Quake macros by Tom McKeown. Hands up all those who regularly use the message mode in Quake. Oh, so few! The reason for this is probably that most people can’t type fast enough to get an insult out before they’re gibbed. Doom and Doom 2 got around this problem by having pre-typed phrases called macros. Simply by pressing T to get to the message mode and pressing Alt and a number the message was automatically sent to your fellow Deathmatchers. So why wasn’t this included in Quake I hear you scream. Well it is in a roundabout way and here is how you can do it:- 1) Place the autoexec.cfg file in your ..\Quake\ID1 directory. Alternatively paste its contents into your existing autoexec.cfg. 2) Copy the macro files into the ..\Quake\ID1 directory. (Only your computer needs these files.) 3) Play multiplayer Quake. Use Q,W,E and R to select a category of macro and then use Y,U,I,O and P to say a phrase in that category. The T key is left over to access the message mode so you can still type in messages manually. My advice is to look at the macro files with a text editor such as notepad. You should then see how easaly you can personalize your macros, especially since I have left mine fairly tame for distribution. The keywords to look out for are:- Echo - places a message on your screen, used to show which macro category is in use. Say - sends a message to all players Say_team - sends a message to players in your team only. Teams are defined by the color of people’s pants. Other console commands can be included in the macros. For instance in macro_4.cfg the P key is bound to say "smile", change your field of view to 120 degrees just like a good camera, take a photo and revert back to 90 degrees. Others that "might" be useful include Kill when losing two frags is better than giving someone else a frag (perhaps in a team game?), and my personal favorite using a chain of "color # #; wait;" commands to cycle your color scheme. Above all have fun. :-) Disclaimer. Please feel free to distribute these files. Following on from my instructions these files are intended to be edited, so long as you give me credit for writing the originals. At the moment I only have restricted net access, but you can contact me be E-mailing Tim Moxon on 100415,2357@Compuserve.com. Thanks.