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

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. Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattsramblings Mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@mattsramblings/ 00:00 Introduction 00:23 The (possible) problem 01:12 The (incorrect) solution 02:40 Consequences 03:44 QSE vid teaser