Quake (Switch): Software updates (latest: Update 1)

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On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various Software updates for Quake on Nintendo Switch (originally released on August 19th 2021 in Europe and North America)!

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Quake – Ver. ??? (Update 1)

Release date: October 7th 2021 (North America, Europe)
Patch notes:

Improvements

Controls

Improved analog stick input on controllers – now more responsive by default

Added deadzone, aim acceleration, exponent and aim smoothing options to tweak gamepad input in the Input Options menu

Map Improvements: Dimension of the Machine

Hell or Dark Water (MGE3M2): added checkpoint spawns in co-op after traps section

Grave Machine (MGE4M1): added checkpoint spawns in co-op and fixed pain triggers around pentagram

A Grave Mistake (MGE4M2): added checkpoint spawns in co-op and pain triggers to prevent falling through and skipping them

General Improvements

Save game process is faster on large levels

Hosts are now identified by an icon instead of a color to make it easier to distinguish for color blind players

Weapon wheel HUD element is no longer cut off on local multiplayer vertical split-screen

Online Multiplayer

Removed visible game limit in match browser

Improved Scourge of Armagon client-side prediction

Bots

Added bot support for the following levels:

The Slipgate Complex (E1M1)

Castle of the Damned (E1M2)

The House of Chthon (E1M7)

The Elder God Shrine (E4M3)

Shub-Niggurath’s Pit (END)

The Edge of Oblivion (HIPDM1)

The Pumping Station (HIP1M1)

Improved bot melee attack, swimming and weapon selection behaviors

Added text dialogues for when bots make kills or get killed

Improved bot handling of elevators

Improved bot navigation on The Abandoned Base (DM3)

Misc. Improvements

Added monitor select option

Control Updates:

Added quick save and quick load key binds

Added default keyboard binds for the Laser Cannon, and Mjolnir in Scourge of Armagon

Note: Users with existing save data may need to bind these manually from the Input Options menu

BUG FIXES

Gameplay

Fixed backward movement speed accidentally being set to walk

Game speed now correctly resets after using the Weapon Wheel

Resolved a bug that could result in the player getting stuck when jumping out of the water

Turning off friendly fire no longer prevents self-damage

Audio

Fixed rare audio crash in Scourge of Armagon

Resolved issue that caused excessive clipping when multiple sounds play simultaneously

Resolved an issue in which the wrong audio track was playing during the Scourge of Armagon demo

Fixed an issue in which Track 11 was playing instead of Track 10 on Gloom Keep (E1M5), The Wizard’s Manse (E2M5), The wind Tunnels (E3M5) and Hell’s Atrium (E4M5)

Maps

The Silver Key no longer shows up in Hell’s Atrium (E4M5) on Deathmatch

Fixed an issue in which some decals were oriented incorrectly in Scourge of Armagon

Fixed a lighting bug in The Door to Chthon (E1M6) that caused the darkened path to be lit prematurely

Darkened lighting on the roof to restore the original visual effect on Shub-Niggurath’s Pit (END)

General

Usernames with quotation marks now appear correctly in game

Spanish episode end slate text is no longer cut off

Texture smoothing setting restores correctly after deactivating the Quake 64 add-on

Fixed bug in which enhanced Ogre model would sink into ground plane after death

Online Multiplayer

Resolved issue when sounds would drop and entities disappear or flicker during online play

Bots

Resolved issue where bots would not grab needed pickups

Bots should now see all triggers and doors as shootable

Bots no longer linger in slime or lava for too long

Removed Bot support on maps that lack waypoints

Fixed issue in which bots tried to re-use single-use buttons and triggers

Misc.

Fixed an issue in which the Max FPS option did not correctly display custom settings in drop down menu

Disabled GPU culling to improve performance in Dimension of the Machine

Additional notes: this update also adds support for mouse + keyboard controls
Source: Bethesda (Steam)

How to download updates for Quake for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Quake, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.