Spearmint is not compatible with Quake III Arena servers, mods (the QVM/DLL files), or demos (game recordings). It was originally intended to be used exclusively for creating new games but it kept the ability to play the Quake 3 data. It is directly based on ioquake3 (November 2018). To open the console, simply run the game and then hit ~ (tilde) on Windows or this thing § on a Mac - both are often in the top-left of your keyboard.Spearmint is a heavily modified version of the Quake III Arena engine. These will help you get the most from the game on modern hardware. In addition to the above install instructions, here are some super-handy console commands I cribbed from that toblix fellow.

Oh sweet, your instructions worked! I'm ready to fully optimize my game!

Who am I kidding? You'll have it installed before you even read this far. You only need to download and run the usual DMG file from the ioquake3 website, then copy just your original game's pak0.pk3 file into:

Download the ioquake3 Data Installer and run it to get the latest updates from id ioquake3 will throw an error on load if it's not up-to-date!.

pk3 files from your original Quake III Arena's baseq3 folder into ioquake3's baseq3 folder.

Download and install the ioquake3 engine-make sure you install for all users if Windows asks, otherwise the patcher won't work.

So how do I install on my personal Windows computer?

Anyway, ioquake3 is pretty easy to install (once you understand the process). A popular way of getting those is owning the original game, which you can buy on Steam for a ridiculous price. Man, that sounds super cool! How do I join in this fun game?įirst of all, you'll also need the data files from the original game. Basically you run and jump around a sweet level, collecting cool weapons, ammunition and power-ups, trying to shoot everyone else while avoiding being shot. It's the best thing John Carmack has done since whatever he'll be doing with the Oculus Rift. It's fast-paced, it's perfectly balanced and it will run buttery smooth on your shitty old computer, no matter the OS. Quake III Arena, or Quake III, or Quake 3, or Q3A, or Q3, is probably the finest first person arena shooter in the world. Depending on how many are interested, it may become a regular/semi-regular thing. Some of us are planning to play some ioquake3 matches at some point. Original post by ~~t0b1ix~~, additional content by ~~wr3stlev4ni5~~ Are you a bad enough dude to play Quake III Arena?

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