Community made addons

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Hello fellow Quake Live community members!

In this community news we bring you some of the most useful links you can find in our forum all bunched together in a single post. This way you can get to know what useful stuff our community has made thus far. All community made addons are unofficial and not supported by id Software.

Quick links to threads/addons and their authors:

Quake Live guides:
a GD studios Video guides:

• Episode 01: Understanding Quake Live; part 1; part 2; part 3; part4;
• Episode 02: Setting-up your Quake Live, making your config (basic in-game menu tutorial, basic console commands must have)
• Episode 03: Circle jumping and starfing;part1; part2;
• Episode 04: Item timing in duel
• Episode 05: Strafe jumping and rocket jumping

Quake Live strafe jump troubleshooting video tutorial by J0Z
Video: Quake Live Double Jumping (chainjumping) by crucci
Ultimate Quake Live guide by Yakumo
Quake Live duel guide by king_
Basic Timing Guide by Memento_Mori

Quake Live addons/resources:
www.quakehistory.com / ESReality post - all quake related (news, tournaments coverage, stats, ...)
2d demo viewer / 2d demo viewer - making visualizations
Re-interactive spawn visualization
Quake Live/Quake3 Movies
Quake Live - Configs.eu
Quake timers
Quake Item Timetable
PQL CTF Fastcaps Thread
QLstats
Duel Commentary Video - by Memento_Mori
QLranks / esreality.com.+ QLRanks.com: In-game Elo Announcer + QLRanks.com: GreaseMonkey Script (script)
QLprism / Quake Live forum and esrealty.
Clancrawler
Quake Live NA pickup games
Quake Live tdmpickup.eu
Quake Live EU pickup games
Namad's item timing practice page by namad
Visual HUD builder by namad
Quake Live custom HUD resource by nico and tuqs
Quake Live - Demo tools by +ED
Quake Live Demo Player by peolan
New alternative server browser by wn and sponge
Complete console commands list by TheMuffinMan86, Lorfa, g0vn0r
Quake Live Configuration Analyzer by djcanard
Defrag maps... we say: "Jump!" ...you say: "How high?!"

Quake Live movie making guides/addons:
Quake Live movie making guide by Antii
Quake Live Recording Guide v2 by BoxxyBabee
WolfcamQL by brugal and WolfcamQL guide by KittenIgnition

Scripts:
Server Console Menu
Quake Live Friends Commands
Quake Live Message Beep
Quake Live Avto-Config
Quake Live extendet stats
In-game ELO announcer - QLRanks / External program: In-game ELO announcer
Zoomscript - generator / ESReality link
Quake Live Roster Sorter / ESReality link
QL Gametype Switcher- by aiken
Quake Live Stream Notifier - by wn
Quake Live Window Mode Extender - by Diplodok QL - forum link
Quake Live Pro Auto Invite - by flugsio
QLRanks.com - My Stats - by wn
QLRanks.com - Display - by wn and szr
Quakelive Player Status - by rahzei
All Quake Live chat messages to left without image - by kry
Linkify Plus for Quake Live - by kry
Chat in Quake Live Welcome screen - by kry
RAZ3R's Quake Live Training Map Launcher

Be sure to read-up on part2 and part3 of the community made addons and scripts.

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Quake Live strafe jump troubleshooting video tutorial by J0Z
This video tutorial is probably one of the most important publication for anyone new to the game. Not only it explains strafing in written word, it also shows you a video demonstration and what keystrokes are made during the jump.

Also inside this thread you will find a link to a map made by RAZ3R called raztrainql_beta3, which is a map combining all the jumps you find in Quake Live maps (example: Campgrounds bridge-to-rail jump and many, many more. ... )

So be sure to jump into the thread and learn all about it. But be warned! This might actually increase your skill!!!



Video: Quake Live Double Jumping (chainjumping) by crucci
Crucci made an excellent video of chainjumps examples. We can learn how beneficial those jumps can really be to get an upper hand over our opponents.



