vkQuake 1.20.3 Binaries

• Fixed multiple parallelism bugs
• 8-bit mode now has dithering

Windows binaries require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable:
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe (32 bit)
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe (64 bit)

Linux AppImage requires at least glibc 2.17. Check with ldd --version if in doubt (any recent Linux distribution should easily satisfy this). FUSE must be enabled and available (see https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html)

vkQuake 1.20.2 Binaries

• Fixed a crash on startup with re-release Quake data
• Fixed crash with small stack sized on Unix (e.g. musl libc)

Windows binaries require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable:
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe (32 bit)
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe (64 bit)

Linux AppImage requires at least glibc 2.17. Check with ldd --version if in doubt (any recent Linux distribution should easily satisfy this). FUSE must be enabled and available (see https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html)

vkQuake 1.20.1 Binaries

• Fix a bug that could cause random lockups with 1.20.0
• Fix screenshot crash
• Fix corruption if new vkquake.pak is missing or old one is still in place

Windows binaries require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable:
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe (32 bit)
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe (64 bit)

Linux AppImage requires at least glibc 2.17. Check with ldd --version if in doubt (any recent Linux distribution should easily satisfy this). FUSE must be enabled and available (see https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html)

vkQuake 1.20.0

• Parallelized renderer for significantly higher performance
• Parallelized texture mip generation for faster load times
• SIMD code optimizations
• "8-bit" color mode emulation
• Scaling is now less blurry
• Mods menu
• Completely replaced memory management (no more -heapsize)

Windows binaries require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable:
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe (32 bit)
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe (64 bit)

Linux AppImage requires at least glibc 2.17. Check with ldd --version if in doubt (any recent Linux distribution should easily satisfy this). FUSE must be enabled and available (see https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html)

vkQuake 1.13.1

• GUI scale is now relative to screen height (scr_relativescale 0 to disable)
• Crosshair is now selectable from menu. Also added the option to use a dot instead of cross crosshair.
• Improved compatibility with latest Quake Steam re-release version
• Fixed unlit maps with GPU lightmap updates
• Reverted improper fix for rogue lavamen that caused lots of other issues
• Various smaller bug fixes
• Update to SDL 2.0.22

Windows binaries require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable:
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe (32 bit)
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe (64 bit)

Linux AppImage requires at least glibc 2.14. Check with ldd --version if in doubt (any recent Linux distribution should easily satisfy this). FUSE must be enabled and available (see https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html)

vkQuake 1.13.0

• GPU lightmap update and smooth dynamic light interpolation
• Various bug fixes
• Improved compatibility with 2021 Quake re-release

Known issues:

• Some entities don't animate smoothly with FTE protocol extensions. cl_nopext 1 is a workaround right now. Same bug exists in QSS.

Windows binaries require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable:
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe (32 bit)
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe (64 bit)

Linux AppImage requires at least glibc 2.14. Check with ldd --version if in doubt (any recent Linux distribution should easily satisfy this). FUSE must be enabled and available (see https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html)

vkQuake 1.12.2

• Improved compatibility with the 2021 Quake re-release
• Various bug fixes
• Small performance improvements
• Improved support for non power of two textures
• Updated SDL to 2.0.18

Known issues:

• Some entities don't animate smoothly with FTE protocol extensions. cl_nopext 1 is a workaround right now. Same bug exists in QSS.

Windows binaries require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable:
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe (32 bit)
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe (64 bit)

Linux AppImage requires at least glibc 2.14. Check with ldd --version if in doubt (any recent Linux distribution should easily satisfy this). FUSE must be enabled and available (see https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html)

vkQuake 1.12.1 Binaries

• Support for scriptable particles ported from QuakeSpasm-Spiked (e.g. for Arcane Dimensions). For vanilla particles set r_fteparticles 0.
• Improved physics consistency between different frame rates
• Fixed bug in 1.12.0 that prevented Alkaline alk_dancing from loading.
• Slight improvements to texture sharpness with supersampling or res scale.

Known issues:

• Some entities don't animate smoothly with FTE protocol extensions. cl_nopext 1 is a workaround right now. Same bug exists in QSS.

Windows binaries require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable:
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe (32 bit)
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe (64 bit)

Linux AppImage requires at least glibc 2.14. Check with ldd --version if in doubt (any recent Linux distribution should easily satisfy this). FUSE must be enabled and available (see https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html)

vkQuake 1.11.1 Binaries

• Improved compatibility with 2021 Quake re-release thanks to @sezero and @andrei-drexler.

Known issues:

• Some entities don't animate smoothly with FTE protocol extensions. cl_nopext 1 is a workaround right now. Same bug exists in QSS.
• Slight improvements to texture sharpness with supersampling or res scale.

Windows binaries require the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2019:
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746571 (32 bit)
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746572 (64 bit)

Linux AppImage requires at least glibc 2.14. Check with ldd --version if in doubt (any recent Linux distribution should easily satisfy this). FUSE must be enabled and available (see https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html)

vkQuake 1.11.0 Binaries

• Initial support for Quake 2021 re-release
• External vis file support
• Guns now use a different FOV to avoid stretched weapons (disable with cl_gun_fovscale 0)

Known issues:

• Some entities don't animate smoothly with FTE protocol extensions. cl_nopext 1 is a workaround right now. Same bug exists in QSS.

Windows binaries require the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2019:
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746571 (32 bit)
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746572 (64 bit)

Linux AppImage requires at least glibc 2.14. Check with ldd --version if in doubt (any recent Linux distribution should easily satisfy this). FUSE must be enabled and available (see https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html)