I'm going to be streaming for maybe an hour - https://www.twitch.tv/fifthelephant 

https://youtu.be/IoHtrJqtlBk?t=6m15s = sound\\ambience\\chant3.wav 

I'm going to be streaming for maybe an hour

That's what I say when I hit the gents after the 5th pint... 

Quake *needs* remaking? No. Agreed.

But the engine, awesome as it is, has way too many limitations for the modern world; all modern ID1 engines do their best to cover them, but you can only go so far to patch old code.

Besides, there is another, more important issue. Vanilla Quake has grainy textures, low-poly and very angular models, small and somewhat square scenes... and if you think really hard about it, it couldn't be more *perfect* than that. id created a spectacular (but limited) engine, given the constraints at the time, and then built a game that fitted *perfectly* with that setting. The setting, the atmosphere, the mood, they all fit precisely with the low-detail models and textures. That's what makes Quake such a great game even after 20 years.

And, please, I don't intend to start a war about this, it's just my opinion but, any attempts to add hi-res textures, interpolation, improved poly-count, and so on, they look beatiful BUT, and this is the key point, they look out of place with the rest of the game. These mods compromise the artistic integrity of the game by not really connecting to each other and the underlying engine.

The desire for updated graphics is there, but it simply won't work if we insist in using the old engine (even withe patched limitations). So, if we actually want a truly hi-res, 21st century Quake, we *need* a full remake. Engine, assets, the whole package. Just like the recent Doom release.

Ok, go ahead. Ready for fragging. ;) 

 

Essentially? Quake does not *need* a remake, but if we want it to look like the current Doom, then yes, it needs a remake. And a full one at that. 

Short answer: no.

Do we want QUAKE (2018) to look like DOOM (2016)? Maybe, but don't confuse art fidelity with art direction. 

I hope they don't call it that. They did with Doom, so I guess Quake is fair game :/ 

Would probably come with the new QuakeMake editor? tm 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQBJ0r5Pj5s

SIGGRAPH 2016 � Technical Papers Trailer (3m 22s)

This is a video with brief looks at new computer graphics research to be presented at SIGGRAPH 2016 Technical Papers program. The voiceover is not great, but don't let that turn you off. 

The "Interactive Sketching of Urban Procedural Models" looked interesting. 

https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/unreal-engine-4-12-released

The new update has an early preview version of the VR Editor. It requires "either an HTC Vive or an Oculus Rift with Touch controller development hardware."

I don't own such things yet, but maybe someone here does. Post your thoughts if you have (or have had) the chance to try it. 

Shambler spotted. 

our belgium version. 

Who runs http://quakemaps.tumblr.com/ and why have they not yet been shot in the head for taking screenshots of id1 maps with awful, ignorantly made colored lighting? 

No idea who runs that tumblr 

I belive it is a person named: "trumad" and he is on the quaddicted fourms.

It's a passionate project to display screenshots of numerous maps in hopes of enticing you to play. Apparently he enjoyed the colored lighting additions. To each his own I suppose. 

What's worse is that 99% of videos on youtube about quake always show the game using some eye-gougingly offensive hi-res texture pack and/or bile-hurlingly obnoxious particle effects.

The worst are the "history of FPS games"-type videos, where the whole point is to provide a historical look at old games, and then you get to the Quake bit, and yep, again it's some cock-sniffer bunny-hopping through E1M1 via the Tenebrae engine or whatever the fuck, where the enemy skins are all saturated colours and glossiness, as if they've been spunked on by a clown. 

quakemaps.tumblr.com rules and does more good for Quake than onetruedurple ever did. 

mapping stream in 5 mins - https://www.twitch.tv/fifthelephant 

#terrafusion theme song 

Is it possible for Quake to support real-time portals? Like the one used in UT's DM-Fractal and which was accomplished months ago on Doom

Thought this could make really neat tricks, coupled with good use of sky brushes to create unusual architectures. 

FTE supports it? 

If someone made something like that, I'd play it for sure and I can't be alone.

There are plenty of opportunities to do interesting things with the 2 advanced engines available.

And somewhat disappointing that there is a distinct lack of any quality single player releases that use those features.

/If I wrong, *please* correct me. I can name maybe a prototype or 3, but nothing "complete".