Ultimate Quake Live guide by Yakumo
This guide can help you with most of the questions you have about Quake Live and its settings, to properly setup your quake experience the way you want it. You can choose from the following topics:

• Post 1: Hardware, Abbreviations And Common Terms
• Post 2: Weapon Selection, The Console, Advanced Movement
• Post 3: Config Files, Punkbuster, Playing Tips
• Post 4: Demos, Configs Part 2, Yakumo's Cfg
• Post 5: Crash Tutorial, Tiers, Quakelive Damage Chart, Quakelive Item Respawns, Useful Links
• Post 6: Coloured Text / Names, Custom Colour Bright Skins, Weapon & Crosshair Colours, Super Bright Skins
• Post 7: block player chat, relocate quakelive data
• Post 8: Mouse Sensitivity Calculation, Mouse Acceleration
• Post 9: +Zoom, R_Mode & R_Inbrowsermode List, \alias command (+vstr

Quake Live duel guide by king_
LETS GO PRO! ... but wait! Before you starting buying your pro accounts and playing with top players like Cooller. First you need to read this guide about the aspects of dueling in Quake Live.

This guide has an extended info about dueling on every skill level, so remember! ... low skill level knowledge is important and needed for the next higher level of skill, so be sure not to skip ahead, except if your name is stermy or cypher.



Basic Timing Guide by Memento_Mori
This timing guide is one of the best guides published. It takes you deep inside into a PRO quaker mind and shows you a very important part of dueling -TIMING! But don't get scared away, this guide can help you understand the basic and the advanced skill of timing, so there is something to learn for everyone.



Namad's item timing practice page by namad
Again namad surprised us with a little useful tool that help us time item spawns. This is a very useful tool to train yourself in the way of the math, since one important aspect of quake is to time your items!

It's really simple, a generator is popping up random times and you have to answer with a correct number, when will the next spawn be. It then tells you if you have entered a correct time. The addon also shows you your average time spent needed to calculate for the next item spawn.



Visual HUD builder by namad
This addon is one of the most used addons for quakelive. Namad just made it EZ mode for everyone who would like to modify or make a new HUD. This addon has already reproduce 8745 custom huds. (according to the site).

The addon is very simple to use. It uses drag and drop functions for items that you would like on your HUD in combination with various variables like opacity, size and so on. Also you have the important function like aligning HUD elements which has proven to be very useful.

Namad has also provided a help section with video tutorials to help you understand the process of building a HUD. You can also check the update log for bug fixes or if something new was added to this marvelous creation.



Quake Live - Demo tools by +ED
Now this is the most useful thing a man invented after hot water and the wheel. For all demo freaks and movie makers out there, once you start using it, you wont be able to live with out it.

Quake Live demo tools is a small set of tools for managing, editing and viewing Quake Live demos. It has features like:

• keeps your demos organized.
• pause, fastforward, superfastforward and allows you to jump next or to previous demo.
• edit your demo -cut out everything you dislike.
• view chat from the demo without actually running the demo.
• + more settings and variables to play with.

Quake Live Demo Player by peolan
Quake Live Demo Player has proven to be very usefull if you have a need to list and queue your wast numbers of demos on the site, without going in your demo folder.

It also has search function and an ability to make a playlist of your demos, again, everything is done thru the Quake Live webpage.

So make yourself a popcorn sit down with your loved ones and watch and enjoy the awesomeness of your frags.

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New alternative server browser by wn and sponge
For those who are not yet familiar with this community made addon -alternative server browser shows a list of servers instead of default thumbnail pictures for servers.

With this addon it is easier to overview and to track your favorite servers because of the special filter this addon has. But wait there is more! This addon also has functions like:

• Filter servers based on map, location, hostname, gametype, server slot size or just by word (example: devpick)
  
• Easy to play demo
• Start Quake Live with your own parameters
• Automatic updates of the script itself
• Manual refresh and refresh with a keyboard shortcut (shift + R)

Of course, follow this link where you can read all about how it works and what you need to do, to properly install this addon. Also you can drop in and post a thanks to the authors.



Complete console commands list by TheMuffinMan86, Lorfa, g0vn0r
Did it ever happen to you, when you had to set a command in the console and you just could not remember the name? "No, i know everything." Well for those who do not know everything, here is a list of all current commands with explanations. This could help you with those pesky cvars you never knew what they were all about.



Quake Live Configuration Analyzer by djcanard
When all you want to do is play Quake Live in perfect conditions, yet you know you have done something to your config that is cramping your style and is bugging you ever since. Well, look no further, because this nifty tool can analyze your current config and gives hints about how to optimize it. The result of using this tool is getting rid of unknown cvar values; unparsable/unkown commands; duplicate commands and so on. ...

