quake and vista 64bit

[operator]

Is it even possible to run?

[Spoon]

I have vista64 and I've never had a problem. Both proquake and qrack have worked fine.

[Baker]

Is it even possible to run?

Yes, Quake works just fine on Vista.

Don't use quake.exe, that's DOS Quake and that won't even run on XP. id Software's winquake and glquake.exe have always run on XP and Vista.

If you need more help, post back.

[Senban]

Does anyone else have a problem with mouse sensitivity in Vista? I'm running with about sensitivity 75 in quake and mouse speed at maximum in windows and it still doesn't feel quite as sweet as it should. I never had XP so I can't compare it, but my last (much less powerful) machine was running 2000 and that handled Quake much better. Which is really annoying because this is about the only problem I've had with Vista, for the most part it's working really well for me.

[Baker]

A good percent of Quake players use -dinput in their command line.

It ignores all of those Windows settings. -dinput feels a little different than normal so if you are really used to the "old" way, you might not like it.

If you don't think dinput is "right" for you after trying it, there are some other mouse command line options like:

-noforcemaccel

Type: Parameter

Description: Disable the setting of mouse acceleration.

Note: This parameter should only be used if you experiance problems with the mouse.
-noforcemparms

Type: Parameter

Description: Disable the setting of mouse parameters.

Note: This parameter should only be used if you experiance problems with the mouse.
-noforcemspd

Type: Parameter

Description: Disable the setting of mouse speed.

Note: This parameter should only be used if you experiance problems with the mouse.

I've never tried any of the above because I use -dinput, so I couldn't tell you much about what they do.

You could also try going old school and using this command line option:

-nomouse

[Senban]

You could also try going old school and using this command line option:

-nomouse

I did play doom like that for reasons I can't quite remember a few years ago, it was ZDoom which has mouse/key look added. I had WSAD for my feet and the arrows for my head. It wasn't much fun, although I think I still habitually put in the up/down arrows as look up/look down in any game that will let me.

Yup it turns out QRack is set up for that... I dunno what goes through my head when I do that, like: "ooh it'll be a handy backup in case my mouse fails." ???

But thanks for -dinput, I haven't used that before and it does seem a little nicer. I think I need to take a hacksaw to Vista though and see if I can make it a bit leaner.

[MH]

Slightly off-topic, one reason for disabling the mouse in Doom is because when you slide it forwards and back, you'll move slightly forwards and back too! I suppose a lot of old-school players have become used to this, but it really really really feels weird after getting accustomed to mouselooking.

[Senban]

Slightly off-topic, one reason for disabling the mouse in Doom is because when you slide it forwards and back, you'll move slightly forwards and back too! I suppose a lot of old-school players have become used to this, but it really really really feels weird after getting accustomed to mouselooking.

I really like being able to use the mouse for position, Quake has it spot on, using Alt to mouse strafe to the perfect spot is ideal. A lot of non Quake related games rely solely on WSAD. I always wanted an mlook toggle (and a run toggle, before I saw half-life's hold shift to walk system).

On another note I've made a stripped out profile for Vista and my Quake clients are all running much sweeter. I think the dent in the lid of the shoebox I'm using as a mouse table may have had something to do with it too

[goss1210]

where do i run them from?

[goss1210]

Yes, Quake works just fine on Vista.

Don't use quake.exe, that's DOS Quake and that won't even run on XP. id Software's winquake and glquake.exe have always run on XP and Vista.

If you need more help, post back.

where do i run them from? i have little skills in this venue but appreciate the time and consideration for assist.

[ninjamonkeyz]

run them from start-> run - > c:\quake\glqrack.exe -dinput ... whatever your quake directory is ... and in qrack console type m_smooth 1, or m_filter 1 for pro.

[MH]

spambot.

[Baker]

spambot.

Seems very very unlikely to be a spam bot, in another thread he is asking Spirit for installation help because he can't get his Quake to install on Vista and Spirit wants a picture of the original Quake cd and an email before sending an "easier form of installation of the original 'Quake' files."

spirit,

I'd like to follow-up on this offer as I also have trouble installing quake to my vista system. in addition, the system tells me it doesn't support full-screen mode. how do i send you a picture of the original CD and "Hi Spirit"...

goss1210