[quake3-bugzilla] [Bug 4698] New: [patch] allow changing claimed protocol version at command line

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http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4698

           Summary: [patch] allow changing claimed protocol version at
                    command line
           Product: ioquake3
           Version: SVN HEAD
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: Misc
        AssignedTo: zakk at icculus.org
        ReportedBy: smcv-ioquake3 at pseudorandom.co.uk
         QAContact: quake3-bugzilla at icculus.org


Simon McVittie <smcv-ioquake3 at pseudorandom.co.uk> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|normal                      |enhancement

OpenArena's modified ioquake3 engine has changed the PROTOCOL_VERSION to
reflect incompatible changes to game logic and content; the actual protocol is
the same, however. With the patches I'm about to attach here, an ioquake3
executable can be made to interoperate with OpenArena's modified ioquake3 via
the command line:

    ioquake3 +set com_standalone 1 +set protocol 71 [etc.]

This is advantageous for distributions, since a single ioquake3 binary (with
suitable configuration) can play both OpenArena and Quake III. We'd like to
ship "the real ioquake3" in Debian and Ubuntu instead of OpenArena's somewhat
outdated version, use it for OpenArena, and gain Quake III support as a nice
side-effect.

--- Comment #1 from Simon McVittie <smcv-ioquake3 at pseudorandom.co.uk> 2010-08-13 13:11:01 EDT ---
Created an attachment (id=2393)
 --> (http://bugzilla.icculus.org/attachment.cgi?id=2393)
FS_FOpenFileRead: allow loading any demo, not just the current protocol

This just expands the "pure server" check exemption from current-version demos
to all demos ever.

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