Difference between revisions of "Quake 3 Arena"

Latest revision as of 21:02, 22 November 2024

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	Perfect	Runs perfectly on Apple M1 Pro, 16 Gb. Win 11

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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 |wine                 = unknown
 |wine notes           =
-|parallels            = unknown
+|parallels            = Perfect
-|parallels notes      =
+|parallels notes      = Runs perfectly on Apple M1 Pro, 16 Gb. Win 11
 |windows 10 arm       =
 |windows 10 arm notes =
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 # 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>.
-# Enjoy the game in 4:3.
-To enable widescreen support, follow these steps:
+To set custom resolution, follow these steps:
 <ol>
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 seta r_customwidth "1920"
 seta r_customheight "1080"
-seta cg_fov "100"
 </pre>
 </ol>