Quake Enhanced
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This page is for the 2021 remaster of Quake. For the original, see Quake.
Developers | |
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id Software | |
Quake 64 | Midway Games |
Remaster | Nightdive Studios |
Publishers | |
Bethesda Softworks | |
Engines | |
Kex Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 19, 2021[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter |
Series | Quake |
Quake | |
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Quake | 1996 |
Quake II | 1997 |
Quake III Arena | 1999 |
Quake 4 | 2005 |
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | 2007 |
Quake Live | 2010 |
Quake II RTX | 2019 |
Quake Enhanced | 2021 |
Quake Champions | 2022 |
Quake II Enhanced | 2023 |
Quake Enhanced is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person shooter game in the Quake series.
The enhanced version of Quake was released on August 19, 2021 and distributed as a free update on Bethesda.net and Steam. It was also released on Microsoft Store and included with Xbox Game Pass.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Bethesda.net | Includes the original Quake.[2] Can be run offline (and without the Bethesda.net launcher) by launching Quake_x64.exe directly. | |||
Microsoft Store | Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. Purchase includes an Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One version. | |||
Steam | Includes the original Quake.[2] |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use -skipmovies command line argument[3]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\Quake\kexengine.cfg |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2310/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\Quake\*.sav |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2310/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Might be incorrectly configured.[4] | |
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ scaling.[5] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Limited to a toggle. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Player movement updates at no more than 72 FPS, making it feel slightly choppy at higher framerates.[citation needed] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | [6] |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | [6] | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | blue light | |
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | [6] | |
Haptic feedback | [6] | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and Sound. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Co-op, Versus |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 8 | Co-op, Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | [2] |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Vulkan | 1.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Xaudio 2 |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-3570 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5 GHz |
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7750 2 GB (Nvidia), 1 GB (AMD) of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2310/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2310) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Quake remastered revealed at QuakeCon 2021, and it’s available today - last accessed on 2021-08-19
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Quake Release Notes & FAQ - last accessed on 2021-08-19
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2021-08-21)
- ↑ User Cloud on SteamDB - last accessed on 2021-08-19
- "1/root: gameinstall"
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-08-19
- Screenshot taken at 2560x1080, 1920x1080, and 3840x1080, then compared.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Verified by User:Rose on 2021-08-19
- Disabled Steam Input for the game and tested with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.
- ↑ "Lost Connection To Online Services" - last accessed on 2021-08-20