Quake - Update 1

Update 1 includes improvements to user controls, the addition of bot support to multiple Deathmatch maps, improvements to bot functionality and several notable bug fixes

Improvements

Controls

• Improved analog stick input on controllers – now more responsive by default
• Added deadzone, aim acceleration, exponent and aim smoothing options to tweak gamepad input in the Input Options menu

Map Improvements: Dimension of the Machine

• Hell or Dark Water (MGE3M2): added checkpoint spawns in co-op after traps section
• Grave Machine (MGE4M1): added checkpoint spawns in co-op and fixed pain triggers around pentagram
• A Grave Mistake (MGE4M2): added checkpoint spawns in co-op and pain triggers to prevent falling through and skipping them

General Improvements

• Save game process is faster on large levels
• Hosts are now identified by an icon instead of a color to make it easier to distinguish for color blind players
• Weapon wheel HUD element is no longer cut off on local multiplayer vertical split-screen

Online Multiplayer

• Removed visible game limit in match browser
• Improved Scourge of Armagon client-side prediction

Bots
Added bot support for the following levels:

• The Slipgate Complex (E1M1)
• Castle of the Damned (E1M2)
• The House of Chthon (E1M7)
• The Elder God Shrine (E4M3)
• Shub-Niggurath's Pit (END)
• The Edge of Oblivion (HIPDM1)
• The Pumping Station (HIP1M1)

• Improved bot melee attack, swimming and weapon selection behaviors
• Added text dialogues for when bots make kills or get killed
• Improved bot handling of elevators
• Improved bot navigation on The Abandoned Base (DM3)

Misc. Improvements

• Added monitor select option

Control Updates:

• Added quick save and quick load key binds
• Added default keyboard binds for the Laser Cannon, and Mjolnir in Scourge of Armagon

Note: Users with existing save data may need to bind these manually from the Input Options menu

BUG FIXES

Gameplay

• Fixed backward movement speed accidentally being set to walk
• Game speed now correctly resets after using the Weapon Wheel
• Resolved a bug that could result in the player getting stuck when jumping out of the water
• Turning off friendly fire no longer prevents self-damage

Audio

• Fixed rare audio crash in Scourge of Armagon
• Resolved issue that caused excessive clipping when multiple sounds play simultaneously
• Resolved an issue in which the wrong audio track was playing during the Scourge of Armagon demo
• Fixed an issue in which Track 11 was playing instead of Track 10 on Gloom Keep (E1M5), The Wizard’s Manse (E2M5), The wind Tunnels (E3M5) and Hell’s Atrium (E4M5)

Maps

• The Silver Key no longer shows up in Hell’s Atrium (E4M5) on Deathmatch
• Fixed an issue in which some decals were oriented incorrectly in Scourge of Armagon
• Fixed a lighting bug in The Door to Chthon (E1M6) that caused the darkened path to be lit prematurely
• Darkened lighting on the roof to restore the original visual effect on Shub-Niggurath's Pit (END)

General

• Usernames with quotation marks now appear correctly in game
• Spanish episode end slate text is no longer cut off
• Texture smoothing setting restores correctly after deactivating the Quake 64 add-on
• Fixed bug in which enhanced Ogre model would sink into ground plane after death

Online Multiplayer

• Resolved issue when sounds would drop and entities disappear or flicker during online play

Bots

• Resolved issue where bots would not grab needed pickups
• Bots should now see all triggers and doors as shootable
• Bots no longer linger in slime or lava for too long
• Removed Bot support on maps that lack waypoints
• Fixed issue in which bots tried to re-use single-use buttons and triggers

Misc.

• Fixed an issue in which the Max FPS option did not correctly display custom settings in drop down menu
• Disabled GPU culling to improve performance in Dimension of the Machine

MODDING IMPROVEMENTS

The following changes apply to users who may be developing add-ons that work on the PC version of Quake

• Added the pr_checkextension cvar and checkextension ("QUAKE_EX") function in QuakeC to detect if the mod is running under the updated Quake client
• Added the cl_nocsqc cvar (it is permanently set to 1 to indicate to modders that CSQC is not supported)
• Removed the -heapsize command line parameter. It is no longer used in favor of a dynamically sized heap
• Added FL_NO_BOTS edict flag (Instructs bots to ignore specified object(s) in QuakeC)
• Added a QuakeC built-in for playing a sound on a client: void localsound( entity client, string sample ) = #80;

Added the following QuakeC built-in functions for drawing debug shapes on clients (these are intended to help mod authors visually debug logic in 3D space):

• void draw_point( vector point, float colormap, float lifetime, float depthtest ) = #81;
• void draw_line( vector start, vector end, float colormap, float lifetime, float depthtest ) = #82;
• void draw_arrow( vector start, vector end, float colormap, float size, float lifetime, float depthtest ) = #83;
• void draw_ray( vector start, vector direction, float length, float colormap, float size, float lifetime, float depthtest ) = #84;
• void draw_circle( vector origin, float radius, float colormap, float lifetime, float depthtest ) = #85;
• void draw_bounds( vector min, vector max, float colormap, float lifetime, float depthtest ) = #86;
• void draw_worldtext( string s, vector origin, float size, float lifetime, float depthtest ) = #87;
• void draw_sphere( vector origin, float radius, float colormap, float lifetime, float depthtest ) = #88;
• void draw_cylinder( vector origin, float halfHeight, float radius, float colormap, float lifetime, float depthtest ) = #89;

• Added logic that resets AI state to neutral when activating the bot navigation editor
• Added bot nav editor fullbright toggle key bind to F2
• Added "CheckForFloor" flag to nav nodes (this can be used for drawbridges, floor traps, etc.)
• Added "CheckForSolid" flag to nav nodes (this can be used for crushers, traps, movable walls, etc.)
• Added ability to place nav nodes in shallow lava

Added the following cvars to change nav editor window positions:

• nav_properties_xpos
• nav_properties_ypos
• nav_legend_xpos
• nav_legend_ypos

Added navEdit_defaultNodeRadius to set preferred default nav node radius
Added ability to lock node height in place when moving nodes around
Added navEdit_defaultNodeRadius to set preferred default nav node radius
Added navEdit_waterLookPointDist to control how far away nodes will be placed in front of player when in water

MODDING FIXES

• Fixed an issue in which the save command was appending an "s" to the beginning of filenames, resolving auto-save in mods like “Copper”
• Fixed Alpha not being applied to brush models
• Restored original behavior of centerprint, sprint, and bprint built-ins to fix issues with mods expecting arguments to concatenate instead of a string format