixes as mentioned on QSG

ToDo List

Resolve all compile warnings (17 of them) - done v0.5.0
Increase hunk size - done v0.5.0
Read up on all command line switches
Replace strcat with Q_strcat in CL_rcon_f NA
Remove CD Key check (done) bret sheppard
Remove check with authentication server done bret
Remove registration check (allow running mods with demo pak0.pk3) - done v0.5.0
Remove unnecessary #IF's and #IFDEF's
Add back lens flare for dlights
Fix compile warning regarding /LTCG
Look into bot chat and MOD stuff
Look into bot AI
Change FPS counter to only update once/sec for better readability - done v0.5.1
Review max player limit
Center main HUD elements
Add generic Save/Load game functionality ?
Continue implementing bug fixes as found - ongoing
Add light blooms
Change snaps cap to equal servers FPS setting - done v0.5.2
Fix bots getting dropped in password protected game - done v0.5.2
Remove Team Arena from main menu (still accessable under MODS) - done v0.5.2
Make blood stain/impact decals not fade

Special Thanks/Credits

id Software - For not only releasing such a cutting edge program (of it's day), but also for releasing the source code so that the community can continue to make it flourish, long after the core game has gone past its prime. Spike, Echon, Entar, CheapHack and Tei - For patiently answering newbie programming questions on ww.quakeworld.nu and QuakeSrc.org. TTK-Bandit - For creating the original Clean Game Source for Quake 3. All the people at QuakeDev.com, QuakeSrc.org and Quake3World.com. Dairyman - For his work on the Team Arena scripted menu and HUD system for use with regular Quake3.