Is it possible to disable camera sway and/or weapon bobbing in Quake 1?

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Upon sorting some of my games into categories on Steam I realised I had the original Quake in my Steam library (bought as part of a Steam sale pack no doubt), and decided to give it a go.

Unfortunately there is something about Quake's bobbing/camera movement which makes me motion sick. I can't stand to play it for more than 5 minutes at a time before I need to take a break. This is a weird phenomenon for me, as I can play every other game fine without feeling this violently ill, including every other FPS I've come across. Even E.T. doesn't make me feel this ill.

Needless to say I've done some research and most people online point their fingers at the camera sway and the weapon movement.

Is there a way to change or otherwise disable or dial down the camera sway/weapon movement? Perhaps a configuration setting/file or even a mod that does this?

Note I'm primarily concerned  with the Steam version (mentioned just in case it's any different from other versions out there).

Nitro.de · Accepted Answer

This are the console commands you're looking for I guess.

cl_bob is "0.02" ["0.02"] view bobbing amount
cl_bobcycle is "0.6" ["0.6"] view bobbing speed
cl_bobmodel is "1" ["1"] enables gun bobbing
cl_bobmodel_side is "0.15" ["0.15"] gun bobbing sideways sway amount
cl_bobmodel_speed is "7" ["7"] gun bobbing speed
cl_bobmodel_up is "0.06" ["0.06"] gun bobbing upward movement amount
cl_bobup is "0.5" ["0.5"] view bobbing adjustment that makes the up    or down swing of the bob last longer

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user598527 · Answer

To add to the existing answer, the following commands disable the screen-tilting effect which is used when the player takes damage:
v_kickpitch 0
v_kickroll 0
v_kicktime 0

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v_kickpitch
Type: Register
Default: 0.6
Description: The distance that the
screen should move up or down when the player is shot.
v_kickroll
Type: Register
Default: 0.6
Description: The distance that the
screen should roll clockwise or counter clockwise when the player is
shot.
v_kicktime
Type: Register
Default: 0.5
Description: The amount of time that
the screen should remain tiled after the player has been shot.

Is it possible to disable camera sway and/or weapon bobbing in Quake 1?

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