quake/creation/RFD3
From: quinet@gamers.org (Raphael Quinet)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.games.computer.quake.announce,rec.games.computer.quake.editing,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,rec.games.computer.doom.editing
Subject: RFD: rec.games.computer.quake.quake-c
Date: 14 Aug 1996 17:47:37 -0000
Organization: http://www.gamers.org/
Archive-Name: rec.games.computer.quake.quake-c
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
unmoderated group rec.games.computer.quake.quake-c
Newsgroups lines:
rec.games.computer.quake.quake-c Modifying Quake with Quake-C.
This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup
rec.games.computer.quake.quake-c. This is not a Call for Votes (CFV);
you cannot vote at this time. Procedural details are below.
RATIONALE: rec.games.computer.quake.quake-c
The computer game Quake, by id Software (the makers of Doom), is more
customizable than its predecessors Doom, Heretic, Hexen and other
games based on the same engine, as the behaviour of a game is
controlled by scripts written in Quake-C, a language using a syntax
similar to C. Quake-C is currently discussed in several places,
including the existing group rec.games.computer.quake.editing and the
quake-c mailing list. The mailing list gets up to 100 messages per
day and has a high number of subscribers (more than 400 at the time of
this writing, still increasing). A newsgroup would provide a more
efficient way of sharing the information. Also, this would move the
Quake-C topics out of the r.g.c.q.editing group, which could then
concentrate mostly on level- and model-editing discussions.
CHARTER: rec.games.computer.quake.quake-c
This group is for discussing Quake-C, the language which defines
Quake's behaviour. All technical topics related to Quake-C are
allowed, such as programming tricks and special effects, how to enable
some features, etc. Level editing topics do not belong here and
should be posted in .editing.
Excerpts of source code may be posted here, as long as they are
reasonably short (not more than a few dozen lines). Longer scripts or
compiled code should only be announced here and posted in a binaries
group (alt.binaries.games.quake) or uploaded on a FTP or WWW server.
END CHARTER.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroup
should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.
All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.
This RFD attemps to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups, news.groups,
rec.games.computer.quake.announce, rec.games.computer.quake.editing,
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, rec.games.computer.doom.editing
and following mailing list:
quake-c@seal-industries.com (Quake-C discussion list)
Send a message with the single word "info quake-c" in the body
to
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Proponent: Raphael Quinet