Features: -Will Minimize/Restore a specified Q3 based game at the touch of a key -Now has an all new graphical interface (Format is GIF to minimize size) -Runs in the background so as not to take up many system resources, leaving it all for fragging! -Icon in the system tray changes depending what game is running -Left-Clicking on the system tray icon will bring up the hot keys window, If game is running, it will instead restore the game -Right-Clicking the icon will access a simple menu to configure or quit the minimizer. -Quitting the minimizer will automatically restore the game. -Version 1.0 Supports the following Q3-based games: *Quake III Arena *Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (SP) *Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force Holomatch (MP) *Star Trek: Elite Force II *Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (SP) *Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (MP) *Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Demo *Return to Castle Wolfenstein (SP + MP) [Wolfenstein had the nifty feature of naming both MP and SP windows the same thing, so I was able to put SP and MP in one option. ^_^] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Instructions for Use:
1. Extract the Q3E Minimizer.exe to anywhere in your computer (Location will NOT affect it's functioning) 2. Upon opening it, the main window will appear. In the drop-down menu located near the bottom of the window, choose which game you would like the minimizer to currently focus on. 3. Start up that game as you would normally. 4. To minimize the game, press the default keys: Control-Z 5. To restore, press Shift-Control-Z
To configure the hot keys, right-click on your current game's icon in the system tray, and choose "Settings...". From there, use the interface to select your new keys. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
File Name: Q3E Minimizer v1.0 Version: 1.0 File Size: 196k Developer: TiM Date Created: 9/10/03 1:18PM Build Time: Approx 20 hours Programs Used: Visual Basic 6, Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Author/Credit: TiM -Main Coder/Graphic Artist Phenix -For helping me with some of my pretty stupid questions and providing feedback BorgKiller -If you hadn't messaged me, I probably never would have finished this program, d00d. ^_^ *Not being an experienced programmer, I needed to refer to some internet samples to get this whole thing working together. Here are some people whose programming skills are awesome and their examples helped me a lot. Imran Zaheer -Creator of the Hotkeys Code MSDN Database -Referenced the code to show/hide programs Experts-Exchange -Helped me create a hot keys interface Microsoft VB resource -Showed me how to make programs appear in the system tray Brian Yule -Created the code to make the window's edges transparent =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Trouble-Shooting: I have tested this program on 2 computers, one running Win ME, and one running XP. On both, the program worked flawlessly with no errors. This may not be the case for other operating systems, so if you do come across a system that doesn't work, please e-mail me and I'll see what I can do to fix it. The only problem I can see with this is that sometimes, upon minimizing a game, your desktop may seem extremely bright. This is because the Q3 game will modify your screen's contrast according to your settings in-game. When you exit the game, the screen will return to normal. To restore the screen's color to normal whilst the game is running, there are 2 things you can do. First, in the game console, type '/r_overbrightbits 0' (without quotes, and sometimes without the '/' at the front, depending on which game) Secondly, if that doesn't work, go into your games video settings and adjust the brightness to a lower level. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Additional: At this point, Q3E Minimizer does not support ALL Q3-Based games, mainly because I don't own all of them. At this point in time, the only other game I can think of that hasn't been included is Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix. To give the minimizer support to other programs I need to find out what the game's window name is (The title you see for it in the taskbar), so without owning those games, it makes it a tad hard to give support to them. If you own SoF2 or any other Q3 based game I missed, and you would like to have minimizing support for them, there are a few simple things you'd have to do for me, and I could easily put it in. For each Exe the game has (Ie, JK2 and EF had a separate single player and multiplayer EXE file) you must do the following: a) Take a screenshot of the EXE's icon, preferably against a white background and send that to me (So I can make that the icon that appears for it in the system tray) b) When running the game, alt-enter out of it, and look for the game's window in the task bar. Copy down the name of the game window EXACTLY as it looks (Right capitals, any additional space bars, etc) and send the name to me. (An example would be Q3's Window is called "Quake 3: Arena", without quotes.) I can easily do the rest from there. ^_^ E-Mail them to timothyoliver@bigpond.com -Thanks!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Contact: Have you seen a bug? Got a suggestion for the program? Feel like chatting? I can be reached at: E-Mail: timothyoliver@bigpond.com MSN: timothyoliver@hotmail.com ICQ: 24965853 AIM: DeltaJed YIM: timo22406 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Thanks: Well, thank you for taking the time to read all the way down here. ^_^ I hope you enjoy using Q3E Minimizer and that it makes your gaming experience all the more better. Happy Fragging!!!!! -TiM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Legal Stuff: I am in no way responsible for any harm this program may cause, even though the odds of that happening are insignificant. You may freely distribute the EXE, so long as this ReadMe remains with it, intact, and unmodified. This program is not officially supported by id, Raven, Ritual, or LucasArts. "Quake III Arena" and all related assets are trademarks of id Software, 1999 "Elite Force", "Jedi Knight", "Jedi Outcast", "Jedi Academy" and all related assets are trademarks of RavenSoft and LucasArts respectively, 2000-2003 "Elite Force II" and all related assets are trademarks of Ritual Entertainment, 2003
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