Shooting Through Walls: Unraveling the Code Behind Quake's Lightning Gun Bug

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Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gNYTqn3qRc


Quake
Game:
Quake (1996)
Duration: 4:13
42,015 views
1,740

A slightly speculative look at how Quake's lightning gun can be used to kill distant enemies.

Check out Connor from @quakespeedrunsexplained's counterpart video here https://youtu.be/zfY96tAqmdI

Snippet at the start taken from @Muty's 11:42 world record (current at the time of writing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU90hSIL6Fc

Thanks to the Quake Mapping and Quake Speedrunning discords for help researching this vid.

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00:00 Introduction
00:23 The (possible) problem
01:12 The (incorrect) solution
02:40 Consequences
03:44 QSE vid teaser



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