diff --git a/engine/client/cl_input.c b/engine/client/cl_input.c
index f43c92eb2..f7ce49363 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_input.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_input.c
@@ -1109,8 +1109,8 @@ void CL_SendCmd (float frametime)
 
 		// if we are spectator, try autocam
 		if (cl.spectator)
-			Cam_Track(plnum, cmd);
-		Cam_FinishMove(plnum, cmd);
+			Cam_Track(plnum, &independantphysics[plnum]);
+		Cam_FinishMove(plnum, &independantphysics[plnum]);
 		independantphysics[plnum].msec = msecstouse;
 	}
 
diff --git a/engine/client/cl_parse.c b/engine/client/cl_parse.c
index e0a4247e3..f418c7644 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_parse.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_parse.c
@@ -1428,7 +1428,6 @@ void CLQ2_ParseServerData (void)
 
 #ifdef NQPROT
 //FIXME: move to header
-#define NQ_PROTOCOL_VERSION 15
 void CL_KeepaliveMessage(void){}
 void CLNQ_ParseServerData(void)		//Doesn't change gamedir - use with caution.
 {
@@ -1457,7 +1456,7 @@ void CLNQ_ParseServerData(void)		//Doesn't change gamedir - use with caution.
 		sizeofcoord = 4;
 		sizeofangle = 2;
 	}
-	else if (protover == 3503)
+	else if (protover == DP6_PROTOCOL_VERSION)
 	{
 		//darkplaces6 (it's a small difference from dp5)
 		nq_dp_protocol = 6;
@@ -1466,7 +1465,7 @@ void CLNQ_ParseServerData(void)		//Doesn't change gamedir - use with caution.
 
 		cls.z_ext = Z_EXT_VIEWHEIGHT;
 	}
-	else if (protover == 3504)
+	else if (protover == DP7_PROTOCOL_VERSION)
 	{
 		//darkplaces7 (it's a small difference from dp5)
 		nq_dp_protocol = 7;
diff --git a/engine/common/common.c b/engine/common/common.c
index e24d1cd29..d5d44ff0a 100644
--- a/engine/common/common.c
+++ b/engine/common/common.c
@@ -4222,12 +4222,11 @@ typedef struct {
 gamemode_info_t gamemode_info[] = {
 //note that there is no basic 'fte' gamemode, this is because we aim for network compatability. Darkplaces-Quake is the closest we get.
 //this is to avoid having too many gamemodes anyway.
+	{"Darkplaces-Quake",	"darkplaces",	"-quake",		"id1/pak0.pak",		"id1",		"qw",				"fte"},
 	{"Darkplaces-Hipnotic",	"hipnotic",		"-hipnotic",	"hipnotic/pak0.pak","id1",		"qw",	"hipnotic",	"fte"},
 	{"Darkplaces-Rogue",	"rogue",		"-rogue",		"rogue/pak0.pak",	"id1",		"qw",	"rogue",	"fte"},
 	{"Nexuiz",				"nexuiz",		"-nexuiz",		"data/data.pk3",	"id1",		"qw",	"data",		"fte"},
 
-	{"Darkplaces-Quake",	"darkplaces",	"-quake",		"id1/pak0.pak",		"id1",		"qw",				"fte"},
-
 	//supported commercial mods (some are currently only partially supported)
 	{"FTE-Hexen2",			"hexen",		"-hexen2",		"data1/pak0.pak",	"data1",						"fte"},
 	{"FTE-Quake2",			"q2",			"-q2",			"baseq2/pak0.pak",	"baseq2",						"fte"},
diff --git a/engine/common/net.h b/engine/common/net.h
index 8f7bff3b8..aa9711c51 100644
--- a/engine/common/net.h
+++ b/engine/common/net.h
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ int Huff_GetByte(qbyte *buffer, int *count);
 #define CCREP_SERVER_INFO	0x83
 #define CCREP_PLAYER_INFO	0x84
 #define CCREP_RULE_INFO		0x85
+
+//server->client protocol info
+#define NQ_PROTOCOL_VERSION 15
+#define DP5_PROTOCOL_VERSION 3502
+#define DP6_PROTOCOL_VERSION 3503
+#define DP7_PROTOCOL_VERSION 3504
 #endif
 
