client-linux VS Quakespasm

www.nquake.com

QuakeWorld (the "Internet" version of quake 1) is still very active. The source code was open-sourced by Carmack many years ago and the community has been evolving the clients ever since. Today the most popular one - ezquake [0] - features many improvements in performance, networking and teamplay features.

Anybody can download a version of this client along with a mostly playable version of quake [1] (that includes only the first chapter of the original maps like the shareware version but many or most popular multiplayer maps. And if you have the original you just need to place the pak1.pak inside the id1 directory and have access to everything)

There are many ongoing tournaments and QHLAN is about to be held in Sweden on November 17-20. You can find all about these in the quakeworld wiki [2]

To find the servers and games you can use one of two websites [3][4] or the in-game browser. The quakeworld EU and US communities are found on Discord. [5][6]

There is also an automated Twitch channel built by a community member that streams quakeworld 24/7 [6]

[0] https://github.com/QW-Group/ezquake-source

[1] https://www.nquake.com/

[2] https://www.quakeworld.nu/wiki/Overview

[2] https://badplace.eu/

[3] https://hub.quakeworld.nu/

[4] http://discord.quake.world (invite link for QuakeWorld EU Discord)

[5] http://discord.usquake.world (invite link for QuakeWorld US Discord)

[6] https://www.twitch.tv/QuakeWorld

www.nquake.com if one wants to download a package containing ezQuake (a QuakeWorld client with lots of community developed enhancements), the Quake shareware and other goodies.

I'd go with Quakeworld. The weapons are very strong, so it's easy to get frags even for beginners, even if you're playing against experienced players. On that same note, you'll also die a lot lol.

Quakeworld. You die a lot and quick, but you get a lot of kills too more easily than in other AFPS.

Quakespasm doesnt really have the best netcode tho, if you're trying to play coop id probably just recommend the new rerelease of the game, if its something competitive you should use quakeworld.

Download free https://www.nquake.com/

For those curious about the cause of the issue, you can take a look at the code that loads QuakeEx.kpf (lines 3122-3126). There is nothing to check or sanitize paths, so the case of the string is going to be treated based on the OS's strings.h I believe, which is case sensitive for POSIX and insensitive for Microsoft. It just so happens that much of the rest of the code references external files in lower-case, which is why one may not run into this so often.

Both. There are much better alternatives to QuakeSpasm now, including vkQuake, the newly released Ironwail (name still tentative) and QuakeSpasm-Spiked, although even the latter is beginning to look obsolete now.

https://triptohell.info/moodles/qss/ there you go!

I would try to compile

- QuakeSpasm-Spiked, modified QuakeSpasm with framerate-independent physics and other improvements: https://triptohell.info/moodles/qss/

- FTE QW, will let you play singleplayer, multiplayer, and I think even Quake II (and III?): https://fte.triptohell.info/

- QuakeSpasm (sibling comment has a link)

If all else fails, I know some QW guys are playing on M1 using ezquake. That's really a multiplayer engine and I wouldn't recommend it for SP but it could do if you're desperate.

download quakespasm spiked from this source: https://triptohell.info/moodles/qss/

Use Quakespasm Spiked or vkquake