Skip to main content

ioquake3

ATTENTION:

A legitimate copy of the game is required to play, either bought fromplay!

    Steam GOG.com  a retail CD version

    Instructions on how to extract game assets and setting up the game can be found on the ioquake3 Website.

    ioquake3 is a free softwareand open source first person shooter engine based on the Quake 3: Arena and Quake 3: Team Arena source code.

    ioquake3 is available from the AUR:

    yay -S ioquake3

    CopyIf you don't want to compile the game every time there's an update, the Flatpak version is available:

    flatpak install org.ioquake3.ioquake3

    Game assets

    ioquake3 requires the original Quake III: Arena game files in order to function, mainly the file pak0.pk3 from Steam, GOG or the retail CD release.

    Navigate to the baseq3 directory of your original game and copy the pak0.pk3 file fromto the appropriate location for your copychosen installation of ioquake3. You can start the game:game once and it will tell you where it expects the files and create the directory structure for you.

    #
    single Install method Directory Single user cp pak0.pk3 ~/.q3a/baseq3/ # system- System-wide cp pak0.pk3 /opt/quake3/baseq3/ Flatpak ~/.var/app/org.ioquake3.ioquake3/data/q3a/baseq3

    Next, grab the patch data from the ioquake3 website and copy the contents into the baseq3 directory as well, so it has pak0.pk3 through pak8.pk3.

    Settings

    Once the game files are installed, start the game once, accept an empty CD key and exit out again. This will make the game create a config file in your home directory that you can edit to enable higher resolutions.

    Open baseq3/q3config.cfg and edit the following values:

    seta cg_fov         "120"  // Field of view
seta com_maxfps     "125"  // Optimal `125`, `200` or `333`
seta cl_maxpackets  "125"  // Same as `com_maxfps` or half
seta r_mode         "-1"   // Resolution mode, `-1` = custom
seta r_customwidth  "2560" // Custom resolution width
seta r_customheight "1440" // Custom resolution height

    A lot more configuration options are explained here (optional).

    High resolution textures & widescreen fix (optional, but recommended)

    There exist mods to enhance a few aspects of Quake III: Arena!

      Widescreen fix: https://clover.moe/flexible-hud-for-ioq3/ High resolution fonts and HUD: https://www.moddb.com/mods/high-quality-quake High resolution texture pack: https://ioquake3.org/extras/replacement_content/

      Put the .pk3 files from these downloads next to the others in your baseq3 directory.

      These will make Quake III: Arena play nicely with modern graphics and updates the settings menu to allow you to set proper resolutions for HD displays.

      Back to top