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Xonotic Defrag World Championship 2026

Mirio — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:02 +0000

Hello Xonoticians!
We proudly present you the Xonotic Defrag World Championship 2026! XDWC is a CTS tournament where we invite everyone to join and have some fun.

FAQ

What is Defrag?
In Xonotic it is played in the CTS (Complete the Stage) mode using the XDF physics set. The goal is to complete a map as fast as possible.

How does XDWC work? (detailed rules further down below)
- Every player can join it at any time!
- 5 (+ warmup) unique and unreleased maps will be played
- Your time and ranking will be converted into a score for each map
- Player with the highest score after all maps will be crowned as the Winner

How do I get better?

Check MxCrab's guide:
- http://xdf.gg/guide

Also there are two tutorial streams available as VODs:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crEfpslf-g4
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-t_Z0Z2ic

Don't be afraid to even ask other players directly! Usually, they can tell you where you can improve or what you're doing wrong.
A good server to practise is "exe.pub | Relaxed Running | CTS/XDF". Detailed results here: https://xdf.gg/

Contact
Webpage: https://xdwc.xdf.gg/
IRC: QuakeNet, #xdwc - https://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=xdwc
Discord: https://discord.gg/ja7hFeG

Rules

Each Map (aka. Round) will be played for 1 week (see Schedule) on special servers, which are going to run 24/7.
You do not need to register beforehand to take part in XDWC!
You automatically join the tournament by setting a time on one of the servers listed below.
You do not have to take part in every Round, you can join each Round seperately as you like it. However, you won't be able to submit a time for a round that has already passed.
Your best time in the server rankings will be your time for the Round. The time must be set on an official server (see the list below)! You can NOT run a map locally and submit a time.
Weapon projectiles may not affect any runs other than the one they were fired in. Violating this rule makes your run invalid.
By joining the tournament you agree that we store your username and your results in our databases.
Points calculation formula: SCORE = 1000 * (time_of_the_fastest_competitor/your_time) * 0.988 ^ (pos - 1)

Servers

https://xdwc.xdf.gg/xdwc2026/servers/

If you happen to be able to provide a server, please contact us!

(Click me)

We still have enough money for XDWC 2026 left. So if you intend to donate, please consider putting it towards the regular RR/HP servers. Thank you very much.

Donators :

ZaeliyR - 25,00 EUR
Kool-Aid - 4,14 EUR

29,14 EUR

Previous donators and current balance can be found on the Discord.

Schedule

Each Round starts at 21:00 UTC! See this page ( https://xdwc.xdf.gg/xdwc2026/schedule/ ) to figure out what it means for your timezone.

18th October 21:00 UTC - 25th October 20:59 UTC - Round 1: xdwc2026-1 by Kool-Aid
25th October 21:00 UTC - 1st November 20:59 UTC - Round 2: xdwc2026-2 by MxCrab
1st November 21:00 UTC - 8th November 20:59 UTC - Round 3: xdwc2026-3 by ash
8th November 21:00 UTC - 15th November 20:59 UTC - Round 4: xdwc2026-4 by amino
15th November 21:00 UTC - 22nd November 20:59 UTC - Round 5: xdwc2026-5 by Kotangens

2026's XDWC logos are provided by sinety!

Round Review
You can watch the top runs after each Round on MxCrab's Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/MxCrab
Follow the channel or see the Discord for announcements.

Admins
Des; Mirio; morosophos; MxCrab; sinety

Standings

>>> https://xdwc.xdf.gg/ <<<

Movement keys don't work

Nightshade — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:22:57 +0000

I'm running fedora linux 44.
I've installed Xonotic from my package manager.
Anyways, my input keys don't work.
W is the only movement key that works.
a,s, and d give input for a tiny fraction of a second, but then nothing.
I tried changing keyinds to ijkl and had the same behavior, but in that setup only the j key worked.
The arrow keys work properly for handling movement, and receive input for the full duration.

[MAP] Xowoken (Remake of Awoken QC)

AriosJentu — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:55:39 +0000

Hi everyone!

This is Xowoken, a remake of the Quake Champions map Awoken, adapted specifically for Xonotic.
The map features a gothic sandstone castle style with warm sunset lighting and detailed geometry. The layout has been carefully tuned for fast, smooth competitive movement and balanced gameplay.

