Then missionpack could be copied over without worrying about merging.Īlso tested on Kubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr - this one used the ncurses installer instead of the graphical installer My CD installation versions of these files had a year 1999 date and the updated files had a year 2002 date. This is from the file quake3-latest-pk3s.zip you obtained from patch-data and when extracted contains a folder quake3-latest-pk3s with some updated files in baseq3 and a folder called missionpack.ĭo not copy the baseq3 folder over yours! You need to merge them replacing on the files pak*.pk3 from baseq3 over the old ones in your folder.

PATCH BY MERGING NOT OVERWRITING THE ENTIRE FOLDER:įinally, other online guides recommend installation of the game patch. Yours may only have baseq3 such as on your original paid version installation. For my install it also included a folder called Quake3 and sound, however, I dev custom maps, mods, and audio. This should include a folder called baseq3. Now copy the contents baseq3 folder from the Quake 3 Arena CD (or your paid version installation) and paste it into the. NOTICE: If the ~/.q3a was not created, then go under Menu->Games and run ioquake3 once, it won't open anything b it will create ~/.q3a You will notice the addition of ioquake3 under the Menu->Games in x and also the creation of ~/.q3a Note * ncurses installer: I have found that if the GUI applet doesn't open, but instead you see an ncurses installer within the terminal you will likely have to close and run the install again as sudo then later you will need to chown username ~./q3a -R This opens a graphical install interface within x (or alternatively an ncurses in terminal*). run file, be it the 32 or 64 bit version. I did so I could do performance comparisons.Įxecute the. You wont use both of them, just the one for your architecture so technically you don't really need to download them both. Useful Tip: If playing quake windowed and you need to switch to another software window in X simply press ~ which opens the quake console command prompt but also unlocks mouse from the game so you can access other X software. One disadvantage is limited compatibility with custom maps and poor compatibility with mods. One advantage is that it is easy to get going on Linux. Using ioquake3 has advantages and disadvantages. Other than going the windows emulator route, you can use ioquake3 which is an open source engine to run quake on linux.

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