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Just found this: https://updatecrazy.com/quake-update-1-06-patch-notes-1-005-for-ps4-ps5-february-9-2022/
What is fixed in Quake Update 1.06 Patch Notes? – February 9, 2022
- Added a gameplay optimizations.
- Addressed game crashing bug.
- Added general stability and performance improvments.
- Other minor bug fixes.
Just bought PS5 and it feels very stutters to me… Changed all settings which didn't make a difference. Feels like it's linked to input movement… also screen tearing?!
I haven't checked it out since the last update. A friend and I are going to go through one of the campaigns tomorrow. I'll report back.
The native PS5 SKU?
Fixed by turning off 120hz mode in PS5 OS settings. Buttery smooth now…
Incidentally my LG TV isn't 120hz but my Xbox thinks it can do 120hz. Maybe the PS5 auto setting has been affecting other games without me realising…
Interesting. At least if your TV doesn't support 120 you can just leave the setting off in the OS
Does this mean they're done updating the game beyond the add ons? Wouldn't really be like LRG to ship a game with only half the updates on disc.
Nah. They publish stuff without all the patches all the time.
Does this mean they're done updating the game beyond the add ons? Wouldn't really be like LRG to ship a game with only half the updates on disc.
Yeah. Don't look too closely or you'll start to see all the cracks.
I made my way through both Missions Packs and Dimensions of the Past. The Mission Packs sure had some bullshit enemy placements here and there, but shooters of that era were pretty much made with save scumming in mind, so it wasn't a real problem. The levels themselves were great, highly imaginative. Very good!
Dimensions of the Past was kinda whatever though. Nothing special, but still fun.
Dimensions of the Machine is the last DLC I've left now. Will probably play that over the weekend.
Dimensions of the Past was kinda whatever though. Nothing special, but still fun.
Dimensions of the Machine is the last DLC I've left now. Will probably play that over the weekend.
Dropped to the level selection? You mean the lobby? It sounds like you accidentally quit out back to the lobby.
I was playing with my daughter and we were both actively playing through an area. I haven't played since and don't recall the buttons it takes to get to the lobby. I didn't see her press anything and not sure she would have known how, but it is always a possibility. It confused me and by the time I figured out I couldn't return and started capturing with the share button, it was too far away and didn't show the portion I wanted. I'll post if it happens again.
DotM is much, MUCH better than DotP. It's honestly insane what they've made with such an old base to work with.
Keep in mind, DotP was made to fit the original engine limits, you could play it on DOS. DotM however was us basically telling machine games "break the engine, and we'll change the engine until the map works again".
Yeah, it is much better. I've read about this before and was looking forward to playing it. I finished the first three episodes today and it's pretty great. It fails to capture the feeling and atmosphere of the original though. Feels more like a total conversion, but that is fine as long as it is fun. It sucks a bit that all the episodes are only two levels long and you lose all your weapons after that. It's mostly shot- and nailgun while you only find the lightning gun and rockets later in the episodes just to lose them again.
Wow, that Boss fight of Dimension of the Machine is pure garbage. It might be the worst Quake level of them all, leaving quite a dent on an otherwise fine expansion.
Games aren't region based, well in the lobby browser anyway. The game is more/most/only active with custom lobbies than matchmaking as well, where there's about 8 public games right now in the crossplay list.
I see those matches if I fire up the Steam or Xbox (GP) versions; it's the Switch version only that doesn't get any results.
Switch was the platform I checked. All platforms receive the exact same cross platform list, and the list is just a basic json table of actively responding lobbies. Make sure you haven't accidentally disabled crossplay in the multiplayer options, and you are looking at the crossplay list in the filter options.
I wasn't even on the fence though I was waiting for another 50% off, but well... 60% off was even better.
I have fond memories of the game back in the day, but it's been so long since I last played the game so it's almost all new for me.
If you want a "more accurate" (how Quake looked in DOS) graphical style, the game runs very, very well (60FPS locked) on my Switch Lite. There are a number of optional graphical features you can turn on if you want, and the game chugs at times if everything is turned on (dynamic shadows and ambient occlusion seem to be the biggest culprits, to me).
Gyro aiming is supported -- it's BotW style, where the right stick controls the camera and you can tilt the system for fine aiming (vs the "flick stick" style of Splatoon 2).
Thanks for the reply! However, Splatoon doesn't (unfortunately!) use flick stick gyro afaik? That is, unless they've patched it in since last time I've played it?
Flick stick is probably the wrong term; when gyro is on, the game turns off the right stick's vertical inputs.
Dang, I had hoped Nintendo had gone the extra mile! :-) This is flick stick gyro and, hopefully, it is the future now that Fortnite has embraced it:
The flick in flick stick is literal. The whole point is that it allows you to do quick flicks of the sticks to do big turns for the most mouse-like feel. It's a community-driven control scheme that wasn't developed by any big name company hence the slow adoption and why its inclusion in a recent Fortnite patch was such a big deal. The only other game that uses this is (on Switch or any console) Boomerang X.
New update on Steam. Adds a bunch of accessibility options:
The low res option on PC is still busted, guess they're not gonna bother fixing it.
The low res option on PC is still busted, guess they're not gonna bother fixing it.
We were never made aware that it was broken. Just tried it now and it seems to be working still.
Odd. Though I wonder if it's actually the console that's broken, the intended behaviour isn't clear.
In the off chance any community port developers are hanging around here:
In the off chance any community port developers are hanging around here:
I would think the intent behind the setting is to get a chunky low res software rendered look, but the way it currently works on the PC version doesn't achieve that, instead filtering the textures at a distance and causing a blurry appearance. In QuakeSpasm you can change the render scale and below is how it turns out which is more authentic to the classic low res look, much like the console image from the tweet, so that's why I'm assuming something is off with the PC implementation currently.
Just tested on an alt and managed to get The House of Doom popped on PS4 and PS5 (playing both on PS5) - uncertain if anything else is needed, like starting the level from scratch or otherwise
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