quake2 preservation society

[jble]

I'm sure you've all had problems digging up old q2-related files, and well, our beloved game isn't getting any newer, so I've decided to create an archive of every quake2-related file ever. A quake2 preservation society, if you will. Get in touch with me if you have old Quake2 mod installers, maps, models, textures, source code for any mods, every version of everything ever, every skin and every quake2 editing utility, source for quake2 editing utilities, .map file versions of .bsp's, you name it, i want to preserve it if it has to do with quake2 and can be stored as a file. Eventually I'll set up a site and have every quake2-related file out there available and easy to find. I'll start with the old cdrom.com ftp archive of quake2 stuff and all my files and the files of people who have uploaded me their collections already, and just keep adding things as people come up with them, find them on old cd's, etc. So far I'm giving people accounts on a server of mine where they can upload things and I'm starting to organize all the files into seperate directories logically. Contact me if you have any files related to q2 you could upload for me or if you otherwise want to help in any way.

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jble / sHiPWrEk
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[AAAGGHHH!!]

Holy cow jble that sounds like awesome Q2 support for sure Offering to archive all this? whoa! Better watch out tho, you may get more than you wanted to upload lol.

[jble]

yeah - hopefully i'll have lots of responses and i'll have to create some smart scripts to help me sort out all the data.

-jble / sHiPWrEk

[napalmdeath]

Both FileFront.com and FileShack.com are great resources for Quake-related files. I'm sure you, or anyone else, can find lots of things there worth adding to the Q2 archive you're setting up.

[grieve[Q2C]]

sounds great.
I'll gladly upload files. There are some that can't be found anymore on the net.

even the archives on sunet have vanished. I can't believe it. there were mega - tons of Doom and Quake files.
all of a sudden it's all gone.

www.ftp-sunet-se.lkams.kernel.org/idgames2/

yes, this was a surviving mirror of the original cdrom.com

we really need something new.

[Le Ray [Q2C]]

Very good idea -jble / sHiPWrEk!
Feel free to post any ideas here on the Cafe'!
Thanks for letting us know!

[whirlingdervish]

This one came from a post on the cafe' about a month ago(?) can't remember where though...

They have a bit of everything,( maps, progs, files,utils) including the official id released patches and stuff.

www.fileaholic.com/

Much luck with your project dude! It's great to see
people who want to preserve all the hard work that players have made over the years to make this game so damn good!

[whirlingdervish]

Luckily I downloaded all of the dm maps from sunet about 2 months ago.
I've got them and a couple leray maps and about 50+ edge maps all smooshed into
a 600 MB file that you can download from this link
s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=29NFM630C3WB918VQ6TBV3C8QV

[Wixen1 [Q2C]]

One massive file dude...

-Wix1

[grieve[Q2C]]

this IS a big file ..... how many maps are in there ??

[Wixen1 [Q2C]]

grieve said:

this IS a big file ..... how many maps are in there ??

1192 +/- a couple....

Wix1

[whirlingdervish]

yeah there's a few in there..
I think it has a bunch of the WOS maps by S.O.B. too (dark00...etc)

I dunno where all the txt files went though.. If you want em, try this page..
www.skies.clanwos.org/maps.html

[napalmdeath]

Loads of Q2 stuff here as well: Deacon's Tomb (ftp)

[grieve[Q2C]]

[ftp]ftp://65.25.162.32/quake2/[/ftp]

ah, and this server is also available again.

unfortunately I don't have an account any more and can't upload more stuff, but it's already a lot of Q2 files up there, by me and others.

look around.

[whirlingdervish]

This one houses some really great maps too. I prefer Leray23...
www.freewebs.com/leray/pastmaplist.htm