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moi wrote:Cool, glad to see Q3A getting some patching treatments. You might want to check out Mechanic's custom maps release, that's already using custom map file names to some degree:
https://www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/vi ... =3&t=17137

LEODCBR wrote: Hi moi, how are you?
Congratulations for your incredible job with MECH.
I talk to you on youtube some years ago hehehe!

Ya i know about t mech scanning new custom maps.
But this bug was different and not in same place that mech edited.
Its was a filter apply by mistake, then i edited some .bin and now its fixed.

Its explain why "MECH" dont get this same trouble with PC_Maps, its because "PC" keyword dont was in this black list.
He replace dc_maps names for pc_maps names on original Q3 USA.bin then its worked. (LIKE ON PICTURE)
Take care.
Peace!

\num\0\map\pc_map01\bots\crash\longname\Introduction\special\Training\fraglimit\5\type\single...
\num\1\map\pc_map02\bots\ranger\longname\Arena Gate\fraglimit\10\type\single ffa tourney team...

Mechanic wrote:Yeah the PC_map names also made for easier server config editing. The project alone was very time consuming didnt give the q3a bIn much attention. Maybe a coder can give this Bin a gander and unlock the 4 player limit

LEODCBR wrote:
I did some few test for 5-6 players and got some issues:
After change sv_maxclients on bin, u need to follow next erros then need to fix one by one and will get first connection, but this will crash too for some reasons:

1° DC Ram Limitations
2° Respawn row fatal error (some map don't have enough respawn for more than 4 players)
3° We need to turn off Score Screen (it's designed for 4 players) it's called CG_Obituary, if you press tab to see score then game get a fatal error and crash.

If we have access to source code would be easy add more maps to scan, fix mapping (map logo) on scan screen and accept more than 4 players inside a match for some small maps.

:]

moi wrote:

LEODCBR wrote:
I did some few test for 5-6 players and got some issues:
After change sv_maxclients on bin, u need to follow next erros then need to fix one by one and will get first connection, but this will crash too for some reasons:

Glad to hear that there's at least a proof of concept.

1° DC Ram Limitations
2° Respawn row fatal error (some map don't have enough respawn for more than 4 players)
3° We need to turn off Score Screen (it's designed for 4 players) it's called CG_Obituary, if you press tab to see score then game get a fatal error and crash.

1. can by improved by downsampling audio and textures. Mechanic's release already uses my game resources zip which contains smaller game data from SS maps in converted dc maps.
Also there is a console command that turns all items to sprites instead of md3 models which help to save some ram and improve fps

2. Shouldn't be a problem in custom pc maps.

3. In the first step we could remove the bind in PRESET1.TXT to avoid unnecessary crashes. Next step would be to try to NOP out calls to said function inside the game bin. And finally try to extend the game result screen.

If we have access to source code would be easy add more maps to scan, fix mapping (map logo) on scan screen and accept more than 4 players inside a match for some small maps.

:]

This will probably never happen. However I'm curious about that japanese version which is some months more recent than the retail PAL and NTSC versions.
It's just some speculations on my side but I think it might feature some performance improvements and contain some console commands unavailable in the retail versions.

LEODCBR wrote: EDITED: I already downloaded and extracted, i dont found big differences between US and JP version! Well i found a way to fix map logos on Scan, its easy just need to add some assets and edit some .bin! I will talk to Mech soon!