I did some little modifications and converted to mdl, the original model made by Gollun and release it as a new spectator model for KTeams, KTpro and KTX.

The model is low poly and has crappy textures, but it's 10 times better than wizard's one. And I hope it will stimulate people to do a better texture or even a decent model.

Download: link or Shub-hub

How exactly do I install this model and use it? =)

Make sure you are using the last ezQuake 1.9 and put the .pk3 file in the ezQuake folder!

Hmm, I use 1.9 and I put the file in the ezquake folder, but didn't seem to work? Nothing happend.

surely ideal spectator mdl would be a floating ranger torso, made by cutting off arms and legs from the ranger .mdl and then ideally with some alpha blend to give 0.4-0.7% opacity or something

That's creepy! :p

Acesso Proibido

And it's been like this for several weeks. What, why?
My IP is most often from the 213.* range if you have blocked some?


edit: Yeah, something like Maw from Jedi Knight would look great: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3008/Maw.gif

Sorry Spirit! I'll have to remove some of the ip range's I've blocked in my site!


Meanwhile you can download it from shub-hub.

Umm, how does having no legs come into play ? Does it make it more plausible for the model to fly?

Personally I would like to see a nice new style ranger that is textured like a ghost and with some transparency. But don't remove any limbs!

Dopefish

dEus had it right

dEus' idea = $

thx, i actually have lots of ideas to "enrich" quake with elements from super mario. it all depends on what you grew up playing i guess.
on topic:
i still like the old wizards model a lot, i think it's classy. problem is, it's looking pretty dated by todays standard. the camera is well done and doesn't look so dated, but it's a bit too bland and "serious" looking for my taste.

I still cannot get this to work, and it's in the ezquake folder. 1.9

put it in /id1
or put it in /ezquake, edit pak.lst and add kteamspectatormodel.pk3 in it

perfect, thanks . I wasn't told that I had to add the name to the pak.list file before.

dunno, to me it makes it clear its a spectator rather than an active player if it is floating with no limbs

Strange, I just put the file in /ezquake and it worked fine!

i don't think a camera fits the QW theme well

i'd go for the ranger head flying around.. creepier and everybody would have the model already

Shambler head gib as spectator model would be cool

wait, why is it ten times better than the wizard one? I like the flying wizard.

Keep using it then!

A one eyed rotten fish perhaps?

how about.....



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the dopefish!

its all id, its all quake related. doesnt have enough credit, and this could be a nice way to honour our beloved dopefish

edit: oh kalma already mentioned it. its a good idea though

Using an already existing Quake model has the benefit that it's already included in the game. The drawback, however, is that the game looks...broken. I'd go for some kind of camera model. Maybe it's possible to make it look a bit more oldschool than the one proposed in this thread?