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@neogeographica neogeographica released this 08 Aug 17:39
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v3.3.0
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To use this package, most people should download quakestarter-3.3.0.zip from below.

Note: For a package WITHOUT the included Quake engines (vkQuake and Ironwail), download quakestarter-noengine-3.3.0.zip instead. This is intended for "power users" who already have vkQuake/Ironwail or who intend to use a different Quake engine. If you're not sure which package to get, that is probably NOT the one you want; get the usual quakestarter-3.3.0.zip package in that case.

(For a version of this info with hyperlinks, see the changelog in the online docs).

This release introduces an autoupdate feature for Quakestarter, as well as the ability to trigger the update process using a manually downloaded zipfile if you'd rather do that. Autoupdate covers not only the Quakestarter scripts but also vkQuake and Ironwail (unless you are using a "noengine" bundle). These features are discussed in detail in the Updating Quakestarter chapter of the docs (under Other Topics).

If you're updating to v3.3.0 from an earlier release, you don't have this feature yet! You'll still have to do the manual "overwrite your current files with the contents of the zip" kind of update process one last time. (And actually you can still continue to do Quakestarter updates that way in the future, if you want.)

Of course a feature like autoupdate could be affected by variations in people's hardware, OS, and Internet connection, and it's impossible for me to test all those combinations myself. If you do hit a situation where autoupdate doesn't work for you, please let me know the details of what happened. You can use the email address in the footer of quakestarter.com, or file an issue as described in that Updating Quakestarter chapter.

Assuming the autoupdate feature is a keeper, it will be more reasonable to promptly push out new Quakestarter releases in the future. For example we can react quickly to any new version of vkQuake or Ironwail. Also see the note about the new "The Latest Greatest" category below.

Other stuff in this release:

  • Update the docs here and there with various improvements. Probably the most significant change is to note that the Windows version of Quake Injector no longer relies on a system Java installation.
  • Quake Sewer Jam has had a bit of a ratings bump that brings it out of the "legacies" menu and back into the Post-AD episodes menu.
  • Rename the "The Age of Jams" category to "The Coming of the Jams", since obviously we still have a lot of jams going on! Also rename "The New Hotness" to "The Next Generation" since it's become more of a standard "era" category now rather than just sort-of-recent-stuff.
  • Speaking of which: add a new "The Latest Greatest" category which is specifically for recent high-profile releases (as determined by me, I guess). Check out that menu page for more explanation on how it works.
  • Inaugurate "The Latest Greatest" with a few recent releases that are still less than six months old, and also add the super-new release of Coppertone Summer Jam 2 there.
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