So go visit the thread and post what else would you like to see get implemented, so you can quake easier.


Defrag maps ... we say: "Jump!" ...you say: "How high?!"
For all defragers and quakers who want to get known in the ways of the defrag, here is a way to test your unverified skills:

dcx rampjump speed runs (map) by xdc
Its a combination of multiple Quake Live maps with challenging jumps, circle jumps, chain jumps, ramp jumps, jump jumps and jumps you even haven't heard of.



Quake Live Recording Guide v2 by BoxxyBabee
This is a guide that will help you understand the basics of movie capturing in Quake Live. This way you will be able to share your finest frag moments with the rest of the community.



WolfcamQL by brugal andWolfcamQL guide by KittenIgnition
If you are searching for how to further improve your Quake Live movies, then here is the place you will find a tool you can use to further advance your movie making with awesome screen positioning, easier visual customization, freecaming and so on. Thanks to KittenIgnition and his guide you will be able to get to know the potential of WolfcamQL.

Another thanks to KittenIgnition for his Complete WolfcamQL config. Which is a heavily modified config for WolfcamQL that has maximum graphics settings, as well as detailed info for every cvar.


Visit these threads
... and post a thanks or maybe even a suggestion on how to improve an addon or a guide. These are only a few links to the useful stuff you can find in our forum so be sure to check for more.

And ultimately a big "Thank you!" to all the authors and everyone who is helping to expand this community by sharing their Quake Live knowledge.

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17.12.2011 Updated the list:

• with new link for Complete console commands list
• updated the Quake Live Demo Player link
• removed double post.
  

[KittenIgnition]

my grammar and descriptions sound so weird... "easier visual customization", "detailed info for every cvar"... I need to redo all that stuff. im just so lazy :'(

Corrections:

This video tutorial is probably one of the most important publication for anyone new to the game. Not only it explains straffing in written word, it also shows you a video demonstration and what keystrokes are made during the jump.

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Not only does it explain strafe jumping in written words, it also has a videe demonstration that shows what keystrokes are made while strafe jumping.

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Crucci made an excellent video of chain jumps examples. We can learn how beneficial those jumps can really be to get an upper hand over our opponents.

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Crucci made an excellent video displaying the many uses of chain jumps on several Quake Live maps. We can learn how beneficial those jumps can really be to get an upper hand over our opponents.

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LETS GO PRO! ... but wait! Before you starting buying your pro accounts and playing with top players like Cooller. First you need to read this guide about the aspects of dueling in Quake Live.

This guide has an extended info about dueling on every skill level, so remember! ... low skill level knowledge is important and needed for the next higher level of skill, so be sure not to skip ahead, except if your name is stermy or cypher.

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LETS GO PRO! ... But wait! Before you start buying your pro accounts and playing with top players like Cooller, you need to read this guide that explains, in-depth, the different aspects of dueling in Quake Live.

This guide has extended info about dueling on every skill level, so remember! ... low skill level knowledge is important and necessary for the next level of skill, so be sure not to skip ahead, unless your name is stermy or rapha

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This timing guide is one of the best guides published. It takes you deep inside into a PRO quaker mind and shows you a very important part of dueling -TIMING! But do not get scared away, this guide can help you understand the basic and the advanced skill of timing, so there is something to learn for everyone.

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This timing guide is one of the best guides published. It takes you deep inside a pro quaker's mind and shows you a very important part of dueling: TIMING! But don't get scared away; this guide can help you understand both basic and advanced techniques for timing items, so there's something for everyone.

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Again namad surprised us with a little useful tool that help us time item spawns. This is a very useful tool to train yourself in the way of the math, since one important aspect of quake is to time your items!

Its really simple, a generator is popping up random times and you have to answer with a correct number, when will the next spawn be. It then tells you if you have entered a correct time. The addon also shows you your average time spent needed to calculate for the next item spawn.

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Again namad surprised us with a little tool that helps us time item spawns. This is a very useful tool to train yourself in the way of the math, since one important aspect of Quake is item timing!

It's really simple: a generator is popping up random times and you have to answer with the correct time that an item will spawn next. It then tells you if you entered the correct time. The tool also shows you your average time spent calculating when the item will spawn next.

