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Spectator: pressing a key bound to +scores drops follow cam into freecam #5
Description
Summary
While spectating in follow mode, pressing any key bound to +scores drops the spectator out of follow and into freecam.
Repro
- Join a server as spectator and follow a player.
- Press TAB (
bind TAB "+scores"). - The view switches to freecam.
What I tested
- Typing
+scores/-scoresin the console: stays on the followed player (works correctly). - Other keys bound to
+scores(e.g. INS): same bug, so it isn't TAB-specific. - Wrapping it in an alias (
alias +sb "+scores"; alias -sb "-scores"; bind TAB "+sb"): still happens. - Holding any other key while pressing the scoreboard key: stays on view (bug doesn't happen).
So it looks like the key event is reaching the spectator scoreboard's cursor/key-catcher as a click, rather than the command itself being the problem.
Environment
- FnQL Windows client running under Proton on Linux (CachyOS, Hyprland/Wayland, NVIDIA 4060 Ti)
- Config is clean: nothing else bound to TAB
)
Activity
themuffinator commentedon Sep 24, 2026
Thanks for the detailed reproduction, especially the held-key and console comparisons. The engine was emitting Quake III's
0x0800flag for any physical key; retail Quake Live uses0x1000for key activity and treats a rising0x0800as stop-follow. This was verified directly in the installed Steam binaries and explains those differences in the report.PR #6 corrects the retail flag while preserving legacy connection profiles and the scoreboard's movement behavior. The new regressions reject the old value; the Win32 release build and complete regression suite pass (97 test targets passed, 2 skipped).
Leaving this issue open until the fix lands. Proton/Wayland was not available for an interactive retest; please recheck TAB, the alternate binding, and the alias with the fixed build when available.