NUCLIDE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Why does this project exist?
A: I wanted a free variant of the best version of Counter-Strike in 2016 as
   as I was preparing to move away from x86 hardware and moving to other
   operating systems that could never run Wine/Windows software.
   So I decided to 'put my money where my mouth is' and write a small
   game-logic re-implementation of CS. It grew from there. 
   In the end, I aim to support more mods. Including Half-Life.
   A lot of the codebase I also use in my commercial game, The Wastes.
   Due to the free license on this codebase, so can you.

Q: Can I help at this moment?
A: It depends. If you've got crashes etc. to report that are really bad
   and not documented, feel free to report them. I know what needs doing and
   it'll get done in time.
   But then there's little things, like - getting the firing rate of a weapon
   just right. I do not look at decompiled code. I do not look at leaked code.
   if you can research the exact values of some low-hanging fruit like that,
   feel free to tweak the values and send me a diff or tell me what needs to be
   changed on IRC.
   If a crash to console happens, it's most likely my bug. If the whole engine
   comes crashing down, it's FTEQW's fault. Not mine.

FREECS SPECIFIC:

Q: It doesn't work with my Half-Life/Counter-Strike version.
A: This is designed for the disc version of Half-Life, released before Steam.
   Supporting both is a bit annoying right now. I might add support for the
   Steam UI one day. Just right now it's in an alpha-stage where yes, most DOES
   work, the backend is constantly changing still and I can't afford to support
   all these things at once.

Q: Why Counter-Strike 1.5? Not any earlier/later version?
A: The best and last free to distribute version, no shield, no gambling.

Q: Can I connect to 1.5 servers using FreeCS?
A: The protocol is different. While it would not be impossible to do, there
   is no intention in doing so. 1.5 is a dead game server wise, the protocol
   is complete garbage and we'd lose a bunch security benefits and fixes by
   attempting to be compatible. It's pointless. I can crash a 1.5 server/client
   within seconds - you want me to re-implement that too?...

Q: How about CS:S?
A: One thing at a time.

Q: What's it with support for 'valve', 'scihunt', 'tfc', 'rewolf', 'gearbox'?
A: Other mods. They do kinda keep the codebase in check too, since
   there's a lot of shared code between them and they do help keep specifics
   into their own source tree.

Q: [insert thing here] isn't 100% exact as in the original 1.5.
A: Sometimes bugs get fixed, sometimes very minor details get streamlined in
   order to get more work done in other areas. FreeCS will most likely never
   be done in that accuracy aspect, but it'll get better with time.
   Feel free to contribute when it comes to low-hanging fruit like tweaking
   variables! Trust me, plenty of people come and go and they seem to be really
   distressed when a weapon damage is off by few hitpoints. I know.

Q: Why do this when you can just run a VM?
A: FreeCS isn't just making CS more portable. It also fixes bugs. It optimises
   the netcode greatly. It's got much better lag compensation and client-side
   player and weapon prediction than CS ever did. Yes, even the Steam version.

Q: I still don't get it - why not play CS on Steam?
A: This is clearly not intended for you, then!

Q: Will you make Nuclide's supported games available on Google Play?
A: No. If you can manually copy over the content (that I legally cannot and will
   not ever distribute with the project) onto your internal phone/tablet memory
   then you can also install FTEQW's official .apk - which may I remind you is
   a completely different project entirely.

DEVELOPMENT:

Q: Is FTEQW a GoldSrc replacement?
A: No. It is not aiming to be anything like that. FTE has been around for
   longer (in parts) than even GoldSrc has. It's just a QuakeWorld engine
   that supports an whole lot of formats.
   You can easily make very modern games with it too. It's not limited like
   GoldSrc and Source in terms of rendering as it's fully accessible. 

Q: X#sh3D? Why not use that instead of FTE QuakeWorld?
A: There are enough GPL violators around, I do not need to contribute to that
   cesspool. 'From scratch' my a$$. Ironically, that project took code from
   FTEQW going all the way back to the late 2000s. Do not support it.

Q: Make a wiki/discord/youtube/twitter/facebook etc. and spend time on
   maintaining that, instead of working on the project, to build 'hype'.
A: I'm sure you are the first one to suggest such an idea... No thanks.