MONSTER’S QUAKE COMBAT GUIDE
BASIC SKILLS:
1. Always keep yourself moving in the middle of a firefight, a moving target obviously is much harder to hit.
2. Use a keyboard AND mouse, always. Using just a keyboard or just a mouse will not get you anywhere.
3. Become used to your mouse sensitivity, so you can quickly “snap on” to a target.
4. Do not just strafe randomly, use different avoidance tactics, such as circle-strafing. Most players usually strafe left-right-left-right. Vary your strafing and your moves will be much harder to predict.
5. Know the levels, mastery of the levels is essential for good playing.
6. Use sounds to your advantage, (you need headphones or surround sound to use this tactic well) if you hear a firefight in the next room, quickly run in and wreak some havoc. Or, if you hear an opponent pick up an item, jump, fall into water, or anything, try to predict where he/she is and pursue.
7. When you are using the rocket launcher, DO NOT shoot directly at the opponent(s), shoot at the ground near them. You have a greatly increased chance of dealing damage to them with the rocket launcher’s splash damage.
CONFIGURATIONS
Developing a good config is vital for taking advantage of Quake’s many unknown features that are helpful in combat and many other situations. Here are some commands that will help you while confronting other enemies in the Quake world:
1. sv_aim 2: turns off the auto-aim, even though this is set by the server.
2. v_kicktime 0, v_kickpitch 0, and v_kickroll 0: These all have to do with when you get hit (or fire your weapon), how much you roll to the side, or look up. Setting these to 0 will help you in aiming.
3. cl_bobup 0, cl_bob 0, cl_bobcycle 0: These have to do with your weapon moving around when your player moves. Turning these off greatly helps most player’s aim.
4. cl_rollangle 0: One of the most important switches. Setting it to 0 stops your screen tilting while you strafe. It helps players a lot when aiming.
5. crosshair 1: This produces a small cross in the center of your screen, helping you aim. (Bah why am I telling you this anyway, you hopefully all know what a crosshair is)
6. sv_maxspeed 999: sv_maxspeed is the command that sets the maximum movement speed of your player. Some servers have sv_maxspeeds greater than 320, and if you don’t set this, you will not get the extra speed advantage.
7. cl_forwardspeed 999, cl_movespeedkey 999, cl_sidespeed 999, cl_upspeed 999: I do not know if these switches actually work, but they are supposed to make you move faster. Set them for the hell of it.
8. r_waterwarp 0: This halts the underwater graphical effect, thus making your vision underwater greatly improved.
9. +mlook: The most important one of all, it enables mouse vertical movement. SET THIS ONE AT ALL COSTS.
Well now that I have told you all of these commands, you might be wondering what in the heck to do with them. Here’s the steps I take in making a config.
1. Make a copy of the config.cfg in your quake/id1 folder.
2. Rename it to autoexec.
3. Right click on it, click on open with… and select notepad.
4. Erase everything in the document.
5. Type in any of these commands you wish, pressing enter after each one.
6. Save the file, right click on it, hit properties, and check the read-only box. This prevents admins from unbinding your keys.
7. Load up Quake and you should be ready to go!
BASIC SKILLS:
1. Always keep yourself moving in the middle of a firefight, a moving target obviously is much harder to hit.
2. Use a keyboard AND mouse, always. Using just a keyboard or just a mouse will not get you anywhere.
3. Become used to your mouse sensitivity, so you can quickly “snap on” to a target.
4. Do not just strafe randomly, use different avoidance tactics, such as circle-strafing. Most players usually strafe left-right-left-right. Vary your strafing and your moves will be much harder to predict.
5. Know the levels, mastery of the levels is essential for good playing.
6. Use sounds to your advantage, (you need headphones or surround sound to use this tactic well) if you hear a firefight in the next room, quickly run in and wreak some havoc. Or, if you hear an opponent pick up an item, jump, fall into water, or anything, try to predict where he/she is and pursue.
7. When you are using the rocket launcher, DO NOT shoot directly at the opponent(s), shoot at the ground near them. You have a greatly increased chance of dealing damage to them with the rocket launcher’s splash damage.
CONFIGURATIONS
Developing a good config is vital for taking advantage of Quake’s many unknown features that are helpful in combat and many other situations. Here are some commands that will help you while confronting other enemies in the Quake world:
1. sv_aim 2: turns off the auto-aim, even though this is set by the server.
2. v_kicktime 0, v_kickpitch 0, and v_kickroll 0: These all have to do with when you get hit (or fire your weapon), how much you roll to the side, or look up. Setting these to 0 will help you in aiming.
3. cl_bobup 0, cl_bob 0, cl_bobcycle 0: These have to do with your weapon moving around when your player moves. Turning these off greatly helps most player’s aim.
4. cl_rollangle 0: One of the most important switches. Setting it to 0 stops your screen tilting while you strafe. It helps players a lot when aiming.
5. crosshair 1: This produces a small cross in the center of your screen, helping you aim. (Bah why am I telling you this anyway, you hopefully all know what a crosshair is)
6. sv_maxspeed 999: sv_maxspeed is the command that sets the maximum movement speed of your player. Some servers have sv_maxspeeds greater than 320, and if you don’t set this, you will not get the extra speed advantage.
7. cl_forwardspeed 999, cl_movespeedkey 999, cl_sidespeed 999, cl_upspeed 999: I do not know if these switches actually work, but they are supposed to make you move faster. Set them for the hell of it.
8. r_waterwarp 0: This halts the underwater graphical effect, thus making your vision underwater greatly improved.
9. +mlook: The most important one of all, it enables mouse vertical movement. SET THIS ONE AT ALL COSTS.
Well now that I have told you all of these commands, you might be wondering what in the heck to do with them. Here’s the steps I take in making a config.
1. Make a copy of the config.cfg in your quake/id1 folder.
2. Rename it to autoexec.
3. Right click on it, click on open with… and select notepad.
4. Erase everything in the document.
5. Type in any of these commands you wish, pressing enter after each one.
6. Save the file, right click on it, hit properties, and check the read-only box. This prevents admins from unbinding your keys.
7. Load up Quake and you should be ready to go!
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