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Please help me make Rocket Arena 3 live again...

9 points · submitted Nov 2016 by u/obious

I'm trying to port RA3 to a standalone package with ioquake3. I've made some progress:

  • I use the amazing high-res CC texture pack from kpax that's not encumbered by copyright.
  • I have the original RA3 soundtrack, although RA3 has a built in MP3 payer
  • And i have RA3 server and client running on windows with ioquake3

What I need: The developers for the project were:

Patrik 'ElQueffo' Persson

Torkel 'Kebb' Ödegaard

Daniel 'Dariddler' Johansson

If anybody knows these guys or how to contact them, please let me know! I can't make more progress without source.

The last update for RA3 was on 2004-04-01 for version 1.76. I've searched far and wide for RA3 source, but I've come up with nothing. I've tried to look up the developers of RA3, but I cannot find any of them. (I think I found a Swidish guy that may have been one of the developers, but I never got a response from him)

Update Edit: With the help of some of you folks here, I managed to get a response from Torkel Ödegaard. He doesn't have source, but the main developer Patrik Persson (he won't linkedIn friend me) apparently does. I found Patrik's employer, and I sent him an email using an email address that seems to follow his company's email address convention. It didn't bounce, so I think it was delivered.

If anybody knows someone who knows these people, please let me know or contact them directly. An unencumbered, multi-OS RA3 would be amazing.

Please help me make Rocket Arena 3 live again...

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[deleted] 6 points · Nov 2016

Make RA3 Great Again

Ake_Vader 3 points · Nov 2016

How much googling have you done?

A simple copy paste of the last two guys gives, what i think is, their Github accounts. While "Kebb" (not sure it's him but how many geek guys with that name can there be?) is active (with a commit as late as yesterday), "Dariddler" is not but his Github hints that he may be working at Leo Vegas.

obious [OP] 1 points · Nov 2016

Yes, thanks. I'll keep digging.

I think I found the first guy. He is a compsci instructor, and I messaged him at his .edu email. Still waiting back.

The middle guy; I haven't found a 'Kebb'. I did find two (I think) different guys. I guess I'll write them both.

The last guy; I'm fairly sure I found his github, but the leovegas link did not resolve at work. I tried again after getting home and I see it now with DNS via Google's 8.8.8.8. The Whois is useless. There is an associated http://www.leovegascareers.com, but it looks like a big enough organization where asking about 'Dariddler' might just end up pissing him off.

Ake_Vader 2 points · Nov 2016

The Torkel you're looking for is the one who's involved with Grafana as the link below links him to both RA3 and Grafana: http://www.codinginstinct.com/2008_11_01_archive.html

Leovegas.com resolves for me but it's blocked due to country restrictions. If you manage to find a general e-mail to that company then a polite inquiry using his real name may be good enough?

[deleted] 2 points · Nov 2016

Do it! RA was my RealLife :D

obious [OP] 1 points · Nov 2016

I did find one of the guys. Hopefully it will come together!

obious [OP] 1 points · Nov 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgMoaNrdEHc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRZQbbLJDmM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQqSMna-qRI