Hi, you know, people needs TrueCombat update. But to be successful, a project must be doable!

Coroner, Dim$tar, Yourself [PL], marze and rBok6, I think this talk will interest you (but not only you ).

1. Engine state

• The vanilla Wolf:Et binary is very old and experiences some issues on modern systems today, sometime it needs very ugly hacks and sometime it just does not work at all. Also, it's a very bad idea to host outdated and unmaintained servers on the Internet.
• Today, mac users have intel cpu inside their personnal computer, no powerpc cpu anymore, some complains about that and they are right.

Some people updates the engine under the ET:Legacy name, they take care of backward compatibilities for previously released mods, but they can't do magic, sometime it does not work out of the box with some mods released only as binaries and needs ugly tricks.

2. Mod state

The current TrueCombat mods are a mess to install. Do you know that current GNU/Linux TrueCombat:Elite release is distributed as a bzip2 tarball inside a gzip tarball embeddeded in a gzipped shell script plus a zip patch archive containing files the user must overwrite by hand?

I personnaly wrote a tool to help me and my friends to achieve this epic quest but it's a GNU/Linux only tool, and it's not a long-term solution.

These mods work only on the vanilla Wolf:ET engine, which is not a good idea to use and sometime just not work at all. Badly, these mods do not work on ET:Legacy by default, I wrote a binary patcher to achieve this other epic quest, but it's a GNU/Linux only tool, and it's not a long term solution, and it's very ugly (forgive me father for I have sinned ). But today, it's the only way to me to host TCE/CQB servers.

3. Engine update

Since the Wolf:ET source code was released, some people have seen in this release an opportunity for TrueCombat.

Coroner himself suggested a road map to a standalone TrueCombat game if a team would be forming up.

Some people suggested to work with ET:Legacy team, but Coroner experienced issues, and there is some talks about that on both sides. I don't know if they are relevant today, but less is better than nothing : since they are the only ones doing things today on the engine, we cannot ignore them.

So, after these ideas was shared, there was no team formed, but in fact it's not a problem at all: just let ET:Legacy doing the engine work for us, they already do it for them.

For you information, I tried to play to TrueCombat since many years, but I only managed to do it with ET:Legacy last year (but badly, many players are now gone). To me, there was no past without ET:Legacy, there is no present without ET:Legacy, so there is no future without ET:Legacy.

4. Mod update

Dim$tar has released some mod update with his cqb_dim mod he updates regularly, merging TCE and CQB stuff, it's very good ! But people does not play cqb_dim since it's not official and not very advertised.

Also, I do not yet manage to run cqb_dim on ET:Legacy server but people says they manage to run successfully cqb_dim on ET:Legacy client with sometime some issues to fix, but not something impossible. Also, the ET:Legacy team has already done some efforts to improve cqb_dim compatibility.

5. Asset update

Dim$tar already done so much work to merge already existing assets, and marze is already working on asset update (like a new CQB player model for example).


6. Source release

Coroner saids he is ok to release source code if a team is forming up, and it's not the first time he said that.

But instead of “Looking for interest, then release”, why not “Release, then looking for interest”?

Here it's a special message to Coroner: since you are already ok to release the code if somebody is interested in it, it's not a problem to release the code if nobody is interested in it, no?

The less is better than nothing. If a standalone is not possible, why not allow mod update and recompilation to target modern systems and architectures? Hey, ET:Legacy already works on OpenGL ES and ARM platform, why not TrueCombat?

7. Tools release

Coroner has already said he is ok to release tools too.

Also, for another project (Unvanquished) I write some tools to update assets (like a bsp split & merge tool or a map parser), I can update these tools to help TrueCombat maintainers if they needs things like that.

8. Why not a TrueCombat: Legacy mod?

The less you want to do, the more you can achieve what you want to do.

A standalone TrueCombat game is too much work, OK. So, why not release an updated TrueCombat mod for ET:Legacy?

