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Topic Starter	Topic: new to the mac and have a q3 install question
m1a2x3x7 Recruit Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 8	Posted: 11-19-2006 10:13 AM                  ok ive been reading up on this installing q3 on the mac and the only way ive gotten q3 to run is using the icculus.org download and i can get q3 to run and i install pb but when i go to a pb enabled server it says that i dont have q3 installed. what am i doing wrong?
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m1a2x3x7 Recruit Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 8	Posted: 11-19-2006 12:49 PM                  i also try to install the latest q3 update and when i go to run it i just opens microsoft word.
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S@M The Illuminated Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 1623	Posted: 11-19-2006 10:54 PM                  post up your system, and os!! otherwise, hard to know whats going on _________________ "Liberty, what crimes are committed in your name."
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m1a2x3x7 Recruit Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 8	Posted: 11-20-2006 01:13 PM                  Apple Macintosh G4 w/dual 1.25Ghz processors (Hardware Overview: 120gb Hard Drive (Hard Drive bus: 1 Ultra ATA/100, 1 Ultra ATA/66, with 4 drive bays) L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB L3 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 1 GB (RAM) Bus Speed: 167 MHz Boot ROM Version: 4.6.0f1) osx
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S@M The Illuminated Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 1623	Posted: 11-21-2006 01:10 AM                  do you have a legit purchased version? if so, next step is to grab the g4 patch from here: ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake3 ... t2.pkg.sit infact, rather than repeat a heap of stuff, read this: http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Forum10/HTML/004500.html? - the screen shots died when the forum crashed, but follow teh steps an you should be in like flynn _________________ "Liberty, what crimes are committed in your name."
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m1a2x3x7 Recruit Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 8	Posted: 11-21-2006 06:44 AM                  i do all that but when i go to install the 32-altivectest2.pkg.sit it just opens microsoft word
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m1a2x3x7 Recruit Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 8	Posted: 11-21-2006 06:44 AM                  and it is a legit copy
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S@M The Illuminated Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 1623	Posted: 11-21-2006 12:30 PM                  see your other thread :P _________________ "Liberty, what crimes are committed in your name."
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m1a2x3x7 Recruit Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 8	Posted: 11-21-2006 02:33 PM                  ok so i do all that now when i open the folder it has 3 new folders mac, win, linux, there is no quake3 folder in my applications, and there no baseq3 folder either
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m1a2x3x7 Recruit Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 8	Posted: 11-21-2006 03:50 PM                  nm nm i got it finally...fragging time WoOT
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S@M The Illuminated Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 1623	Posted: 11-22-2006 07:17 PM                  _________________ "Liberty, what crimes are committed in your name."
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JB Realistic Gore Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 924	Posted: 12-03-2006 02:31 AM                  glhf
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