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Spiked Quakespasm Modding/Coding Help Thread

Posted by Baker on 2016/09/15 01:41:20

Thread for figuring out all the new particle and modding features in the "Spiked" version of Quakespasm.
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Actual QSS engine download:
http://triptohell.info/moodles/qss/

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Tutorial on how to enable rain and snow on the Quake start map:

1. Video of snow: https://youtu.be/DvqxsJChXH0
2. Video of rain: https://youtu.be/NRud8T88tDc

Steps:

1. Put this start.ent download in c:/Quake/id1/maps folder. Tells it what textures emit snow and rain.

2. Put this weather.cfg download in c:/Quake/id1/particles folder. Indicates spawn information on particles and how they behave.

3. Enter r_particledesc "weather classic"; map start in the console. I assume "weather" is the name of cfg. Also seems to work with just r_particledesc "weather".

Stuff:

Q: How do you find out the name of textures?

With Quakespasm I don't know that you can, but in Mark V just type "tool_texturepointer 1" in the console and look at a surface and it displays the name of any texture you look at on-screen. screenshot

Q: How is the external ent file made and what does it need?

Open up Mark V and type "map start". Now just type "copy ents" and the entities for the entire map is on the clipboard. Open a text editor and paste. Save it as c:/Quake/id1/maps/start.ent

The first few lines of the file look like this, add the 2 bolded lines that tell the particle system that the texture names are "sky1" for snow and "wizwood1_8" for rain.

{
"sounds" "4"
"classname" "worldspawn"
"wad" "gfx/start.wad"
"_texpart_sky1" "weather.tex_skysnow"
"_texpart_wizwood1_8" "weather.tex_skyrain
"message" "Introduction"
"worldtype" "0"
}

A devkit is also available HERE http://fte.triptohell.info/moodles/qss/QSS_DevKit.zip with source code examples of how to create your own custom HUD using CSQC. The examples show CSQC recreations of the classic HUD as well as variations for the missionpacks and should serve as a good starting point for your own creations. There's a few other goodies in there too (e.g. particle stuff), so check the readme inside the devkit.

Discord
There's now an official Discord for FTE and QSS, find it here: https://discord.gg/E6fTcgB3ev

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#235 posted by Tribal on 2020/05/22 16:45:19

I think there's something wrong with the last quakespasm-spiked release :/

I was playing ww's map for sm107, and there's a rocket launcher that is supposed to fall after you kill some vores (look in this video at 02:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLVdlI4rB-A )

With the new version of quakespasm-spiked the rocket-launcher doesn't fall, but with an older version that i have on my PC it works perfectly.

Also, if you play the map "ad_beep1m2" (The Lima Project by Comrade Beep) with the new quakespasm-spiked, the player cant' move at all when you load the map. This issue don't exist if you play with an older version of the engine :P

what's going on? :P

Previous Version 0.93.2 X_win64 22.11.19 Works Fine

#236 posted by CV on 2020/05/24 11:52:36

It would be nice to publish few latest builds of QSS for example, as it is for DP and QS classic.

@CV

#237 posted by AAS on 2020/05/28 15:42:31

Try pr_checkextransion 0

#238 posted by AAS on 2020/05/28 15:43:19

... pr_checkextension 0

#239 posted by R00k on 2020/06/02 20:14:37

i thought there was a certain "sv_gameplayfix..." for when a model is touching another entity, and the bottom entity is removed then the gravity applies to the top. I would guess that the RL is sitting on an invisible trigger and once it dies/SOLID_NOT the RL is supposed to fall??

#240 posted by yhe1 on 2020/11/08 02:41:15

I notice that the spiked saved game format includes a bunch of info at the bottom when viewed with a text editor, which makes it not compatible with standard quake. Can this issue be resolved?

SoA Finale Cutscene

#241 posted by NightFright on 2020/12/03 11:40:10

I have found that the latest QSS executable from Oct 17, 2020 does not play the SoA finale cutscene properly. The camera moves underneath the floor and all other scenes after that are not showing what they are supposed to (angles are horribly off).

Can anybody confirm this? I have already reported the issue over at Github.

DoE Issue With Lavamen

#242 posted by NightFright on 2020/12/04 13:18:52

And found another issue in the second mission pack. In R2M3, any but the first of the lavamen spawn one floor underneath their pool and move around. They can still be killed, though. Problem does not exist in Quakespasm v0.93.2.

