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QrustyQuake V0.9.0 - A Modern Software-rendered Port

Posted by CyanBun96 on 2026/09/10 18:13:13

A new major version of QrustyQuake, a WinQuake port aimed at faithfulness to the original while adding a variety of optional modern features and QoL improvements, has been released!

Summary of changes since v0.8.3:

-Dawn of the Machine from 2026 rerelease is fairly playable, with the new r_coarseocclusion (set to "Auto" by default, activating on BSP2 maps only) helping to improve performance a lot in some cases with a lot of unseen geometry being processed anyway.

-Lots of other minor adjustments to make Dawn of the Machine work as intended

-vid_scalemode command

-keepmusic cvar

-"Saturn" text and notification styles

-"Startup Behavior" options

-Page scrolling in Maps/Mods menus on controllers with AUX1 and AUX2

-deletesave command, deleting saves in Save/Load menus with Delete key

-r_showtris and r_showtris_color cvars

-"Previous Weapon" option in controls

-A bunch of other minor improvements/features

Get it on GitHub:
https://github.com/cyanbun96/qrustyquake/releases/tag/v0.9.0

YESSSS

#1 posted by Tintin on 2026/09/11 18:02:36

THE BEST SOFTWARE QUAKE PORT GOT A NEW UPDATE. Thank you so much for the hard work.

#2 posted by Joel B on 2026/09/11 23:39:57

Yeah thanks for this cool thing!

#3 posted by MetinSaygin on 2026/10/31 10:48:33

Really interesting to see someone pushing the software renderer this far in 2026. I am curious about r_coarseocclusion: is it a per-leaf test against a low-resolution depth buffer, or something closer to a portal or span check? On big BSP2 maps like Dawn of the Machine I would expect overdraw to be the main cost for a software path, so any numbers on how much it saves there would be great to see.

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