Difference between revisions of "Quake 3 Arena"

Latest revision as of 20:32, 2 September 2023

Method	Rating	Notes
Native	Perfect	Runs perfectly with the MacSourcePorts version of Quake III.^[1]
Rosetta 2	Unknown
Compatibility layer
CrossOver	Unknown
Wine	Unknown
Virtualization
Parallels	Unknown

To set up ioquake3, do the following:

Download ioquake3 from https://github.com/MacSourcePorts/ioq3/releases.
Open the dmg file and copy the app to the Applications folder.
Copy the contents of the original Quake III Arena baseq3 folder to ~/Library/Application Support/Quake3/baseq3.

To set custom resolution, follow these steps:

Launch and exit the game at least once.
Open the ~/Library/Application Support/Quake3/baseq3/q3config.cfg file with an editor.

Set the following options:

seta r_mode "-1"
seta r_customwidth "1920"
seta r_customheight "1080"

If you experience low FPS, try switching from the opengl2 renderer to opengl1:

seta cl_renderer "opengl1"

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 == ioquake3 ==
-# Download ioquake3 from https://github.com/MacSourcePorts/ioq3/releases
-# Copy original Quake 3 baseq3 content folder to ~/Library/Application Support/Quake3/baseq3
-# Enjoy the game in 4:3
-Widescreen support:
+To set up ioquake3, do the following:
+# Download ioquake3 from https://github.com/MacSourcePorts/ioq3/releases.
+# Open the dmg file and copy the app to the '''Applications''' folder.
+# Copy the contents of the original Quake III Arena baseq3 folder to <code>~/Library/Application Support/Quake3/baseq3</code>.
+To set custom resolution, follow these steps:
 <ol>
-<li>Launch and exit game at least once
+<li>Launch and exit the game at least once.
-<li>Edit <code>~/Library/Application Support/Quake3/baseq3/q3config.cfg</code>
+<li>Open the <code>~/Library/Application Support/Quake3/baseq3/q3config.cfg</code> file with an editor.
-<li>Change: <pre>
+<li>Set the following options:
+<pre>
 seta r_mode "-1"
 seta r_customwidth "1920"
 seta r_customheight "1080"
-seta cg_fov "100"
 </pre>
 </ol>
+If you experience low FPS, try switching from the <code>opengl2</code> renderer to <code>opengl1</code>:
+ seta cl_renderer "opengl1"
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