@NightFright

#243 posted by arkngt on 2020/12/08 01:21:25

Yes, I get the same issue with the final cutscene in SoA and the latest QSS build. Works fine with vKQuake.

And Another One

#244 posted by NightFright on 2020/12/08 14:26:20

In the meantime, I have actually found a third issue, this time even in the original campaign. In E4M7, zombies spawn above the first water pool, floating in mid air above the surface. Looks like QSS isn't as bug-free as I thought. With regular Quakespasm, none of these issues occur.

#244

#245 posted by gila on 2020/12/08 20:59:04

I wondered about ceiling zombies too and thought it was sourceport bug or oversight.

But I've checked the DOS gameplay and they really spawn up there on the ceiling. Maybe it's the "original" bug or perhaps some reasoning for that? It's Sandy's map, after all.

Check the video, at 0:57

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

Interesting

#246 posted by NightFright on 2020/12/09 08:26:07

Never noticed that. It's possible that some other source ports like Mark V fixed this and I thought it needs to be like that. Maybe Sandy wanted it like that, even though it still looks wrong to me...

#247 posted by arkngt on 2020/12/09 18:25:30

Yeah, I thought they do that in vanilla. Pretty sure I've had the same with vkQuake (which is my standard engine) and earlier on as well.

Wireframe Weapon Models

#248 posted by Aquashark on 2021/02/10 18:30:27

I have an issue with how weapon models are displayed without textures: https://i.imgur.com/JAz7vmY.png

i'm using QuakeSpasm-spiked 0.93.2 (with standard Quake v1.09).. is there some weird display command I might have toggled?

Nevermind

#249 posted by Aquashark on 2021/02/10 20:17:38

please ignore above post. problem solved by deleting non-vanilla QRP models.

QSS Became Most Powerful Modern Engine.

#250 posted by CV on 2021/02/20 10:50:08

Really, tried it once, do not want to go back to your previously favorite engine. It is fast, compatible with all maps and mods, has many features and looked great, but what else is needed to become the best?
There is one sad thing.
Monster, hiding behind trigger activated doors, dyes during door opening, because it touches this door. There is the way to fix this sadly annoying bug?

Monsters Getting Crushed As Their Closets Open.

#251 posted by koren on 2021/02/23 21:26:02

I've noticed the same problem as CV in #250 in quite a few maps.

An example can be seen in ad_juz1 where the seeker in a closet right near the start of the map will always self-destruct under rising door. This happens in the dev build and stable, but doesn't occur in quakespasm 0.93.2 or vkquake.

Yep

#252 posted by Tribal on 2021/02/23 23:49:18

I saw this happen two times, both with a Shambler behind the door.

On Lasd Dev Build X64

#253 posted by CV on 2021/03/07 09:31:33

Compile Date: Sat Mar 6 06:43:10

seems to be Shpoike has fixed this bug already. Tested on a few maps, on wich this bug appearing before and them runs well.
Thanks, Shpoike!

@CV

#254 posted by Tribal on 2021/03/07 09:54:29

Thanks for the heads up o/

#255 posted by Joel B on 2021/03/07 19:46:34

Pleeease everyone just use the dev build. Lotsa fixed bugs there.

#256 posted by maiden on 2021/03/08 16:28:45

Why not update the "non-dev" build? It's been a while, Aug 2020.

What About The MacOS Version?

#257 posted by Barnak on 2021/03/08 17:02:13

The MacOS version appears to be dead...

QSS Latest Version For OSX?

#258 posted by Barnak on 2021/03/15 19:11:07

The latest version of QuakeSpasm Spiked for OSX that I've found is 0.92.2, and it has a few issues with recent mods.

Is there a newer version somewhere? Or will there be an update?

Just

#259 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2021/03/16 05:11:45

What the hell is going on with QSS these days?

Spike can you please inform us what a good current, working version of QSS might be? Maybe some info on how to address or avoid these? Since AD 1.8 I've seen a few issues that are unsettling. And now we have qmaster making the Keep FTE and QSS only???

I think that might be a mistake and I am going to have to be convinced why that choice was made with this recent stream of issues cropping up.

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