Key Features:

Smooth Movement: Clean clipping on stairs, pillars, and arches for uninterrupted strafe-jumping.
Balanced Layout: Carefully placed items and spawn points for duels and small match types.
Aesthetics: Detailed stone architecture with arches, torches, banners, and custom curved brushes.

Release 1.0 (xowoken_r1)

Download: Google Drive

bigbox (ctf map)

Ripe_Robin59(Earl_Of_Fragging) — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:56:22 +0000

Hello everyone! I have made a map. It is a 2-team ctf map with a central box with two floating platforms which have the flags. The link for it is here: https://github.com/EarlOfFragging/bigbox...r-xonotic-
Constructive criticism is welcome as this is literally my 2nd map ever lol.

Game suddenly stuck at menu screen (went away on its own)

banano — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:56:03 +0000

Hey, this morning while mapping and opening xon in between builds, i noticed that the game was stuck at the menu screen after loading. The menu GUI elements themselves (singleplayer/multiplayer/settings) do not load, and the window becomes unresponsive (to close, I have to wait for the 'not responding' prompt or kill the process. When starting from console, Ctrl+C
doesn't exit the game.
The problem started this morning, now every time i try to start the game it freezes like this.

Things i've tried, to no effect:

move my .xonotic folder
re-download the game and launch from newly unzipped download
reboot
run different executables (linux-sdl, linux-glx, even the windows exe with Wine)

Since this problem happened in the middle of mapping, a software update has likely not caused this.

My system:
Fedora Linux 44 with XFCE
Running Xonotic 0.8.6 pre-built, downloaded from the website: https://dl.xonotic.org/xonotic-0.8.6.zip

Console output of running the game: https://pastebin.com/raw/gs62j1dF
journalctl output while the game was running ($ ./xonotic-linux-sdl.sh): https://pastebin.com/raw/AdtkidFq

Thanks

Content creator here!

Ripe_Robin59(Earl_Of_Fragging) — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:08:45 +0000

Hello, I am Ripe_Robin59 (known on yt as Earl_Of_Fragging). I have a channel where I post gameplay of arenashooters, including Xonotic! I'm gonna post a xonotic video today but I haven't posted due to working on a map.
Link to my yt: https://www.youtube.com/@Earl_Of_Fragging

Server configuration for flatpak not loading

FreeGameEnjoyer — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:12:02 +0000

Hello everyone. I created the file server.cfg in ~/.var/app/org.xonotic.Xonotic/.xonotic/data/ so I could add/change some settings, but none of them seem to be working.

I tried moving it to several related directories, but none worked. I launched the game from the command line and found that it was execing a file called xonotic-server.cfg that I couldn't find anywhere on my system. Changing the filename of my configuration file to xonotic-server.cfg and putting it in the original location seemed to enable every possible option, resulting in me somehow immediately dying every time I started a new game or tried to respawn. The flatpak's permissions are at the default settings.

I have no idea what to do here, but I'm hoping somebody can point me in the right direction.

How to change default Multiplayer settings under the Create menu?

FreeGameEnjoyer — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:30:41 +0000

I recently discovered Xonotic and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I find myself consistently setting the exact same preferences in the Create menu every time I start a game, so I was wondering if there's a way to change the default selections. I'm not seeing an option for that in the UI.

Xonotic on JustVidman's youtube channel

CuBe0wL — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:35:59 +0000

Wazuuuup!

So, in case there's a surge of new Hungarian players coming to the servers (which I truly hope is the case), it's because one of Hungary's most viewed and beloved content creators, JustVidman, has just released a new video! In it, he uses a smartwatch as a controller (he programmed the driver himself) and picked Xonotic to test it out in a fun 1v1 duel with a fellow content creator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c31dcypKjNk

On a side note: how's everybody doing?

PS: Yay, I'm still a mod!

hello from nz!

ashland3rr — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:04:18 +0000

g'day fellas,

i needed me an arena shooter in my life again and this one seems real good from what i've experienced so far. real neat that it's fully foss as well!

i write music, sing, and enjoy all kinds of art. my special talent is my ability to inhale entire packets of salt & vinegar chips in seconds flat. they are unsafe around me.

are there any nz/aus folks here? let's catch up for a game sometime. )

[DM] Pyramid

SpiKe — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:17:33 +0000

Yep, that's right. This is a port of "DM-Pyramid" from Unreal Tournament 1999 to Xonotic.

