Mouse Look

[BackdireinEis]

In my non-Steam-installation I can use the mouse to look up and down without having to press any key (glquake).

In the Steam port I have to do it. Any idea?

[java.lang.NullPointerException]

Go to settings and turn off horizontal look

[Lone Wolfe (Hoover1979)]

Press ~ and type +MLook to enable vertical look, and type -MLook to disable it.

[EndeavourAccuracy]

What a retarded Steam default.
Clearly they didn't care to make this a proper release.

[Mein_Leben!]

Quake alweays required mlook to be turned on

[EndeavourAccuracy]

My point is that ZeniMax/id Software should've made sure that they delivered the best possible experience for players by default. What is the best is subjective, but things like being able to look freely and having a crosshair are the basics. Having players scour the internet to get anywhere is giving players a middle finger. Many players picking this up aren't old school experts; they're looking for entertainment and don't want to open a console to tweak settings. As it is, Quake on Steam is giving players a subpar experience. Who knows how many players bought this, tried it for a minute or two and then decided this game is a horrible experience - all because of the terrible defaults. Would you play this without mlook? Can it even be finished without mlook?

[Captain n00by]

Originally posted by EndeavourAccuracy:

Would you play this without mlook? Can it even be finished without mlook?

First Quake has some form of auto aim on by default so this is a "yes" - the game can be played with only a keyboard too.

Now Quake World, yeah, that isn't really gonna work well.

[Phobos]

I've got a question, why do you have two different installations and wants to play the raw, absolutely not up to date for modern systems Steam version ?

You can merge your non-steam one to play it with Steam and record your game time, there's no reason not to do that except if you like how the look of a 1996 game is on a screen 10 times larger.

The steam version is basically just functional and nothing else, they did absolutely nothing and they actually are kind of stealing users money selling an uncomplete product - the soundtrack is not included, that's not normal, and nobody ever gave a ♥♥♥♥ about that, not to mention it's nowhere mentionned on the store's page. Disgusting.

[Talons Pryde]

Originally posted by Lone Wolfe (Hoover1979):

Press ~ and type +MLook to enable vertical look, and type -MLook to disable it.

is there a way to make this a command line parameter?