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The new official Quake engine isn't very accurate to the original and the in-game graphics settings can only get you so far. After installing my autoexec, you can get extremely close to the original. the only thing i couldn't figure out out to fix however is the lighting, which is noticeably different from the original.



This will be our final result. it is pixel perfect and renders at 540p if you're playing on a 1080p monitor.

In-Game Settings
Launch the game and go into the settings menu. Select "Gameplay" and enable viewbob. Now go back to settings and select "Display". Disable texture filtering and disable all enhancements. I highly recommend that you never use the in-engine antialiasing as it adds a lot of input lag.

Creating The Autoexec File
Right click Quake in your Steam library and, under the "Manage" dropdown, click on "Browse local files". Open the directory named "rerelease" and create a new text file in this directory. Open the text file with your text editor of choice and paste the following.


the value of r_resolutionscale_fixedscale can be set to anywhere between 0.1 and 1.0 depending on your desired level of chunkiness.

Launch Options
Only one launch option is needed. Right click Quake in your Steam library and click "Properties". Then, paste the following into the launch options field.

+exec autoexec.cfg

Now you're done. I still would recommend using a different source port if your goal is authenticity, but this is as close as you can get while still being able to play on bethesda.net servers.