Adding this map to your server will wipe your XonStat profile, void the warranty on your fridge and curse your bloodline for two generations.

No conversion tools were used.
The map was created by running UnrealEd and NetRadiant side by side. As a result, the geometry is broadly similar to that of the original.
This port has been slightly tweaked and fixes some issues present in the original map.
There are no bot waypoints, as bots can't swim

Download:
Pyramid_v1

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Credits and Licence
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The original UT99 map was created by Cedric 'Inoxx' Fiorentino and is the intellectual property of Epic Games, Inc.
As such, this map is a fan-made port and is not subject to any licence.

However, the map source is included in the PK3.

All textures are licensed under the GPLv3.
Thanks to SirRanjid, from whom I stole the gold texture ^^

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Tools used
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Edition: NetRadiant-custom
Compilation: q3map2
Custom textures: GIMP

Xonotic Beta (autobuild) - Could not create EGL context

norbert79 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:46:29 +0000

Dear Development team,

downloading the last (to date: 2026-06-24) autobuild version of Xonotic gives me an error for creating OpenGL context during start:

Code:
Failed to initialize OpenGL context: Could not create EGL context (context attributes are not supported)

Xonotic Linux d93f9c42 Jun 24 2026 release GC

Operating system: Linux
Video driver: nvidia-580xx-dkms 580.173.02-1
GFX card: NVIDIA 1050Ti discreet mode
Kernel: Arch 7.0.14-arch1-1
SDL: sdl3 3.4.10-1
EGL API version: 1.5
EGL vendor string: NVIDIA
EGL version string: 1.5
EGL client APIs: OpenGL_ES OpenGL

Tested under SteamDeck and on an Intel IRIS GFX card, the game works fine, only my system refuses starting it. Regular Xonotic-0.8.6 (cb39879e96f19abb2877588c2d50c5d3e64dd68153bec3dd1bebedf4d765e506afa419c28381d7005aed664cb1a042571c132b5b319e4308cab67745d996c2a6 xonotic-0.8.6.zip) works fine. (Using GLX)

I am wondering if you have met with this issue.

Thank you for your reply in advance!

Xonotic 0.8.6 in Installer-SH format

chimbal — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:48:36 +0000

Hello, I liked the game Xonotic, so I created an installation package for it in Installer-SH format. I'd like to hear your opinion about this installation package and the software distribution format.

The package contains the original Xonotic v0.8.6 game, the NetRadiant map editor, the Mapping Support package, and the source code. Since the Installer-SH format technically allows this, I also added several libraries not mentioned in the NetRadiant system requirements to ensure the editor runs smoothly on the tested Linux distributions.

The game and editor have been successfully tested on Chimbalix 24.8, Debian 11, Fedora 32, Manjaro 20, and openSUSE Leap 15.5. There's also a video showing the installation and launch of the game in Installer-SH format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A4tKVKBPYs

The installation package size is 1.2 GiB. Users can also manually unzip the archives in the "installer_data" directory to obtain the game files without installation. Link to the installation package: https://github.com/Shedou/Chimbalix-Soft...xonotic086

[DM] Codex

SpiKe — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:07:33 +0000

Hi!

This is a port of "DM-Codex" from Unreal Tournament 1999 to Xonotic.

No conversion tools were used.
The map was made by running UnrealEd and NetRadiant side by side. As a result, the geometry of this map is broadly similar to that of the original.
However, this port has been tweaked to suit Xonotic’s gameplay, and includes some additional details.

Download:
Codex_v2

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Screenshots
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Credits and Licence
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The original UT99 map was created by Cliff Bleszinski and is the intellectual property of Epic Games, Inc.
As such, this map is a fan-made port and is not subject to any licence.

However, the map source is included in the PK3.

All textures are licensed under the GPLv3 (Xonotic stock textures + one custom texture).

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Tools used
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Edition: NetRadiant-custom
Compilation: q3map2
Custom textures: GIMP

In 2026 which map editor(s) are being used?

munyul — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:34:04 +0000

Hello

What is the map editor of choice these days? (in 2026) Is NetRadiant still the editor of choice?