Cant connect some servers

[userqb]

I play on servers that only run on FTE or eQuake; they don't support other clients, and I don't understand why.
Could you fix it so it's possible to play using your client?

You've created a really polished client.

================ STACK TRACE ================
0 : mypath/Quake/vkQuake-1.36.0-x86_64.appimage(+0x195e5b)
[0x55fa64d87e5b]
1 : mypath/Quake/vkQuake-1.36.0-x86_64.appimage(+0xa5206) [0x55fa64c97206]

2 : mypath/Quake/vkQuake-1.36.0-x86_64.appimage(+0x234a7) [0x55fa64c154a7]

3 : mypath/Quake/vkQuake-1.36.0-x86_64.appimage(+0xac1db) [0x55fa64c9e1db]

4 : mypath/Quake/vkQuake-1.36.0-x86_64.appimage(+0x2befb) [0x55fa64c1defb]

5 : mypath/Quake/vkQuake-1.36.0-x86_64.appimage(+0x2c340) [0x55fa64c1e340]

6 : mypath/Quake/vkQuake-1.36.0-x86_64.appimage(+0xa5c47) [0x55fa64c97c47]

7 : mypath/Quake/vkQuake-1.36.0-x86_64.appimage(+0x1c833) [0x55fa64c0e833]

8 : /usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x27781) [0x7fbbf7427781]
9 : /usr/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x89) [0x7fbbf74278b9]
10: mypath/Quake/vkQuake-1.36.0-x86_64.appimage(+0x1c8c5) [0x55fa64c0e8c5]

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Host_Error: CL_Connect: connect failed

PS
please make alias for game, gamedir
]game
"game" is "id1"
]gamedir
Unknown command "gamedir"

[vsonnier]

I don't know if something can be done:

• ezQuake : it uses QuakeWorld, not supported by us because it's another multiplayer-only protocol
• FTE : can mean a lot of things, with a protocol we only support partially.

QuakeSpasm Spiked tried to bridge those worlds, and vk inherit some of it.

If you check the servers listed here : https://servers.quakeone.com/?gameId=0 or here : https://quakehub.net/ you'll only manage to join a "NetQuake" game, the other kinds are not supported.

Making vk QW compatible is probably too difficult/different, and I don't know how far we are from a real FTE Client.

[Novum]

vkQuake supports FTE's protocol extensions, but only on top of the NetQuake protocol. The servers you're trying don't accept NetQuake clients. They're QuakeWorld, which ezQuake also uses. Adding QuakeWorld support would basically mean writing a second client, and I'm not going to do that. Use ezQuake or FTE for those servers.