Case study

Quake 4 Definitive Edition: recovering Xbox 360 controller behavior for PC

Quake 4 Definitive Edition ports selected Xbox 360 controller behavior into openQ4 patches for the PC game. The project documents analysis of default.xex to recover stick dead zones, a square gate, look curves and turn speeds, then adds controller settings and aim-assist behavior to the engine.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-10-22
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Own PC copy of Quake 4 and Xbox 360 copy for the executable analysis.
Prerequisites: openQ4 at the documented commit; Windows builds use Meson, Ninja and Visual Studio.
Limits: Controller tuning is ongoing, and Linux remains untested.
License: Tools, documentation and configuration are MIT; patches follow openQ4's stated licenses.

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BibTeX

@misc{quake4-definitive-case,
  title = {{Quake 4 Definitive Edition: recovering Xbox 360 controller behavior for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Juansolo457/quake4-definitive}},
  url = {https://github.com/Juansolo457/quake4-definitive},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/quake4-definitive-case/}}
}

Plain text

Quake 4 Definitive Edition: recovering Xbox 360 controller behavior for PC. https://github.com/Juansolo457/quake4-definitive (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/quake4-definitive-case/

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README.md GitHub · Juansolo457/quake4-definitive · Revision acb3827
docs/PROGRESS.md GitHub · Juansolo457/quake4-definitive · Revision acb3827