# Quake Injector version 8 release candidate 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Quake\ **Tags:** quake-injector\ **Created:** [August 30, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/quake-injector-version-8-release-candidate-2/8138 "2025-08-30T12:35:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnNy\_cz](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/user_avatar/discuss.quaddicted.com/johnny_cz/32/906_2.png) [@JohnNy\_cz](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/u/JohnNy_cz)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/quake-injector-version-8-release-candidate-2/8138/1 "2025-08-30T12:35:14Z")
Hi everyone, A new version of **Quake Injector** is ready for community testing! **New features:** - Dark mode + 3 other new UI themes - Works with the new [API v1](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/the-quaddicted-api-v1/8136) - Support for non-standard archive folder structures **Fixes:** - Fixed: [Couldn’t open file! invalid compression method](https://github.com/hrehfeld/QuakeInjector/issues/146) - Fixed: maximized window state was not remembered - Fixed: incorrect startmap was often pre-selected ❗Note that this is a release candidate build, not a final official release. 🙏 Please report any **new** bugs (not present in previous versions) right here in this thread. **Screenshots** ![Light](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f0d4fbcd3e76ac7e23616cf5997f0b7318fd1402.jpeg) ![Darcula](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/89433a0d3005032e326b920661fd51696987bf1c.jpeg) ![Solarized Light](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e54cacc8dcaa8575776e0e2a720f7593b13de642.jpeg) ![Solarized Dark](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/09db1a3e1b1df057c2dfd90d450f7d2b6fa4e3b5.jpeg) **Downloads** - 💾 Windows exe (includes Java, 181 MB) [https://joh.nny.cz/QuakeInjector/QuakeInjector.exe-alpha08-rc02.zip](https://joh.nny.cz/QuakeInjector/QuakeInjector.exe-alpha08-rc02.zip) - 💾 Zip archive (requires [Java](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk21-archive-downloads.html), 6.5 MB) [https://joh.nny.cz/QuakeInjector/QuakeInjector-alpha08-rc02.zip](https://joh.nny.cz/QuakeInjector/QuakeInjector-alpha08-rc02.zip) Source code: [link](https://github.com/hrehfeld/QuakeInjector/compare/master...johnnycz:QuakeInjector:version-alpha08-rebased) ---
**Author:** ![RedHelix](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/letter_avatar/redhelix/32/5_e30499b05c07943df9b13d07c8c32459.png) [@RedHelix](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/u/RedHelix)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/quake-injector-version-8-release-candidate-2/8138/2 "2025-09-13T21:07:20Z")
Hi mr. Spirit thanks for ypur hard work on this site & quake injector. My question is, is it possible to start regular quake or the official mission packs through quake injector? Im kind of new to the quake scene and im still playing through OG quake. Itd be great if it would add id1 or hipnotic or rogue to the maps weve downloaded in addition to all the wonderful fan maps. Thanks for your time! ---
**Author:** ![Spirit](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/user_avatar/discuss.quaddicted.com/spirit/32/6_2.png) [@Spirit](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/u/Spirit)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/quake-injector-version-8-release-candidate-2/8138/3 "2025-09-14T10:08:03Z")
Praise @JohnNy_cz for his great recent work on the Quake Injector! Currently only custom content is available in the database but the new system does actually support anything. So someone could add the official releases too. How that would be handled by clients like the Quake Injector is open though as we definitely won't provide them for illegal download and current that's the way how content gets installed and "registered" on your local machine. ---
**Author:** ![Sprony](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/user_avatar/discuss.quaddicted.com/sprony/32/677_2.png) [@Sprony](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/u/Sprony)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/quake-injector-version-8-release-candidate-2/8138/4 "2026-07-02T15:17:02Z")
It worked for almost a year, but suddenly this error has returned. Even after reinstalling, I get this. Any suggestions? ![image](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/11099ea1bb1a427a1b9c265627bb1433d323ffec.png) ---
**Author:** ![motorboy](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/user_avatar/discuss.quaddicted.com/motorboy/32/273_2.png) [@motorboy](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/u/motorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/quake-injector-version-8-release-candidate-2/8138/5 "2026-07-04T17:23:30Z")
Screenshots were added to the database instead of maps. This may be why it won't load. Here's what it looks like in QuaddictedTools. ![Bug](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b7120d3a2ba0a84f60003f04016d49bc22dec48c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Spirit](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/user_avatar/discuss.quaddicted.com/spirit/32/6_2.png) [@Spirit](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/u/Spirit)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/quake-injector-version-8-release-candidate-2/8138/6 "2026-07-05T20:05:25Z")
Hm, it works here, are you using the latest version (alpha08)? Maybe it was a small temporary hiccup. ---
**Author:** ![Sprony](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/user_avatar/discuss.quaddicted.com/sprony/32/677_2.png) [@Sprony](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/u/Sprony)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/quake-injector-version-8-release-candidate-2/8138/7 "2026-07-09T10:58:01Z")
I completely reinstalled Quake, Quakespasm and Quake Injector and now it works again! ---
**Author:** ![Spirit](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/user_avatar/discuss.quaddicted.com/spirit/32/6_2.png) [@Spirit](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/u/Spirit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/quake-injector-version-8-release-candidate-2/8138/8 "2026-07-09T12:57:31Z")
Yeah, we need to fix the filter in the Injector. Sorry about that! I'll try to figure it out some day soonish. Ideally users could override the default filter themselves. ---
**Author:** ![JohnNy\_cz](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/user_avatar/discuss.quaddicted.com/johnny_cz/32/906_2.png) [@JohnNy\_cz](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/u/JohnNy_cz)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.quaddicted.com/t/quake-injector-version-8-release-candidate-2/8138/9 "2026-09-03T09:20:45Z")
There is an override already, you can override the URL by putting `RepositoryDatabase=...` into `config.properties`. Unfortunately it won't help because the current encoding logic will not encode the + character into the corresponding %2B escape sequence. That is needed to correctly send to the server the necessary part of the query: `+tags="game=quake" +tags="game_mode=singleplayer"` I will fix the default URL and the escaping logic in the next QuakeInjector release.