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In reference to this post; every navigational beacon, could also have a perimeter, established by a mapmaker. Entering the perimeter, would make the "beeper" signal go constant or otherwise altered, meaning the destination, has been reached - with destination, not necessarily needing to be a point, but possibly an area.

Some beacons, may not have a perimeter, but then, only touching the beacon directly, will make the "beeper" signal altered. This way, trying to navigate towards a large hall, could be done two ways: either towards a focal point of the area, represented best by a permanent object - or towards "geographical" boundaries of the area, entering which, should be considered objective reached.

I think the beacons and the sound-nav system in 'Quake', could be useful for large maps - but only well described maps, in which places or transparent objects of representation, are properly correlated with names. I mean, the name of a beacon, has to be associated with the name of a place, otherwise nobody would be able to read and effectively use the function list, especially if it expands.

Invisibility or stealth mode. There is already a thing called "Ring of Shadows" in 'Quake', that grants invisibility to the owner, while artifact power lasting - quite like the good old ring from the good old 'Lord of the Rings'. The "Copper" mod, perfected the mechanics around the "Ring of Shadows", making it more convenient and possibly sensible to relay on, but my point, approaches the subject from a different angle. What if to make the "Ring of Shadows", a battery-like utility, the use of which, should be bound to a key; much like with the thunderbolt weapon, where as long as the player presses a key, the device, is being used - alternatively, a toggle mode, could be implemented, for better ease. Reason for, being that sometimes it is the case of situational strategy, in which one would request to assume better position for further proceeding combat, especially in large areas, where sniper type enemies, are plenty. Such stealth-mode device, allowing the player to choose when, where and how much of it to use given moment, would add to the tactical aspect of 'Quake', awarding environmental awareness, instead of always rushing in guns-blazing or becoming victim to sometimes rather obvious "monster-closet" traps and scenario-fixed gameplay loops, determined by artifact duration. The economy of stealth-mode device - as it does not recharge otherwise than by collecting another item of the same kind - could also become an asset, adding to the value of 'Quake' gameplay, making it more diverse.

Nice. I find the value between "35" and "40", do just fine.

Overly low value, looses the sense of altered environment.

Even though, technically, changing the cvar, should be considered equal to cheating.

Copper also makes Environment Suit dampen some lava damage, but it depends on how deep player is submerged in it.

As for the faster movement, that was implemented in Scourge of Armagon's Wet Suit, which speeds up player's swimming speed and also gives full protection from lightning. It doesn't make the underwater view clearer though.

The effect of BioSuit making things harder to see is probably a typical oversight because for powerups and various liquids Quake engine tints the whole screen. However I don't remember how it is in the game, are the color tints combined or one overrides the other. Which reminds me of a bug in Blood (still not fixed to this day) when Deathmask (Invulnerability) does not tint the screen and you can see that powerup ran out only by a tiny message.

Kind of destiny special favors, I guess. The idea, is certainly not novel, but the question is, does it fit 'Quake'?

In some contemporary, custom 'Quake' maps, if one falls to void, sometimes - instead of dying - the protagonist would be teleported to a nearby steady location. I think with the actual resurrections, it would take more effort to implement, as compared to simply teleportation. I believe the "lives", should not make one avoid death - the death, must be present and the resurrection, to remain a decision of the player. It makes the difference, whether it is invisible and automated or when one actually gets the interruption, caused by death in game.

That is why, the idea, is probably less operable than it could seem to be - not impossible, but logistically challenging; likely causing a lot of issues if not meticulously consistent with in application.

Do you know this trick in "Copper" mod, when - in case of having perished in combat - executing "god" command in the commandline, will resurrect the protagonist with refreshed health bar and preserved equipment state, with a telefrag effect on spot, to it? It is actually very practical in certain casual gameplay cases.

What if to actually make the thing legit?

I mean, an artifact, that would give the player an option to resurrect the protagonist, on demand. Each instance of such artifact collected, would add one resurrection available. The resurrection, could be invoked with a dedicated key, bound to the function.

The drawback, is taking away from the tension of combat. Another drawback, is - what if the protagonist, has perished in an environmental hazard, such as lava, slime or downright fallen into some trap or abyss? Resurrection, would not make sense then or should require further quirky tricks, making the entire idea, rather inoperable or very inefficient to implement.

It is interesting, nonetheless, from a theoretical standpoint. How would you argument the possibility of having the protagonist, resurrected - even more than once?

In this thread, we speak mostly of adding to the game, some things potential. What about going the other direction, instead? What I mean by that, I will explain shortly.

The way I imagine it - in a toolbox of every mapper, there is a major asset, called: choice. One makes use of that privilege-asset as soon as with the first decision, regarding the map aesthetic theme. In order to make a choice, one must disinclude more than one will include. This quality, makes the asset of choice, remind the art of sculpture.

The piece of sculpture, according to what I was told, begins as a block - a shapeless object, full of rough matter; arguably speaking. It is a mess, one would say - a mess that asks to become organized. Organization, is proceeding entropy - the narrowing of possibilities. The same, happens to the universe we live in - from chaos, to order killing life; I refer the "heat death" theorem.

With taking away certain strategic elements, said block, begins to remind a thing an artist has projected upon it. Perfect sculpture, must maintain balance, between being neither too much, nor too little - there must be just enough, making coherent sense, within acceptable range of proportions.

In terms of mapping - using my imagination, rather than experience - if I do not like the hitscan combat system, while having to relay solely on vanilla 'Quake' conditions; I may simply disinclude all enemies dealing the hitscan damage. If that is not enough, I may even disinclude all protagonist weapons that deal the hitscan damage. In order to avoid depriving the game of having anything available at all, in my vision, I will need to make sure that there is something essential to use or fight against, for the player, to enjoy the map under common conditions.

That is why, I often pay attention to what kinds of decisions - allowances and disallowances - has the mapper done, design-wise, as well as how coherent these end up looking to myself, in the end.