 int UDP_OpenSocket (int port, qboolean bcast);
diff --git a/engine/common/net_chan.c b/engine/common/net_chan.c
index f185094b5..c84cb589d 100644
--- a/engine/common/net_chan.c
+++ b/engine/common/net_chan.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ void Netchan_Transmit (netchan_t *chan, int length, qbyte *data, int rate)
 	{
 		int oldsize = send.cursize;
 		Huff_CompressPacket(&send, (chan->sock == NS_CLIENT)?10:8);
-		Con_Printf("%i becomes %i\n", oldsize, send.cursize);
+//		Con_Printf("%i becomes %i\n", oldsize, send.cursize);
 //		Huff_DecompressPacket(&send, (chan->sock == NS_CLIENT)?10:8);
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/engine/server/server.h b/engine/server/server.h
index 2ffa66bbf..f0b494e5e 100644
--- a/engine/server/server.h
+++ b/engine/server/server.h
@@ -491,9 +491,11 @@ typedef struct client_s
 	enum {
 		SCP_BAD,
 		SCP_QUAKEWORLD,
+		SCP_QUAKE2,
 		SCP_NETQUAKE,
-		SCP_DARKPLACES,
-		SCP_QUAKE2
+		SCP_DARKPLACES6,
+		SCP_DARKPLACES7	//extra prediction stuff
+		//note, nq is nq+
 	} protocol;
 
 //speed cheat testing
@@ -528,7 +530,7 @@ typedef struct client_s
 
 #define ISQWCLIENT(cl) ((cl)->protocol == SCP_QUAKEWORLD)
 #define ISQ2CLIENT(cl) ((cl)->protocol == SCP_QUAKE2)
-#define ISNQCLIENT(cl) ((cl)->protocol == SCP_NETQUAKE || (cl)->protocol == SCP_DARKPLACES)
+#define ISNQCLIENT(cl) ((cl)->protocol >= SCP_NETQUAKE)
 
 // a client can leave the server in one of four ways:
 // dropping properly by quiting or disconnecting
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_main.c b/engine/server/sv_main.c
index 5727bba77..d2b89d7b9 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_main.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_main.c
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ void SV_DropClient (client_t *drop)
 			break;
 		case SCP_QUAKEWORLD:
 		case SCP_NETQUAKE:
-		case SCP_DARKPLACES:
+		case SCP_DARKPLACES6:
+		case SCP_DARKPLACES7:
 			MSG_WriteByte (&drop->netchan.message, svc_disconnect);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -491,7 +492,8 @@ int SV_CalcPing (client_t *cl)
 	switch (cl->protocol)
 	{
 	case SCP_NETQUAKE:
-	case SCP_DARKPLACES:
+	case SCP_DARKPLACES6:
+	case SCP_DARKPLACES7:
 	case SCP_QUAKEWORLD:
 		ping = 0;
 		count = 0;
@@ -994,8 +996,8 @@ void SVC_GetChallenge (void)
 		Netchan_OutOfBand(NS_SERVER, net_from, over-buf, buf);
 
 
-		buf = va("challenge %i", svs.challenges[i].challenge);
-		Netchan_OutOfBand(NS_SERVER, net_from, strlen(buf)+1, buf);
+//		buf = va("challenge %i", svs.challenges[i].challenge);
+//		Netchan_OutOfBand(NS_SERVER, net_from, strlen(buf)+1, buf);
 	}
 
