98.07.30

New version this weekend!

OK, we'll release 1.4 this weekend, most likely Saturday. It just needs a couple of tests done to make sure we haven't created more bugs by fixing others.



German CTC

A German site, www.quake.de has a review of Catch the Chicken. Naturally I can hardly make out a word, although they seem to like it. If you can read it it looks like a good site.

-Simon

98.07.21

Waiting, waiting, waiting...

Update have been a bit slow because work has been slow. It's starting to pick up again now so maybe you'll see more updates. I'll post some info on teamplay stuff later this week with some pics.

We'll be doing some breif inhouse testing of the teamplay stuff this weekend to make sure there aren't any stupid bugs, and basically to make sure it works at all. I hope to have a beta out to all those beta testers by the start of August. Remember we all hate "When it's done", but...



Maps

I keep forgetting to post this, sorry. There are a couple of guys that have opened up a site dedicated to creating maps with CTC gameplay in mind. So go check out what their doing at the Chicken Level Editing site.

-Simon

98.07.18

What's Going On?

You know what I really hate... "When it's done!", sad to say though, TeamCTC will be done at exactally that time. Work is still slow right now but it is getting done. We're working on 1.4 at the same time as the teamplay beta. We have enough beta testers now so please don't email me about this anymore. Thanks for your interest.

I'm reworking the site right now so in a day or two should have it looking a bit more interesting. There are sections now that need updating due to things people have given me, this stuff will go up with the new site.



Servers

Just letting you know servers page has finally been updated!



Just a little more non-ctc stuff

Ok, this is kinda Unreal related. I mentioned Kevin Smith films last update. Well for those who have seen Clerks, you may remember Dante the main character, he looks exactally like the Unreal character Dante! Hmm...

-Simon

98.07.10

Real Stuff :)

I doubt teamplay will be going to beta testing for about two weeks now. Reason being is that Jason (the programmer of the team) is working into the wee small hours of the morning, and weekends at the moment. So until his real job project is done we won't see much of him. Sorry :( and no we don't want another programmer, we're a happy little team that all live in the same area. That area being Melbourne, Australia. G'day mate... ooh, look at the kangaroo hop down the main street... etc. (Note: Sarcasm)

I'd like to thank Brian Tuggle and Chris Richards, they're the guys behind the scenes that make it all happen... well they ported it for us anyway. Thanks guys, sorry I didn't put this up the other day, I was so friggin' tired! What's with friggin' anyway? I don't normally cuss, I usually curse like real people. Argh! I must be in some crap Hollywood film! SHIT! Well that last bit just gave it a PG rating, better not say that again it may go up to M. I'll stop being an knob now.

Sorry to those people I've missed out on emailing or posting your stuff this week. I'VE BEEN OVERWORKED!



Thank God it's Friday

It's all been to much for one week. I'm going to veg this weekend and play Unreal. Damn I wish I wasn't such a dick that I screwed up the first release of 1.3. I recieved so many emails about it, had to be when I had so much real work to do didn't it?

Fixed the site just now, I noticed that if you didn't have Tahoma font installed you had to look at that ugly default browser font :p

"But I was going into Toshi Station to pick up some chickens..."
"You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done."

:p whatever, I don't know... blah...

Go here if your cool: (or if ya like Kevin Smith/View Askew films)
The View Askew-niverse

One day I'll make this site look better... one day.



New Pic




Thanks to mne[MON]ik for this one.

Phew! Big update. Shame it didn't give you much CTC info. :)

-Simon

98.07.09

Both Linux and Solaris Ports Here!

Drop on by the download page and get the one for your OS.



No Models Problem

The problem of not seeing the chicken and feathers or seeing a block in their place has been fixed. If your having this problem you have to download the full version of 1.3.

-Simon

98.07.06

1.3 FIXED!!

Sorry I'm a f***ing idiot! I left the wrong pak file in the 1.3 download! You need to get the full 1.3 in order to use it. I've removed the 1.3 patch/upgrade zip file because, well... it's useless.

-Simon

98.07.06

1.3 is out!

Head over to the download section to get the upgrade or the full.

What's new in version 1.3
Enhancements:
Removed pulsing light effect on chicken when dropped.
Made chicken bounds smaller so it doesn't look like its floating over edges.
Removed useless options from the ctc menu.
Full video now included with download so your old copy doesn't get overwritten.
General code cleanup. Long overdue. :)

Bugs:
Hopefully fixed poor ping times on internet games.
Players can no longer kill other players while under water.
Fixed bug where score was not reset properly when coming out of camera view.
Fixed up death messages where killer and killed were reversed. (doh!)
Fixed bug where chicken didn't make peck sound after turning.
Fixed bug where old timers didn't get cleaned up if chicken was dropped and picked back up under 1 second.
Removed ability to throw multiple chickens when ctc menu was up.



Linux and Solaris Ports

Yes, both Linux and Solaris are on their way.



Teamplay Beta Testing

Teamplay is now under development. We not 100% on how the rules will work, it'll need play testing to be sure. We're going to need beta testers for this. So if you have regular lan parties or somehow play closed games with lots of people, we want your help. We need a lot of feedback to make sure this is as clean as possible. Testing should start in about a week or two. It all depends on RealLife™.

-Simon

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