Quake's lightning gun bug explained [video]

Post by miramba » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 11:36 AM UTC

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Not saying I never conjure the spaghetti but whoever coded that really was deep into the tail end of a caffeine, coding and sleep deprivation binge ;)

>whoever coded that really was deep into the tail end of a caffeine, coding and sleep deprivation binge ;) That's most indie game devs of the period, but more so at id Software which splintered the team during Quake's development due to internal squabbles, causing John Romero and others to leave id. You can even tell that from the quality of Quake's levels which start with beautifully crafted and intricate levels, an…

Post by otikik » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 11:43 AM UTC

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Good chance it was John Carmack, probably one the top 10 programmers of all time. He basically built the Quake engine himself. There is a pretty decent analysis of it here: * https://fabiensanglard.net/quakeSource/index.php I recommend checking it out. EDIT: i was thinking of the analysis done on Quake 2, which is more about the engine: * https://fabiensanglard.net/quake2/index.php while the one about is regarding th…

I loved the video, I love this type of analysis of bugs and glitches. This comment, however, just makes me nervous. It's like my innermost worry. I spend so much time trying to do a good job which I can be proud of and yet I always know there are bugs and I just hope not too many players notice and get annoyed by them. And here we are, pointing out poorly written code in practically ancient software and attributing i…

Post by brookst » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 11:52 AM UTC

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I'm not sure if it would've been John Carmack in this particular case. He was more concerned with the engine and rendering side of things, less with the gameplay logic stuff. More likely it would've been either John Romero or John Cash who wrote this code, but it's hard to say for sure. Best thing we can hope for is that John Romero pitches in with his impeccable memory :D

So the only requirement to work at iD back in the day was to be called John?

Post by otikik » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 11:57 AM UTC

hsjqllzlfkf wrote: post #40

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Good chance it was John Carmack, probably one the top 10 programmers of all time. He basically built the Quake engine himself. There is a pretty decent analysis of it here: * https://fabiensanglard.net/quakeSource/index.php I recommend checking it out. EDIT: i was thinking of the analysis done on Quake 2, which is more about the engine: * https://fabiensanglard.net/quake2/index.php while the one about is regarding th…

> Good chance it was John Carmack, probably one the top 10 programmers of all time. Where would you rank Linus Torvalds?

Post by idiomaticrust » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 12:00 PM UTC

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That should be a known bug on a specific teleport that exists on the DM2 map. Not sure if it's also present on "regular" Quake but it's been on QuakeWorld for as long as I can remember. On the backroom (where there is Red Armor and Mega Health) there is a teleport that goes to the main (BIG) room of the map. If you jump just before the teleport and "aim" your jump so you go in the top left corner of the teleport, you…

Yes, IIRC it was exactly that teleport. I'll try to repeat this using hint from you :) I was really confused when I hit that.