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Fitzquake Mark V
I wasn't planning on doing this mini-project, it started as an effort to address some Fitzquake issues, fix them the right way up to Fitzquake standards (i.e. do it right, once and properly versus continual releases) and donate it back.

FitzQuake Mark V Download:

http://quake-1.com/docs/utils/fitzquake_mark_v.zip

Short version: Eliminated most issues in FitzQuake thread, most issues I can even remember hearing of ever and marked every single one clearly with a very minimal implementation.

It may be the case that only metlslime and Quakespasm and engine coders may find this engine upgrade of interest.

Features: 5 button mouse support, single pass video mode, external mdl textures, alpha textures (like RMQ), record demo at any time, rotation support, video capture (bind "capturevideo toggle"), console to clipboard, screenshot to clipboard, entities to clipboard, tool_texturepointer, tool_inspector (change weapons to see different info), clock fix, contrast support, fov does not affect gun, gun displays onscreen, Quakespasm wrong content protection, external ent support, session-to-session history and .. (see readme).
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@pulsar 
I guess but I couldn't promise a time to do that.

To change the light point, I had to change the entire lighting collision section so that it would also collide with brush models.

It's very messy having 2 different ways in the code, especially for collisions.

I bet DarkPlaces does the collision with the brush models as the normal way to do things.

As an alternative, you could poke around https://www.quaddicted.com/files/engines/ and maybe one of these has it:

https://www.quaddicted.com/files/engines/fitzquake_mark_v_r2.zip
https://www.quaddicted.com/files/engines/fitzquake_mark_v_r5.zip 
 
Yeah, changing the lighting --- even a subtle change like that one --- can make scrags in the shadows bright --- or make scrags that you are supposed to see obscured in darkness.

Probably doesn't happen on id maps often as they didn't do anything crazy, but custom maps like void maps and such .... 
Can't Believe It! 
I don't know how I managed to miss the last couple of builds!

The WinQuake Mark V is virtually perfect. Being able to play Nehahra on a modern engine in software with MP3 and controller (after a couple of tweaks) support is just brilliant. My netbook says thank you!

Now, when are you going to add 5.1 surround sound? :P 
 
Interesting to know the joystick support works.

I re-added it, but have no joystick to test.

Now, when are you going to add 5.1 surround sound?

Probably never. Honest question, honest answer. 
Mp3 Music 
doesn't work for me. MP3s are placed in id1/music, external music is on but no music, no warnings. what did I miss? 
Bugger. 
Oh well. Thanks for being honest. :)

Yeah, I've got a DualShock 4 running under DS4Windows as an X-Input device. It works great. Two of the axes are switched from WinQuake and, of course, the z axis triggers aren't recognised but other than that it's fine.

Should I upload my config for other? Can I do that here? 
 
You could paste relevant portion here. At some future point I could investigate. I don't see Mark V being updated for a while. 
@pulsar 
It should say something like "Playing id1/music/track001.mp3" or "Track id1/music/track01.mp3" not found.

Which does it say? If it says "Playing ..." and it isn't working, check both the music volume slider and the volume slider. If it still isn't playing, then I don't know --- Fifth had some issue like that and then he did something and it worked. 
 
It should say something like "Playing id1/music/track001.mp3" or "Track id1/music/track01.mp3" not found.

That's the problem. I searched for my problem through this thread and everyone mentioned that it should had been a warning about that. While I don't get any warnings at all. Is there any console command to switch on/off music or anything else I have missed? External music is enabled in options, sound and music volume sliders don't make any changes.
I'm confused. 
 
Music has worked for me since one of the newer builds. I just assumed that you had figured out the issue and fixed it... directory structure and file naming is
..\Quake\id1\music\track02.mp3 
@pulsar 
1. I created a new folder "Quake"
2. I created a Quake\id1 folder
3. and copied pak0.pak and pak1.pak in there.
4. I created a Quake\id1\music
5. Copied an mp3 as Quake\id1\track04.mp3

Using this latest Mark V beta for Windows (download)

I have no config and there is no command line. I start Mark V and do single player new game so I am on the Introduction and it says

"Introduction
Using protocol 666
Current music track: music/track04.mp3"

And the music plays.

So no config, no command line, current .exe that's what it says with a valid mp3 in Quake\id1\music\track04.mp3 on the "start" map. For me. 
Above 
correction ---> quake\id1\music\track04.mp3

(I typed it wrong the first time) 
Hmm 
I repeated all these steps with new quake folder etc (btw I've discovered that I've been using previous build (from 20150426) while having the latest one downloaded).

After all I got:

"Introduction
Using protocol 666"

And no music.

