Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Try it yourself. Compile that source code you linked and qbsp a map with a leak, the pointfile will be empty. Pointfile is broken in the official release. 110
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Wow. This is cool. I had no idea point file was actually navigating the map! 220
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Do you have a screenshot of what it looks like? Is it also a ray of particules or different? Would love to see it. 140
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Circa late '95, early '96, when Quake designers had a leak in their map, they had to hunt where it came from otherwise no PVS was generated. The fps dropped to single digit. Typing "pointfile" in the quake console loaded the pts file and then they had to visually search for the ray of particles!!! 49412
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Try to put as many drawings and quotes as possible. If you can include a few cool stories (I remember cool CrashBandicoot developer stories, how they have to write their own libc), that would be awesome. Let me know if you need proof-reading, I would be happy to help. 130
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 06/09/2026So many things I am interested to write about. So little time :( ! I have other book projects I am working on, I likely will never cover SEGA. But I would LOVE it if you were to write it. Answers are usually "i don't have the time/skills". But these can be found/acquired if you stick to it. 120
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Quakecon 2026 ended up with a new complete signature set of Masters of DOOM. 3461
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Anybody has contact with *John Cash*, who worked on Quake as a '95 '96 (yes, I already tried linkedin.com/in/john-cash...)?linkedin.comChecking your browser - reCAPTCHA 184
Reposted by Fabien SanglardRory Gianni @digitalwestie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Of late, I'm going "down the stack" trying to understand internals of stuff. Discovered @fabinou.bsky.social 's fabulous blog and book on Doom 1111
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Any hope these videos will be released to the public? Or at least the transcript? 100
Reposted by Fabien SanglardThat Tom Hall @thattomhall.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The founders will the eternal id mom Miss Donna! #quakecon #idsoftware #doom 221641
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 07/08/2026@FLYNN_S0L0 is putting in major effort for Quakecon 2026!!! 080
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Gregor Punchatz, whom sculpted many of the DOOM 1 monsters, and his dad drew the Doom covert art, is at Quakecon 2026!!! Inconceivable!! 0200
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Amazing Shawn Green dropped by Quakecon 2026. Incredibly kind guy who also took the time to sign a few things. 080
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Cool. I have not published my player...so I assume you also reverse engineered the binary? 100
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Growing up in the 80s in France, the USA was another planet I was unlikely to ever get a chance to visit. Sitting across Tom Hall felt surreal! 1420
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Likewise! Definitely a great start for my first Quakecon! 000
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 02/08/2026100%. I cannot imagine the overloaded art people at id spending the time to draw a turtoise. 030
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 28/07/2026There are more indicators than that: Quake Engine Indicators share.google/TZs6ehfsmZBs...share.googleQuake Engine Indicators 1100
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Is it still broken? I may have messed up the RSS 000
Reposted by Fabien Sanglardbrad sucks @bradsucks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail by @fabinou.bsky.social fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_par...fabiensanglard.netJurassic Park computers in excruciating detail 25928
Reposted by Fabien SanglardThat Tom Hall @thattomhall.bsky.social · 19/06/2026RIP Bobby Prince. His music legacy will live on, making inspired music for Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, countless others. A true legend. And such a nice man, great musician, wonderful, fun-loving man, nothing but happy memories of him. A loss to the world. 7254662224
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The art and engineering of Silpheed fabiensanglard.net/silpheed/ 610924
Reposted by Fabien SanglardPierre Dandumont @dandu.be · 23/05/2026L’Easter Egg de Spear of Destiny, la suite de Wolfenstein 3D www.journaldulapin.com/2026/05/23/p... @johnromero.bsky.social @fabinou.bsky.social 082
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 16/02/2026"Mo RAM, mo problems" (fabiensanglard.net/curse/). The story of how I made my 1997 PC go faster by removing RAM from it.fabiensanglard.netMo RAM, mo problems 0202
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Thank you for taking the time to report the issue. Fixed now. 120
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 15/02/2026How Michael Abrash doubled Quake framerate: fabiensanglard.net/quake_asm_op...fabiensanglard.netHow Michael Abrash doubled Quake framerate 512231
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Let's use Windows NT 4 to compile Quake like it's 1997! fabiensanglard.net/compile_like... 621740
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Is QSpy still cool? Let's play QuakeWorld! fabiensanglard.net/quakeworld/ 0467
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Let's build a 1997 Quake PC! fabiensanglard.net/quake_pc/ 16911
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Looks like Rémi Léonard is close to have a full reverse engineered Strike Commander. And he now has added VR support! youtu.be/WlPiYIiAX2Q?... 15811
Reposted by Fabien SanglardPlabayo BV @plabayo.bsky.social · 19/12/2025How do early systems shape modern software? In Netstack.FM🎙️Ep.18, We talked with Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social about latency, Quake’s TCP/IP evolution, Android’s ADB, and Rust in large systems. A reflective conversation on how systems actually work. 🎧 netstack.fm#episode-18 #Networkingnetstack.fmNetstack.FM — A Podcast About Networking and RustInterviews, monologues, and deep dives into Rust and modern networking systems. 182
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I gave an interview to discuss Android, Rust, ADB, Curiosity, Quake, and Networking: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zETE...youtube.comCuriosity, Quake, and Networking with Fabien SanglardYouTube video by Plabayo BV 0163
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Why WinQuake exists and how it works: fabiensanglard.net/winquake/ 07326
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 30/11/2025I doubt it. I think it is because the renderer is slow at a tortoise. 020
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Unfortunately there was a long list of outstanding bugs that we have fixed now and will be available soon. The bug yoU hit is that it takes 10s for adb server to connect to an phone when you enable ADB wifi. This is due to a dead lock that was removed in ADB 36.0.1 (which is available in Canary. 210
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 29/08/2025We are in the process of taking ADB wifi where it should. If QR code let's you down, a reliable fallback is pairing code. Also make sure you are on a network that doesn't block mdns, ADB relies on it to detect devices. 120
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Anybody here with a dual Pentium Pro system. I would be curious to run a benchmark 020
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I am trying to build a dual Pentium Pro system. Finding a motherboard for it is proving really difficult. 2110
Fabien Sanglard @fabinou.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Anyone with Windows VxD experience? I am trying to understand how Quake launcher (QLAUNCH.EXE) worked (www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/...).doomworld.comHow did Quake work on Windows 95?Quake is an impressive title. Much has been written about the 3D stack (software and hardware accelerated) and the Internet protocol to replace NetQuake. Lately I am super into studying how id Softwar... 12410