 //	Netchan_OutOfBandPrint (net_from, "%c%i", S2C_CHALLENGE, 
@@ -1092,7 +1094,8 @@ void SV_RejectMessage(int protocol, char *format, ...)
 		*(int*)string = BigLong(NETFLAG_CTL|len);
 		NET_SendPacket(NS_SERVER, len, string, net_from);
 		return;
-	case SCP_DARKPLACES:
+	case SCP_DARKPLACES6:
+	case SCP_DARKPLACES7:
 		strcpy(string, "reject ");
 		_vsnprintf (string+7,sizeof(string)-1-7, format,argptr);
 		len = strlen(string);
@@ -1139,7 +1142,8 @@ void SV_AcceptMessage(int protocol)
 		*(int*)sb.data = BigLong(NETFLAG_CTL|sb.cursize);
 		NET_SendPacket(NS_SERVER, sb.cursize, sb.data, net_from);
 		return;
-	case SCP_DARKPLACES:
+	case SCP_DARKPLACES6:
+	case SCP_DARKPLACES7:
 		strcpy(string, "accept");
 		len = strlen(string);
 		break;
@@ -1211,10 +1215,14 @@ client_t *SVC_DirectConnect(void)
 			Con_Printf ("* rejected connect from incompatable client\n");
 			return NULL;
 		}
-
-
 		//it's a darkplaces client.
-		protocol = SCP_DARKPLACES;
+
+		s = Info_ValueForKey(userinfo[0], "protocols");
+		if (strstr(s, "DP7"))
+			protocol = SCP_DARKPLACES7;
+		else
+			protocol = SCP_DARKPLACES6;
+
 		challenge = atoi(Info_ValueForKey(userinfo[0], "challenge"));
 
 		qport = 0;
@@ -1223,10 +1231,7 @@ client_t *SVC_DirectConnect(void)
 	{
 		if (atoi(Cmd_Argv(0)+7))
 		{
-	#ifdef NQPROT
-			if (!socket)
-	#endif		
-				numssclients = atoi(Cmd_Argv(0)+7);
+			numssclients = atoi(Cmd_Argv(0)+7);
 			if (numssclients<1 || numssclients > 4)
 			{
 				SV_RejectMessage (SCP_BAD, "Server is version %4.2f.\n", VERSION);
@@ -1385,9 +1390,6 @@ client_t *SVC_DirectConnect(void)
 				nextuserid--;
 				return NULL;
 			}
-#ifdef NQPROT
-			if (!socket)
-#endif	
 			{
 				Con_Printf ("%s:reconnect\n", NET_AdrToString (adr));
 //				SV_DropClient (cl);
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_user.c b/engine/server/sv_user.c
index d2386e7ab..841eb6bb0 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_user.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_user.c
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ void SV_New_f (void)
 	else
 		MSG_WriteByte (&host_client->netchan.message, 0);
 }
-#define NQ_PROTOCOL_VERSION 15
 #define GAME_DEATHMATCH 0
 #define GAME_COOP 1
 void SVNQ_New_f (void)
@@ -273,8 +272,24 @@ void SVNQ_New_f (void)
 	MSG_WriteString (&host_client->netchan.message,message);
 
 	MSG_WriteByte (&host_client->netchan.message, svc_serverdata);
-	MSG_WriteLong (&host_client->netchan.message, NQ_PROTOCOL_VERSION);
-	MSG_WriteByte (&host_client->netchan.message, 16);
+	switch(host_client->protocol)
+	{
+	case SCP_NETQUAKE:
+		MSG_WriteLong (&host_client->netchan.message, NQ_PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+		MSG_WriteByte (&host_client->netchan.message, 16);
+		break;
+	case SCP_DARKPLACES6:
+		MSG_WriteLong (&host_client->netchan.message, DP6_PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+		MSG_WriteByte (&host_client->netchan.message, sv.allocated_client_slots);
+		break;
+	case SCP_DARKPLACES7:
+		MSG_WriteLong (&host_client->netchan.message, DP7_PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+		MSG_WriteByte (&host_client->netchan.message, sv.allocated_client_slots);
+		break;
+	default:
+		host_client->drop = true;
+		break;
+	}
 
 	if (!coop.value && deathmatch.value)
 		MSG_WriteByte (&host_client->netchan.message, GAME_DEATHMATCH);
@@ -4560,6 +4575,9 @@ void SVNQ_ReadClientMove (usercmd_t *move)
 	client_frame_t	*frame;	
 	
 	frame = &host_client->frames[host_client->netchan.incoming_acknowledged & UPDATE_MASK];
+
+	if (host_client->protocol == SCP_DARKPLACES7)
+		MSG_ReadLong ();
 	frame->ping_time = sv.time - MSG_ReadFloat ();