That's with clean quake and the latest mark v. 
 
Are you using a command line that has something like -nocd or -nocdaudio or -nosound or something?

It either prints that ...
A) it found the track
B) it didn't find the track

It seems you have the music disabled somehow. 
Missing/incompatible DLL/codec Perhaps? 
 
 
It doesn't say something like "ERROR - Could not initialize COM library" if you scroll up in the console does it? (Seems unlikely)

Also: Type "developer 1" in the console and then type "map start" and it will print out "too much detail" but might give you a clue and will print music messages like if it found the file.

About all I can say. 
I'm Having A Similar Problem With Music In Mark V 
and the tracks play just fine in quakespasm. In mark v, the message about "current music track" displays for me as well, but no mp3 is playing. 
Controller Config 
To anyone who's interested here's the controller configuration I use.

Just copy the text below and paste it into a new text file. Save it as "controller.cfg".

Then just add the line: "exec controller.cfg" to your autoexec.cfg in your "Quake\id1" folder.

Copy text from here:

joystick 1

joyname "Controller"

joyadvanced 1

joyadvaxisx 2
joyadvaxisy 1
joyadvaxisr 4
joyadvaxisu 3

joyforwardsensitivity -1.0
joysidesensitivity 1.0
joypitchsensitivity 1.0
joyyawsensitivity -1.0

joyforwardthreshold 0.15
joysidethreshold 0.15
joyyawthreshold 0.15
joypitchthreshold 0.15

+mlook

joyadvancedupdate

// JOY1 = "A" Button
bind joy1 "+speed"
// JOY2 = "B" Button
bind joy2 "impulse 1"

// JOY3 = "X" Button
bind joy3 "impulse 12"
// JOY4 = "Y" Button
bind joy4 "impulse 10"

// AUX5 = "Left Shoulder" Button
bind aux5 "+jump"
// AUX6 = "Right Shoulder" Button
bind aux6 "+attack"

// AUX7 = "Back" Button
bind aux7 "+showscores"
// AUX8 = "Start" Button
bind aux8 "pause"

// AUX9 = "Middle Left Stick" Button
bind aux9 ""
// AUX10 = "Middle Right Stick" Button
bind aux10 ""

// AUX29 = D-Pad Up
bind aux29 ""
// AUX30 = D-Dad Right
bind aux30 ""

// AUX31 = D-Pad Down
bind aux31 ""
// AUX32 = D-Pad Left
bind aux32 ""

To the line above!

PS: I realise most of you will know what to do with the above text. I just thought it prudent to add some simple instructions for those not familiar with such things. :) 
Consistent Crash In Abyss Of Pandemonium? 
The game loads fine but crashes every time I pick up and shoot the incendiary grenade launcher at the Death Knight as found in the first secret area in the first map.

I'm using the latest build from above (20150508) on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. 
 
Mark V uses DirectShow to play MP3 using hardware acceleration. Because DirectShow is part of Windows, there are buried settings in the control panel audio settings or even sometimes Windows Media Player (volume per file type) that might affect it.

Your Abyss of Pandemonium issue might be related to Shrak invalid skin bug. Whenever in the future I do an update to Mark V I'll take a look at it. 
Shot In The Dark.. 
Given that it's DirectShow, it might be worth running that DirectX Web installer (from Microsoft.. don't have a link handy.)

A while ago, I was getting a missing d3dx DLL error when running DirectQ on a fresh Windows 10 install, and running that web installer fixed it. 
AoP Follow Up 
I tried AoP with the OGL version of Mark V and it works fine. It only happens in the WinQuake build.

I tried Erics suggestion in the hope that it was indeed just a glitch in the matrix but the issue's still there.

Anyway, just thought I'd let you know. :) 
Baker 
In developer 1 mode I get this (map start):

"Introduction
Using protocol 666
CDaudio: Bad track number 4"

I get a feeling that it doesn't even try to find mp3s.

I've inserted an audio cd and checked. With external music off I get no "CDaudio: Bad track number n" warning but cd music doesn't play either. Though that cd plays well in windows media player.

I need to investigate in on my pc at work. 
@pulsar 
Since I've very much enjoyed some of your past maps like Menk, I tried to think of some solutions outside the box.

But the problem you are having is "outlier".

(i.e. the particulars of the problem you are having don't match anything anyone else has had in a thread over 3 years old.)

So I don't know and I can't think of any helpful advice. 
 
Well, hold on ----

In Mark V, a CD track > mp3

It assumes if you have a CD in the player, you intend to use it.

CD supercedes MP3.

Answer: Don't have a CD in. 
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