Quake Servers Info 

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Version 1.1.1 Final Released!  Information  Screen Shots  Current Features  Future Features  Download

Next, I'll be updating QSI to Java 1.1. Since Java is apparently a front-line language in Rhapsody, I will also attempt to move QSI to Rhapsody. With luck, I may again be able to release a version before the Quake (2!) port so that we can pound the servers as soon as we get the game! Stay tuned!

I wrote QSI because, at the time, there appeared to be no movements to port any of the popular query tools to the Mac. There are a few alternatives developing now, but I hope you will find QSI to be the most mature of these tools right now.

Why Java? Well, first of all, I wanted to try my hand at Java programming. More importantly, it's free :), portable, and has networking built in. This allowed me to rip the initial versions out in about a week that convinced me this project was worth pursuing. Keep in mind that this is a Java application, not an applet and does not run in a browser. Java security in 1.0.2 does not allow applets to access network resources other than those from the serving host.

I go by the Quake name  of the Rocket Scientists Clan and can be found most often at QClan.CAE.wisc.edu or breese.doit.wisc.edu, which have been running excellent CTF 3.5 games for the last few months. The grappling hook is the "impulse 97/98" one that I find much nicer to use than the traditional CTF version. 

• Collect a list of servers from one of the popular web pages listing running servers or your own personal URL.
• Manual entry of servers.
• Deleting servers.
• Saving and loading of server lists to files. These files are simple text and support comments. In addition, QSI loads your favorite servers from the file named Servers on startup.
• Update stats on a group of servers, including getting an estimation of ping time. Servers are then colored by ping time.
• A flexible and powerful filtering system to show only the servers you are interested in playing.
• Get current player information for any listed server. The player panel attempts to translate many of the common extended Quake ASCII characters for better looking output. It also supports a 'Refresh' button allow easy monitoring of player stats.
• Get server rules for any listed server.
• Sort server or player list by any of the listed parameters, including ping time.
• Launch Quake and attempt to connect to selected server. AppleScript support for Mac launching and connecting to new servers without having to quit Quake! A handy launching box allows entry of command line parameters to pass to Quake.

• MRJ Toolkit support. Double-clickable QSI files, about box, etc.
• More pleasing interface--menus, key shortcuts, image buttons?, etc.

Disclaimer

Files

• README
• Mac OS (binary)
• Mac OS (hqx)
• Unix (gzipped & tarred)
• Class File Archive (non-compressed zip)
• For any platform. You do not need to unzip with most JVMs, just add the .zip file to your CLASSPATH and 'java QSI'.
• Windows 95/NT (zip, v 1.0b2 Executable)
• Thanks to Josh Straub of  for this! See below for more information.
• NOTE: This Windows executable version is quite out of date now and many new features are missing! Download the raw (i.e. non-executable) .zip file below to get the latest version.

Requirements

Special Mac Instructions

• Make sure MRJ 1.5 or higher and OpenTransport 1.1.2 or newer are installed. MRJ 2.0 or higher makes QSI look much nicer and speeds up server queries.
• Download, unstuff, double-click. :)
• If you have version 1.00.08 of Quake, the CompUSA early release, make sure you upgrade to the latest version. QSI can not tell Quake to connect to a server with this earlier version. Check out the MacSoft patches area.

Since MRJ does not yet include AppleScript support, an AppleScript helper application called QSI Launcher is needed to launch and talk to Quake. As a result, make sure AppleScript is installed on your machine, even if you have a minimum extensions set for Quaking. QSI writes out an intermediate file called Quake Command that gets passed to the launcher. The first time you connect to a server, you will be asked to locate the Quake executable on your drive. If you mess this up and select, say, Asteroids, you'll have to either edit the script or load a fresh version of the launcher from the Stuffit archive and try again. If you have the demo and upgrade to the full version or if you switch from the software to hardware accelerated version, you'll also need to redo the script, hide (in an archive) or delete the demo, or get a fresh copy of the launcher script.

As compensation for this run-around, Mac users can connect to a new server with QSI without quitting Quake! Simply switch back to the QSI process and select another server and hit 'Connect'. Keep in mind that the resolution switching that Quake does will also be present when you want to do this. Thus, you might want to start QSI up at the resolution that Quake uses to avoid having half the window off the screen.

Special Unix Instructions

• Download and untar.
• Edit the QSI script to specify the location of your java JVM, if necessary. Do not change the CLASSPATH line, unless you know what you're doing.
• Type QSI.

Special Windows 95/NT Instructions

• Download the class zip file.
• Run a JVM with the zip file as your CLASSPATH and access the QSI class. (Probably something like java QSI.)

• This executable version is quite out of date now--v 1.0b2-- and lacks many new features including filtering and preference setting. Download the raw zip file and check out the JVM/QSI page for extra help if you want the latest version.
• Download the Windows 95/NT zip file.
• You'll also need the Microsoft Win32 Reference Implementation Java Virtual Machine, which requires Internet Explorer 3.01, 3.02, or 4.0 PP1 to run this executable.
• Unzip the archive to produce a Windows 95/NT EXE file.

Double click!