locs should be added to sv-maps.zip
many times the client don't have a loc for a specific map. the usual thing to happen, is some kind soul say "ill send them to you in discord".
there's a better way.
if the server has the locs in the locs folder, clients can use an alias to download it.

bind k "download locs/$mapname.loc;loadloc $mapname.loc"
(this alias/ bind would be added to nquake default.cfg)

the map locs should be placed in sv-maps.zip. ideally, ALL the locs for all the maps. edit: not so sure anymore.

nQuake's default face_inv2 image is incorrect, it is supposed to show ring + pent, however the image shows quad and ring instead.
Example below, notice that the player only has pent and ring on the right

Probably not many people noticed this as the default hud doesnt use these face icons, this screenshot is with the old hud.

Ive created a fixed version based on the existing pent + ring icons:

This zip file contains it as both png and tga: fixed face_inv2.zip

There's still a warning regarding the base.png skin. A majority of these were fixed but this appears on fresh nQuake install after also upgrading to ezQuake 3.6.

It's harmless but annoying/confusing for users.

I'm not sure if this is an issue with the app itself or the installation process. Here are my crashlogs.

ezquake-crash-macos-12.1.log

When installing nQuake currently the default HUD is the one in the screenshots below. In my opinion this does not make it fit for purpose (and i guess the gist of the discussion may end up being what nQuake's refined purpose/crowd is or should be) as it makes things too hard to see and players will likely want to make considerably more adaptions compared to then the previous HUD was in place to get a somewhat competitive setup.

I simply suggest to revert the current HUD to the previous one.

Current HUD

Previous HUD

It would be much easier to maintain the .cfg files if they were outside the zip files.
the installation scripts would have to be changed. There are possibily other impacts, which need to be identified.

There may be other ways of achieving this, but the goal remains the same.

Installed a new nQuake Windows client, using the installer.
There is a problem with the textures:

• there is a "textures" folder in the root (containing the textures from the streambot from xantom);
• qw/texture* pak files are missing;

the zip files from the releases page look fine (I mean gpl.zip, non-gpl.zip, even textures.zip) https://github.com/nQuake/distfiles/releases/tag/snapshot

Someone smarter than me can investigate? Is there a log of the installer? I couldn't find it.

nQuake.ini: nquake.zip

edit: I've uploaded nQuake.ini. The mirror section is as follows (url is a 404)

[mirror_addresses]
1=https://github.com/nQuake/distfiles/releases/download/snapshot

https://github.com/nQuake/distfiles/releases/download/snapshot/*.zip not available

Enabling bots crashes server on Windows due to a "corrupt" qwprogs.dll.

There is some problem when building KTX and qwprogs.dll using Meson and passing the flag that enables bots. The qwprogs.dll that results from using Meson will crash when doing botcmd enable to enable the bots on server.

Should replace the qwprogs.dll with one built by Meag (from VS) as they work for some reason.

Hemostick has supplied a new version of the default ~20Mb texture pack that neatens up the textures a bit.

One example is the teleporter that looks better when not using the high res texture addon:

OLD (artifacts showing when looking closely)

NEW

Not a big deal but i had to download maphub_v1 after installing fresh nQuake and connecting to fresh nQuakesv.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

1. Download the macosx or linux install scripts from nquake.com
2. Run

OBSERVED:

=== Downloading ===
Downloading Quake Shareware...
>>> curl -o qsw106.zip -O http://github.com/nQuake/distfiles/releases/download/snapshot/qsw106.zip
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:--     0

>>> ls -l macosx.zip
ls: macosx.zip: No such file or directory
Some distribution files failed to download. Better luck next time. Exiting.

(in the transcript above I added >>> to indicate the commands that are being run silently by the installer)

It looks like nquake.ini points to the releases directory using http instead of https. Github will happily redirect you there:

% curl -I http://github.com/nQuake/distfiles/releases/download/snapshot/qsw106.zip
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Content-Length: 0
Location: https://github.com/nQuake/distfiles/releases/download/snapshot/qsw106.zip

But because the -L flag is not specified, curl will not follow this redirect.

SOLUTIONS:

1. add -L to curl commands in the installer, or
2. update nquake.ini to use https URLs for mirrors.