Quake 3 Arena: Console Commands

Quake 3 Arena LogoHere are some of my favorite console commands to simplify the quality in Quake III Arena (= optimize performance on slower machines) or other Quake 3-Engine based game:

  • r_colorbits 16
  • r_texturemode GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST
  • r_vertexlighting 1
  • r_subdivisions 999
  • r_picmip 13
  • r_flares 0
  • cg_forcemodel 1
  • cg_gibs 0
  • cg_draw3dicons 0
  • cg_brasstime 0
  • cg_marks 0
  • cg_shadows 0
  • cg_simpleitems 1
  • cg_drawattacker 0

 
 

Carmageddon II Cheats

Carmageddon 2 Logo Wh at a classic! Here are some of my favourite Cheats to enhance fun in annilihating your opponents and poor pedestrians (and animals :-E)

Effect Command
Pedestrian Annihilation zazaz
Hot Road clintonco
Turbo Pets fastbast
Opponent Repulsifactor powpow
Wall Climber stickytires
Mutant Corpses stiffspasms
Change Timer stopsnatch
Pinball Mode tilty
Time Bonus timmytitty
Free Repairs tingting
Underwater Ability watersport
Additional Credits wetwet
Grassed Tires wotatwatami
End current Level smartbastard

 
 

OS X: 10.7 Post-Upgrade checklist

OS X Lion LogoI just upgraded my OS X Snow Leopard install to the new Mac OS 10.7 Lion and I am stunned: never before the upgrade process was so easy and fast! Once again it’s amazing what job the Apple Developers achieved, considering it’s a full operating system upgrade.

There are enough posts and reviews about 10.7 Lion, so I am not going to write anything about it in general. But I provide a (happily) short post-upgrade checklist of the things I had to take care after upgrading.

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Restaurant “LOKAL” in St. Gallen

Lokremise Logo

Über einen Beitrag vom Provinzpop bin ich kürzlich darauf aufmerksam geworden, dass sich in der neu renovierten Lokremise in St. Gallen auch das Restaurant “LOKAL” eingenistet hat. Der Provinzpop-Blog hat den getesteten Sonntagsbrunch in hohen Tönen gelobt, ich war jedoch mehr am Abendessen interessiert. Hat es sich doch herausgestellt, dass sich die Suche eines feinen Restaurants in St. Gallen schwierig gestaltet für einen Montagabend.

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