Tenebrae

Tenebrae 1.04 for Quake is out.

http://tenebrae.sourceforge.net/

It looks pretty sweet when you download the new textures and the new skins.

To use them you need to have Quake installed, then install Tenebrae, then create a couple of folders.

In your C:>quake folder, there should be a folder named Tenebrae.

Create a couple of folders:

C:>Quake\Tenebrae\Override
C:>Quake\Tenebrae\Override\Progs

You'll need the full version of Quake
You can get Tenebrae at: http://tenebrae.sourceforge.net/inde...e=download.txt

You'll also want to download the vis patch, so as to water vis all the original Quake levels to work properly with Tenebrae. Get it at the same link as above. Once you download it, run install and it will know what to do.

You'll want to download the new textures from the Quake retexturing project from : http://www.quake.cz/winclan/qe1/pg04.htm

Click the link that says Episode I (including E1M1). It says it's a 38 MB download, but it's really 66 MB. It has textures for the whole game, not just the first episode.

Once you have them, unzip them to your C:>Quake\Tenebrae\Override folder

You can get the new skins for Tenebrae at http://www.planetquake.com/pandemonium/tenebrae/

You'll have to download each monster one at a time, but the Vore and Hellknight both work in Tenebrae 1.04

Once you have them you'll want to unzip them to C:\Quake\Tenebrae\Override\Progs

There are still a few bugs - misaligned textures and some glowing textures that don't look quite right. I'm going to work on fixing them myself, so if it really bothers you, let me know and I'll let you know what I've got so far. E3M3 is kinda broken, too.


What Tenebrae does is add stencil shadows and per pixel lighting to the original quake engine, much like the upcoming Doom game will have. So that said, you'll need a fairly powerful machine to run Tenebrae with good speed. The more video card you can throw at it, the better. I run fairly decently with a GeForce 4 Ti4400.

Also, this has spawned off a very good looking stand alone, open source game engine, Tenebrae 2.

http://www.tenebrae2.com/

Check out some of the screen shots! They're still a couple of months away from releasing a public beta, but I'll be keeping track.

Rumor is that Tenebrae 1.04 is multiplayer compatable, if you want to tweak it a bit. I don't personally know anybody who still likes Quake, so I haven't tested any multiplayer.



Ok, I typed all this out, so give it a shot and tell me what you think!

Verizon's webspace they've given me is a little dodgy; here's a link to the screenshot if you don't see the pic above.

The top two are from the techdemo level, which you can download at http://www.willihammes.com/

The top left has an overhead fan being backlit. It rotates, and the shadow with it. The top right is on an elevator. More cool shadows.

The bottom two are from the original quake levels.

The bottom left in in the Intro level, down the east hallway. There is steam rising off the pool of water below, light is shining through the stained-glass window. It looks very cool in the game. You can see it shining on the wall, too.

The bottom right is from E1M2. It's not super clear what's happening, but you can see smoke effects from the ogre's grenade, the shadowing from the light holders, and the reflection on the top of the water of everything, if you look closely.

Turning on the reflective water and glares can slow things down a bit. My system is a little weak, but it plays well.

I took all these screenshots myself, on my PC.



edit for pic difficulties.

[muno]

Sigh.. And I thought this thread was about Dario Argentos Tenebre

Do people still play quake? I remember playing it something like 5 years ago...

[ArcticFox]

Bah, yet another game I need to try

[Optimus Prime]

Ah, Quake, where i first learned the words WSAD .

Not tried tenebrae, lost my Quake CD a long time ago.

[JayMan]

Isn't there a free full working open source version of quake that ID have released?

Can tenebrae be used with that?

JayMan

[ArcticFox]

No, but you can pick it up at Wallmart or the like for $9.99.

[JayMan]

Thats nice... I'll just fly over to the US to pick it up from my local wallmart... hehe

Nah i'm pretty sure you could legally download the full game (quake1 and also quake2 now) since they released the full source code... I think i had it on my old PC...

JayMan

Do you do Linux, Jayman?

If not, and you're interested, I'll track down some full version disks and send them to you.

[JayMan]

At the moment i don't do linux, tho i will be playing around with mandrake soon hopefully. (i've got the ISO's ready to burn, but i think i need to RMA my harddisk... had problems with bad sectors, so wanna get that sorted out before i install mandrake)

I'm sure i'll be able to track a copy of quake down somewhere locally. (but i still remember ya could download it legally for some reason... i could be wrong tho, wouldn't be the 1st time)

JayMan