All is already here or possible:

• Engine update: done (see ET:Legacy project).
• Mod update: done (see Dim$tar's cqb_dim project).
• Asset update: done (see Dim$tar's cqb_dim project) and work in progress (see marze's project and Liquid’s work).
• Source release: doable.

Why not to release a maintained and repackaged and easy-to-install TrueCombat mod for ET:Legacy and let the dead bury their dead?

Sometime some people ask me to unlock some windows binaries to be able to work on assets for example, something I really don't want to do for this specific reason:

This is exactly why I wrote this topic, to not see more people asking that. I don't know how Coroner receives this kind of attempt, I personnaly unlocked my own GNU/Linux TCE/CQB binaries to be able to play with real people for the first time in my life, so it's difficult to say to me it's bad, but the better solution is not to do weird things like that but to release the source and to allow to repackage the games to target modern systems and maintained engine, that's why I wrote this topic.

Like all of you, my time is precious, I prefer to spend my time helping people to release an updated unlocked cqb version than doing chirurgy on a dead body.

So, if today you need a patched binary to play on your own computer, to host a game on your own server, or to work on your own assets, please do not ask someone to patch your binary, say hello in this topic, ask for a release, and offer your help.

If today you need an emulator to play to TCE/CQB or to recompile it but you can't, do the same too.

We are still waiting for ANY sign of life from Coroner side. As You can see, he is busy IRL and i understand this, therefore i was asking for a way to crack latest patch to make it open for custom content.

I still like to spend some time to create a custom weapons/skins/sounds because cqb is my favourite fps game and i still waiting for news. There is no way to leave tc. Even Battlefield [4] [3] [bc2] doesnt give me so much satisfaction. Gameplay>Graphics for ever. That's why im
here. For ANY UPDATES.
Coro, unlock 223 if You have no time for working deeper on hard coding.
BTW... i spent almost 3h to attach new scope system [truevision] to weapon model. It was most hardest part of my modding but now i can rape bots with m40a5 + (6x) scope. Pointless for typical CQB setup but that scope system is the best part of latest release
therefore im so tedious and i will crying here until you compile friendly for custom things 223. Moreover, who said we must stay only on CQB environment? "_"
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Custom textures for educational purposes.

Wow, nice job you've done, I want to try it!Yes, I understand that too, that's why I suggest to only update the mod and not to make a standalone, because it is much much simpler. Plenty of projects fail because they are too demanding. This is a tautology, but it is easier to achieve easiest things.

I think there is hope, Coroner said one week ago: and said: So, if Coroner is ok with ET:L, doing an ET:L mod is feasible! There is probably some issue, like any project, but the ET:L team is very nice and responsive!

A collaboration between all the teams that use ET would be really great. This is the reason I chosed to work simultaneously on two packages (CQB and ETL) even if I had to divide time and resources.
From my point of view it would be enough that the coroner release an unlocked version of CQB (without source) so that anyone can contribute to the artistic assets on official release (maximum results with minimum effort).
Unfortunately I think the little free time available is the main problem for everyone but especially for old blades as coroner (and me).

I agree with you.

In my case this is not a big problem because [thank you god] currently i'm working in home @ pc

Does bolt action sniper rifle might be powerful in cqb?
Short video [thanks Vi$ion]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yiair_Ft38

Dont pay attention to outdated [2013] player skins - old packs in game folder.

Depends on how you balance it. In my opinion sniper rifles should never be a 1 hit kill to the legs unless already damaged. You could of course try and balance the more powerful rifles by making them harder to use via more sway or something.

Thats true, but if im trying to downgrade calliber class to 7.62×51mm bolt cycling after shot [not a full reload ] on this setting is too fast and even cant be modified by animation script because some parts of weapon behavior are hard coded.

Hi Guyz,

good to see some action going on here!