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This addon is one of the most used addons for Quake Live. Namad just made it EZ mode for everyone who would like to modify or make a new HUD. This addon has already reproduce 8745 custom huds. (according to the site).

The addon is very simple to use. It uses drag and drop functions for items that you would like on your HUD in combination with various variables like opacity, size and so on. Also you have the important function like aligning HUD elements which has proven to be very useful.

Namad has also provided a help section with video tutorials to help you understand the process of building a HUD. You can also check the update log for bug fixes or if something new was added to this marvelous creation.

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This is one of the most used Quake Live tool. Namad just made it EZ mode for everyone who would like to modify or make a HUD. This addon has already produced 8745 HUDs, according to the site.

The addon is very simple to use. It uses drag-and-drop functions for items that you would like on your HUD in combination with multiple variables like opacity, size, etc. Also, you have the important function like aligning HUD elements, which is very useful.

Namad has also provided a help section with video tutorials to help you understand the process of building a HUD. You can also check the update log for bug fixes, or just to see what has been added with each update.

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[COLOR=Silver]Quake Live custom HUD resources is the place to look for custom made HUDs made by ordinary players. There is also an installation guide and if you dig deep you will also find a guide on how to code your own HUD

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Quake Live custom HUD resources is the place to look for custom HUDs made by ordinary players. There is also an installation guide and, if you dig deep, you will also find a guide on how to code your on HUD.

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Now this is the most useful thing a man invented after hot water and the wheel. For all demo freaks and movie makers out there, once you start using it, you wont be able to live with out it.

Quake Live demo tools is a small set of tools for managing, editing and viewing Quake Live demos. It has features like:

• keeps your demos organized.
• pause, fastforward, superfastforward and allows you to jump next or to previous demo.
• edit your demo -cut out everything you dislike.
• view chat from the demo without actually running the demo.
• + more settings and variables to play with.

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Now, this is the most useful thing Man has invented since fire and the wheel. For all demo freaks and moviemakers out there, once you start using this program, you won't be able to live without it.

QLDT is a program with a small set of tools for managing, editing and viewing Quake Live demos. It has a lot of features, such as:

• Keeping demos organized.
• Pause, FastForward, SuperFF, and Skip Forward (to the next demo).
• Edit demos - cut out small sections, or remove large portions of the demo.
• View chat logs without even opening the demo.
• Export demos to .xml for even heavier modification.
• Loads more settings to play with.

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Quake Live Demo Player has proven to be very useful if you have a need to list and queue your wast numbers of demos on the site, without going in your demo folder.

It also has search function and an ability to make a playlist of your demos, again, everything is done thru the Quake Live web page.

So make yourself a popcorn sit down with your loved ones and watch and enjoy the awesomeness of your frags.

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The Quake Live Demo Player has proven to be very useful if you need to list and queue your vast numbers of demos, directly from the webpage, without having to open your demos folder.

It also has a search function and the ability to make a playlist out of your demos, and again, everything is done through the Quake Live web page.

So make yourself some popcorn, sit down with your loved ones, and watch the awesomeness that is your demolist.

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You can review my changes/revisions and re-add the formatting, or just make the changes directly to your post. Most of them are grammar/punctuation fixes, but a few of them are redone sentences or paragraphs because they just didnt seem right to me.

Also, all the changes are from the second post. If this even matters to you, then ill check the third one too

WELL THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK!

P.S. I may have jumped too fast into all the issues with the thread to not display how much I like it, but this is a great thread. Reminds me of the good raythenoob!

[Fudge911]

Evil mods stealing my thread...

Quake Live Information Center

[KittenIgnition]

Evil mods stealing my thread...

Quake Live Information Center

lol'd

i completely missed that thread. it sucks that it wasnt stickied, even though its really old. not only that, but its a useful thread by fudge. a rarity indeed

[Fudge911]

lol'd

i completely missed that thread. it sucks that it wasnt stickied, even though its really old. not only that, but its a useful thread by fudge. a rarity indeed

I think that no mod stickied it because all of the forum mods hate me. They all have some kind of grudge against me.
My troll rep is very good.

It's not that old, it was created this year, but yeah, it's 2 months old.

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Double rainbow

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For defrag u forgot my thread

http://www.quakelive.com/forum/showt...ag-maps-for-QL