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a minimizer thingy
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October 16, 2005, 06:02:14 AM »
hey, i just found a program on another site that supposed to make it easy to minimize a game. It's called Q3E minimizer...for games based on quake 3 engine....(COD)... anyone ever use it? or something like it? if anyone wants it, i can email it or put a download link..its a fairly small file
here's part of the readme:
Q3E, or Quake 3 Engine Minimizer is a program that has been created to
give you the ability to quickly and easily minimize nearly every game
that has been coded using the Q3 engine as a base. The reason I made
this was because I was tired of having to spectate, or suffer being
killed over and over again as I used Alt-Enter to switch to my desktop
which took practically forever so I could answer MSN or ICQ.
The concept of the "un-Alt-Tab-able" game minimizer isn't mine.
This one is more of an extension to an idea that someone else had,
that I thought could be expanded furthur.
I was cruising JK2files.com one day, looking at the utilities section
(I had just sent in KT 101 and was looking to see if anyone had d/led
it yet) when I saw a file called "JK2 Minimizer" created by a very cool
d00d who goes by the name of Deathwish. Being interested,
I downloaded the file and found out how simple it was, yet at the same
time, so very very useful. Responding to people on MSN/ICQ, etc was
no longer a grueling task. Later on, I was playing STV: Elite Force online
and found that I greatly missed the ability to minimize it like I could
with JK2. So, I took it upon myself to create my own Minimizer. Using
snippets of VB code around the internet, I managed to create a similar
program I named "EF Minimizer", that I submitted to effiles.com. Many
people found it immensely useful, and I was extremely happy with the
feedback. ^_^
A few months later, I attended a LAN party (My first ever LAN party
actually
) where I got involved in a heated battle of Q3A with some
other people there. After a few minutes, I, by reflex, tried to minimize
Q3. When nothing happened, I said to myself at that point, "I'm going
to make a version of EF Minimizer that can minimize all Q3 based games".
After the LAN party, I clean forgot about doing that, so the half finished
"Uni Minimizer" (I hadn't thought of a good name then) sat on my hard
drive for a month.
After a month, I downloaded the new Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy demo (May
I point out, an AWESOME demo). Whilst I was playing it, someone on MSN
messaged me, and I realised that I was stuck in-game, having to alt-enter
out. At that point, I remembered Uni Minimizer, and decided to complete
work on it. So, after a few nights of working, I brought you version
1.0 of the new Quake 3 Engine Minimizer, or Q3E Minimizer, but now, I
bring you version 1.40 of Q3E Minimizer!
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October 16, 2005, 07:01:28 AM »
I'd like that link Gun
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October 17, 2005, 07:37:41 AM »
here you go, i couldn't find the official link...it's on filefront but i think the one there is a little different..so i put it on my site:
http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~smhoward/q3e_minimizer_v145.zip
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October 17, 2005, 07:48:02 AM »
aight, thanlks gun! I'll try that out 2nite
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October 19, 2005, 08:30:13 AM »
Hey Gun,
Tried your minimizer and it works great with the exception of it changing the settings on my desktop to 800x600 instead of my normal 1280x1024. Any suggestions? Other than that it is great and something I have been searching for.
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October 19, 2005, 01:47:57 PM »
mine works fine...just when i switch, the desktop res goes even lower than 800x600, but when i quit the game, all is normal. theres an option on the start screen for the program: dynamic screen resolution monitor, kinda helps a bit with the colors. other than that, i like it.
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July 23, 2007, 09:41:40 AM »
way to dig up an old post...
since we been playin uo again, ive found the need for this program again...this is the newest version of the program as far as i can tell:
http://files.filefront.com/Q3E+Minimizer+151/;4420160;;/fileinfo.html
i think the problem of changing the screen res while using it has been fixed...
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July 23, 2007, 06:04:29 PM »
Quote from: =JHF= Smoke on July 23, 2007, 09:41:40 AM
way to dig up an old post...
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