I will take a look at the unlocked CQB in my easter holidays. Unfortunately my old system SSD chrashed in the meantime and I don't have the compile environment ready anymore, but I will figure it out. At first only PC.

ET:L seems to run fine with CQB but they still have the sound looping issue.

I am still not sure whether releasing TCE/CQB source will be good without a team. It might be, it might also just produce a wild number of versions and even more cheating.

Ofcourse it might , two sides of the same coin.
For example, every uptdates or fixes should be discussed as first, then tested by "team" , then approved by main coder and Chuck Norris ofc, then released for public test.

The best way to have update tested is to open the repository. For example sometime some Unvanquished developers asked me to test some code they wrote, and there was already one dev game on my server, but this was possible only because I tried myself first, even if they don't know me yet. There is no 10 000 guys on this planet who wants (and knows how) to compile CQB, and if we look at current open projects like ET:Legacy or Unvanquished, the openness is not a real issue, and have more benefits than inconvenience (sometime helpful people come from nowhere). Yes, without the open side of the ET:Legacy code, I would not be writing this message. Hi, coroner, it's awesome to see you here, thank you for your answer! Awesome! Hmm, I don't know why, but it does not surprise me. Hopefully, your source code was not on this SSD too. But for source code there is an easy solution to avoid data lost, to paraphrase a famous man: “only wimps use tape backup. REAL men just u̶p̶l̶o̶a̶d̶push their important stuff on f̶t̶p̶git and let the rest of the world m̶i̶r̶r̶o̶r̶fork it.”. By “PC” you mean Windows? if yes, giving the source for Linux people would be better than nothing (and just leave them to fend for themselves at first, this gives you more time).

That is something to fix for sure. I think they will not refuse our feedback. As said before, without ET:L source, people like me would never been there.

If you release an unlocked update I can write a some advertisement for you on the very popular french news website LinuxFr.org (see my articles) but for that the CQB update must be playable on GNU/Linux (Linux binary or source available, but at least one of them), binary is better for players, source is better for karma, both is best.

About the CQB project itself, I can compile source, host betatest servers, report issues and do french advertisement. But I work only on GNU/Linux (I have no Windows on my personal computer since 10 years). So, the more open the project is, the more help I can give you.

To be honest, I'm not a very talented player, what I like in games is less the gameplay itself than the technical project beside, I like to understand how it works and fiddling around with, and I like projects that are on a human scale, when you know who is who and can play with the one who do the game (or do the game with the one who play the game, as you want).

Working on realistic goggle glass lens reflection.
http://gifmaker.cc/PlayFrameAnimation.php?folder=2015032501wpOxDG7sCUcKRU6Hzvap6T

Nice nice, wish I could help with any of this, but ...

So soon we can take the goggles off and use them as mirrors too look around corners?
Is that even possible in TCE? To make a gun that fires around corners with a camera/mirror on the gun?

(do you still play TCE btw? Haven't seen much lately. Are you hiding under some random nick?)

OFC! we can even throw them instead of flashbang.


I dont think so, there is a kind of mirror effect obtained via shaders [as you can see on Dimstar's DEPOT version, in the bathroom on the floor, but it is a static place and for sure it cant be done as mobile object. Truevision feature might be added on "weapon screen" but problem is to set an ANGLE. Imo in game it would be a BIG LOL, at least in TC



No time to play longer at this moment If i have some jiffy to breath, im enjoying cqb and i make some content. But @ friday i will be there to spend more time. Cheers Cheese Wizzy.

Hi, I am back on track.

Win (yes I meant Win by PC) compile chain is running again.
No worries, (of course) no sources are lost.

Now I am digging into the code trying to catch up what the status of my internal 0.224 from August 2011 is. I don't even remember whether gametypes were unlocked and whether demolition and CTF is working in CQB if the map offers it. Maybe you guyz know better

For linux compile I have to get my virtual machine running again. For Mac I would have to get Tier at it.

Easter holiday comes soon.