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  • Does the new episode work well in opensource ports? (don't feel like installing steam rn and don't care about nightdive port)
    by jiffygist
  • The modding changes mentioned at the bottom of TFA seem to imply that text strings won't render properly until the source ports are updated. You're going to have to install the NightDive port anyway to download the new episode. I don't think they have a separate download for it. I'd imagine everything else might work okay already or will be fixed alongside the string issues.
    by eseymour
  • They need changes to support it, but I don't expect it to take long. Both vkQuake and IronWail work well with the previous new official episode (Dimension of the Machine) and the remastered models after they were updated for that.
    by AgentME
  • Whilst they owe me nothing with the amount I played my CD, feels a bit harsh to trade on the 30th aniversary but only support much newer sales.
    by ZiiS
  • They did update Steam and GOG sales to the Enhanced Edition for free when that launched, so "much newer sales" might still be almost 20 years old at this point.
    by chocochunks
  • They have modified the engine heavily since and thus it doesnt really roll back to the older releases. Also, I think it is on discount currently and only costs a few dollars.

    The quality of life improvements are done very well and I would recommend. Heck even if just for the new lighting engine.

    by ColdStream
  • Memories, many memories. I remember the endless nights playing Quake on dial-up, 190 ms ping, listening to Nirvana.

    There are still people playing on some servers, and the challenge is higher than ever. Although I still have the reflexes, the tics, and I know the maps and respawn times, I had a very hard time fitting into the games. I imagine that for someone starting today, it must be impossible to face 30 years of muscle memory.

    by zquzra
  • I have introduced my son to online Quake III servers where people still play regularly. The Quad Damage voiceover is still cool as hell.
    by noisy_boy
  • 190ms? You lucky bastard!

    (hopefully you're familiar with Monty Python...)

    by ctippett
  • Every emoji in this post seems bigger than the last.
    by parasti
  • Likely em units and missing closing tags.
    by sph
  • Where did that trend start? Who writes like that, with emoji bullet points? I'm seeing it around, but surely nobody looks at that and says "yeah that's good"?
    by silversmith
  • Did an LLM draft this garbage copy?
    by grenoire
  • For anyone checking out and liking the anniversary updates, I would like to point out there have been some very high quality mods and map packs released the last couple of years.

    It's worth to check them out if you want to enjoy a little quake renascence. For example the Quake Brutalist Jam packs and more. They can be found on your favorite quake distribution site like slipseer or quaddicted.

    by trashb
  • I have no idea what any of these are LOL

    Dawn of the Machine is available as a free update for Quake owners on XBOX Series X/S, XBOX One, Microsoft PC Store, Game Pass, PC Game Pass, Steam, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2 (via backwards compatibility), and Nintendo Switch versions of Quake.

    I do still have my Quake CDs...

    by thecrumb
  • Quake launched 2 full years after Playstation 1, so I find it somewhat unlikely you've never heard of a Playstation. And if you have it on CDs you must have played it on PC with Microsoft Windows, so I'd assume a Microsoft PC Store should at least let you guess what it is.
    by gambiting
  • Same.

    Weird to see a DLC for a game that's older than Steam. Would have been more interesting if they released the WADs or whatever that you could play on the open source version of the game. (All of this is interesting in light of MS's recent hallowing of their game studios.)

    When Quake was popular, CDs were far and away the most popular install method. They're locking a lot of OG owners out (unless they're hoping to drive a trickle of $4 Steam sales).

    by bsimpson
  • If you read this and you haven’t played arcane dimensions yet, drop everything and go and do that. It makes the quake the best single player FPS ever. The mechanics are even better than vanilla quake, the maps are gorgeous, the enemies diverse and fun. Absolute perfection
    by namdnay
  • I adore Quake custom levels, but any time I want to play one, the half thousand source ports, the accessory tools to manage wads that work only on Windows (I'm on Linux), figuring out how to get a shady copy of the original .wad from shady sites, all send my brain into analysis paralysis and I just lose any interest. I must have tried half a dozen times over the years, and every time there's even more options and recommendations than last time.
    by sph
  • Nine Inch Nails also has some new merch and soundtrack album for the 30th anniversary:

    https://shop.nin.com/

    by jervant
  • I hate the trend of selling vinyl but not selling Compact Disc.
    by Lammy
  • Making the photos look like the old photos of the ID office is inspired.
    by whywhywhywhy
  • PROTIP: Install the Kex-engine remaster, but then actually play IronWail: https://github.com/andrei-drexler/ironwail

    It's a real IdTech source port that will load the Remaster's PAKs and pretend to be the Remaster to Steam for achievement unlocks.

    Dimension of the Machine was fantastic so I'm hyped to play Dawn of the Machine tonight :D

    by Lammy
  • Wow I'm out of the loop!

    I remember Quake, WinQuake, then QuakeWorld for online play, then GLQuake and GLQuakeWorld. Squake on linux showed up in there at some point (non-X11 linux version). Sometime later IIRC there was dquake... which google tells me was a PSP version but I swear there was a sorta "improved GLQuake" engine called dquake at some point, with various other ‘enhanced’ engines trickling out in the early 00s…

    And of course not forgetting novelty versions like 'ttyquake'.

    But all these are ancient history now! I'm surprised and amazed at the continued evolution.

    by Nursie
  • >PROTIP: Install the Kex-engine remaster, but then

    You should rephrase this as just "Install Quake on Steam, but then" for newcomers who need this advice to be able to understand it.

    by AgentME
  • Quake was special for me, the first time I felt truly immersed in a world. I'd played doom/wolf, obviously, but being able to look down, and move in a 3d space just felt real in a way nothing had until then.

    Then the multiplayer - lived in the sticks had a 33.6k modem - ping times on a good day of 300ms. Even with all the limitations (and lack of any sort of predictive netcode) that was it, a very expensive (we paid by the minute for phone bills!), game!

    Later teamfortress came out from the guys at RMIT in Melbourne who later went on to Valve (Robin Walker/John Cook from memory) and TF set the bar for so much to come.

    I know a lot of folks recommend masters of doom for the atmosphere at ID during quake's difficult development, but actually Michael Abrash's graphics black book (free on github - https://github.com/jagregory/abrash-black-book) is an even better companion, still a wonderfully readable book today, but captures the mindset of the development that we can take much from still. Indeed Abrash's anecdote about sliderule jockey's in the day of pocket calculators rings very true today as we grapple with the impact of AI on our work.

    How many of us can thank our careers to id for hooking us on computers and things like quakec and even quake2's game dll source and later full engine sources.

    by kar1181
  • Wow, didn't know TF was developed in Melbourne RMIT! That's awesome.
    by barbs
  • It is nice to see Quake getting some love from the publisher, but I feel like it is not enough.

    A bit controversial opinion maybe but I really like Quake Champions and I spent a good amount of time playing it. I even bought some battle passes and merch to support the development. I was really sad that they basically put the game to life support just 1.5 years after its release. The game improved so fast during those 1.5 years, we were getting significant improvements with every patch. I always wondered how much more it would improve if they put just 1 more year into its development.

    by ZuLuuuuuu
  • Twitch and arena shooters are just not popular.
    by epolanski
  • You can't fight with the times. Kids want colorful mods, dance moves, and other stuff like that. Girls also play, they won't play things like the original Doom or Quake, and boys don't get to meet girls much if they are not playing the same games.
    by neonstatic