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ProQuake 4 is the official continuation of the original ProQuake by J.P. Grossman.
ProQuake is a faithful GLQuake/WinQuake style Quake client incorporating several common sense features Quake should have had from the start such as ping in scoreboard, precise aiming, loc support.
ProQuake would become the standard Quake client for online play, although further development stopped in late 2002.
However, as time went on the client aged and was in need of newer features and as a result unofficial updates began in 2007. In December 2007, J.P. Grossman handed off the ProQuake project and the unofficial ProQuake project became the official continuation.
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Features
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No system issues, no video issues, no processor issues:
- Immune to all "cannot connect to server" issues. For real.
- Optionally disable the Windows keys (sys_disableWinkeys 1).
- Video: Never ALT-TAB trashing, never FOV issues.
- Runs without overspeed/underspeed issues on newer processors (dual core, etc.).
- "White screen" should be impossible with affected video cards.
- Runs on all Intel Display adapters (GLQuake/older glpro crash on some).
- GLQuake "texture cache mismatch" issue resolved.
Better input:
- 5 mouse button support.
- Full keyboard binding (optional).
- International keyboard support (optional).
- -alias binds never triggered in console.
- Turn -dinput on or off in-game using m_directinput 1.
Better video and rendering:
- Change video mode in game (Options -> Video Mode).
- Vertical sync can be turned on or off (vid_vsync 1).
- Optionally adjust brightness in-game (If not using -gamma x.xx in cmdline).
- ALT-ENTER toggles fullscreen vs. windowed (cl_keys_altenter 0 to disable).
- Direct3D renderer for those with OpenGL driver problems (d3dpro).
- Change console text size at will (Options->Preferences).
Convenience:
- cmdlist and cvarlist, to list commands and variables.
- Gamedir switching at-will via gamedir command.
- AVI capturing capability (capture_codec, capturedemo, etc.).
- Demo rewind and fast forward using PGUP and PGDN keys.
- Built-in Quake name maker (type namemaker in console).
- Config.cfg output is nice and clean.
- GLQuake .ms2 meshing is removed (no trashed models potential).
- CD player can be turned off in-menu (-nocdaudio in cmdline not required).
- Max_edicts increased to support large single player maps.
- Memory defaults to 32 MB to issues with large maps.
- Zone defaults to 1 MB to avoid trouble with mods (CTF, RuneQuake, etc).
Better server:
- Anti-wallhack capability (sv_cullentities 1=players or 2=all).
- Built-in ipmasking (sv_ipmasking 1).
- More settings shown in test2 queries (ticrate, etc.).
Developer:
- copy command copies console to clipboard.
- viewpos command (x y z + angles).
- tracepos.
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Planned Features
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- Client: Implement Rook's web-based map download from Qrack.
- Client: Ensure latest "DSL fix" version. [done]
- Client: Separate rendering maxfps from server maxfps.
- Client: Work on multi-crosshair support some more.
- Convenience: Map, demo, gamedir listing commands.
- Convenience: auto-compressed demos solution.
- Convenience: case insensitive cvars and commands.
- GL: Single pass video setup; reuse context if possible.
- GL: Force gl_ztrick 0 and gl_clear 1 on certain Intels. [done]
- GL: Colormapping of corpses in GL(optional).
- GL: Clear textures on map load (from Rook).
- GL: Proper water support.
- GL: Enable glpro399 dedicated server capability. [done]
- Single player: Alpha entity support.
- Single player: Centerprint logging option. [done]
- Single player: Console reload on gamedir change.
- Single player: Skybox support, limited.
- Single player: Work on fog support some more.
- Single player: Possibly Half-Life map loading support.
- Single player: Possibly Kurok support.
- Single player: r_viewmodeloffset support. [done]
- Single player: Capability of saving multiplayer game.
- Server: External .ent support on server side.
- Server: Low CPU option for ORL. [done]
- Server: Host_Error instead of Sys_Error for server.
- Server: savesensitivity shouldn't happen if -dedicated! [done]
- Linux: Work on Linux version some more.
- Mac OS X: Finish merge with Windows codebase.
- Mac OS X: Solve key repeats, menu, copy cmd.
- Mac OS X: Option to disable mouse cursor release in windowed mode.
- Mac OS X: make a vid_describecurrentmode equivalent command.
- Bug: Fix profile command when client (dates to glquake). [done]
- Bug: Fix "can't use keypad" with international keyboard.
- Bug: Does r_drawentities 0 draws view model in WinQuake.
- Bug: Check gl_rmain.c after GL_DrawAliasBlendedShadow.
- Issue: Winquake [but not gl] incompatibility with x64 machines [api ?].
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Status
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Development continues on ProQuake. Help, feature ideas and bug reports can be posted at the QuakeOne Forums.
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