End of vkQuake development

[Novum]

After deliberation and in light of other source ports gaining popularity I'm not willing to put in work into this project anymore. If someone else wants to take it over please let me know.

Otherwise I will maybe merge PRs that people put up, otherwise I'm done.

[Novum]

@temx if you want it, you can have it.

[5HT]

I want it! [1] :-)

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[1]. https://tonpa.guru/stream/2022/2022-12-06%20Quake.htm

[daemonspudguy]

RIP.

[OkaVatti]

This is the saddest day in the history of Quake. Ever since the release of Quake 4.

[guide-bot]

Just wanted to write a quick note to say that I think vkQuake is the best way to experience the original Quake on a modern computer. I have been using it for a long time, and I will continue to use version 1.22.1 for the foreseeable future, despite the other options that currently exist. Thanks for the work you and your collaborators have put into this over the years. It's a really cool project.

[Novum]

Why not the latest version?

[guide-bot]

I am a sucker for an experience that feels like the original Quake, or at least how I remember it in my mind from when I was a kid. Up until very recently, I would clone the repo and compile the code every month or two. After 1.22.1 the menu became noticeably more complex/layered and the mouse cursor menu selection feature was added. It's an interesting thing, reading some of the feature requests people have made over the years. It seems like the scope of the project has expanded as people ask for more and more features.

I just want it to feel like DOS Quake, but to run well on modern hardware (high resolution/framerate, AA, anisotropic filtering and the like) and it seems like there was a lot gained by using Vulkan. Since you announced that you were finished developing, I decided to choose which version I would stick with, and I went with 1.22.1 because I feel like it really captures what Quake is for me. To me, this version feels like a finished product without the extra stuff.

To give you an idea of how I try to recreate the original Quake feel, here is my autoexec.cfg file:

r_lerpmodels 0
r_lerpmove 0
crosshair 1
scr_crosshairscale 3
fov 90
snd_waterfx 0
scr_conanim 1
scr_conalpha 0.7
scr_conspeed 500

Anyway, I have followed this project for a long time and I was surprised to hear you say you were done with it. It's been cool to see this turn in to one of the more popular Quake ports out there.