This is good news.

uh so maybe i didnt install it correctly but it seems like it doesn't change anything with the UI?

The new version doesn't change anything in the Quake Live UI.
There's only 2 scripts at the moment, both do their work silently.

I haven't look at the new QL UI code at all.
It's a complete rewrite using various web development frameworks that I'm not familiar with and I can't tell whether it is possible to dynamically alter the UI.

As a last resort web.pak can be extracted and the html/js/css files modified locally, but that's problematic when a new web.pak is released.

hopefully they will do a good job of the game browser this time round.. the test version one looks ok doesnt it?

Thanks for the work man! much apreciated.

to quote Predath0r elsewhere discussing ExtraQL uses -

"You can create a qlnick.cfg file in your config folder and add the /steamnick .... command in there. Then you can simply /exec qlnick.cfg

You can also put that into gamestart.cfg and gameend.cfg to change you nick back and forth when you start/leave a game."

For some reason I kept getting the popup message telling me that extraQL was a workshop item now, despite running it from the workshop,and none of the new commands were registering in game, until i deleted the ini file it had created.

Then everything worked fine. Using the auto scripts to change nick is a godsend right now.

Hi, I have the extraQL directory downloaded to c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\282440\539252269\

I made a qlnick.cfg with /steamnick blahblah inside but when I execute exec qlnick.cfg i get unknown command steamnick. So it isn't working (I run extraQL to launch steam quakelive). What step Am I missing?

Thanks.

BR.

Hi, I can't make that extraQL works. extraQL is downloaded at c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\282440\539252269\
I run ql with the extraQL launcher but if I execute "steamnick" command, ql responds with "unknow command". Also I made a qlnick.cfg with "/steamnick blahblah" inside but I get the same error.
What step Am I missing?

Thanks.

BR.

Inside the above mentioned folder, can you take a look inside baseq3\js\ ?
extraQL.exe copies steamNick.js, autoExec.js and postalDump.js to that folder and Quake Live picks it up from there.

Do you have Quake Live installed on a different drive or base folder than your standard SteamApps?

Yes, I have those files plus a readme.txt. My QL steam installation is at c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Quake Live\ My autoexec.cfg is at c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Quake Live\76561198091277245\baseq3\

I've the old quakelive installation (non steam), Would have I remove it?

Thanks

An old QL installation shouldn't matter, but there is also no reason to keep it around anymore.

There have been issues in the old QL too where "hook.js" didn't get loaded. The cause could never been tracked down, but was likely some bad timing between initializing different things.
Maybe the same problem still exists in the new QL and prevents all the javascript files from running.
What are your system specs? Older CPU / slow HDD?

In the old QL the workaround was to do a /web_reload, but this doesn't work as easily anymore. For that to work again, you need the web.pak extractor, copy the AweUnpak.exe in your QL directory (next to web.pak) and run it. Then in the Steam Client open properites for Quake Live, Set Launch Options:
+set fs_webpath "c:\program files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Quake Live\web"

If you do that, be aware that after a QL update you have to either delete the "web" folder or extract web.pak again. Otherwise QL will use the old extracted UI files and who knows what happens.

Fixed an issue where extraQL blocked the restart of Quake Live (due to using the same Steam App ID).

Also added cvars /sn_clan and /sn_name which are combined to /steamnick, but can be changed individually and will modify your steam nickname automatically when you (re)start Quake Live.

For all 3 cvars you can also use \ instead of ^ to start color codes.
So you can change your nick with colors on German keyboard too, where ^ is the console key.

It seems new version fixes my problem.
Thanks!

Im getting the

[18:08:40] steam_api.dll could not be initialized. Make sure extraQL and your Steam client run as the same Windows user and with the same permissions (admin or not-admin).

message, though i run the extraql.exe aswell as steam as the same user (at least i dont know why it shouldn't be like this, im not being asked for admin permissions or so..).

Quake console says that the .js are installed after startup, but my steamnick change doesn't work for example.

What can it be?

The steam_api.dll is required to change your nickname. If it can't be initialized, extraQL cannot change your nickname.

I only know 2 reasons that could cause this:
- extraQL.exe cannot create a steam_appid.txt file in its directory
- extraQL.exe and the Steam Client run under different user accounts or elevation levels (admin vs. non-admin)

Please check your Steam shortcut on your desktop, go to Properties / Compatibility and verifiy whether it has the "Run as Administrator" option checked.

I'd advice to not run either one as Admin, but I don't know if Steams needs admin rights when installed on c:\program files (x86). Mine is somewhere else.