Quake3World

Aloha!

Installed this lovely game again and i could use some help (settings).

The standard settings isnt doable today with widescreen etc.. I have done autoexec with custom width and height and it works ok. I also want to be smaller if you know what i mean. My weapons are huge and i remember that it was more slim.. Hard to explain.. hmmm.. I really hope that someone here know what the heck im talking about cause i cant play like this. In my autoexec i have:

r_mode -1
r_customwidth 1365
r_customheight 768

seta cg_fov "110" - I thought this would do the trick but my weap is still "big"
seta cg_viewsize "100" What does this do?
seta cg_zoomfov "60" What does this do?

I think i could use a good list showing all the cvars and what they do, all info about my problem is very much appreciated.

Also.. In my folder baseq3 i have my q3config.. Cant see that anything is written in here, shouldnt my settings autowrite in here?

Hey magnus, bump cg_fov to 120 and set cg_drawgun to 3, it'll center your weapon so it takes up less screen estate.

cg_viewsize reduces the size of the view port, i.e. cg_viewsize 90 puts a frame around the screen. Used in the olden days to speed up the game on slower machines.
cg_zoomfov is the FOV used when zooming (no, really). Pull down the console and type +zoom and you'll see what I mean.

Your q3config.cfg should auto-update. Make sure it's writeable.

Thx alot ^misantropia^, appreciated

^misantropia^ wrote:Hey magnus, bump cg_fov to 120 and set cg_drawgun to 3, it'll center your weapon so it takes up less screen estate.

Don't you mean /cg_guny 3 ?

Nope, cg_guny only works when cheats are enabled.

^misantropia^ wrote:Nope, cg_guny only works when cheats are enabled.

Oh, didn't know that. I played around with this when cheats were enabled while tesing a map of mine. I was just wondering, because /cg_drawgun 3 doesn't show any effect. 1 just enables, and 0 disables the drawing of the gun.

Now that you mention it, cg_drawgun 3 might be an ioquake3 enhancement.

EDIT: looked it up, it is.

Hi.

I have also decided to re-install Quake3.

I have been playing games on my 360, PS3 and PC over the last few years, but never re-captured the fun I had playing quake 3.

I mostly played Threewave, a bit of OSP CTF, clan arena and Rocket arena. Was ok, never a master, but held my own. I played in a couple of leagues and it was just great fun.

I have tried to come back a cpl times before, but all the old forums and places to get info I used seem to have gone, or I have forgotten where they are as PC been rebuild over the years, so I felt rather lost.

Anyway, I am struggling. I have totally forgotten about what settings to change in config except FOV to 120......I don't know where to get game server lists (trying some new browser thing...I used toi use ASE), I can't get threewave working and a lot of other problems. Also, I will be very bad now!

What is everyone playing - is there a MOD (other than UT as I don't like that) that is popular?

I need some config guidance to start with I think - any good links? I want green enemies that make a noise and all that jazz!

How about reading the beginner's guide?
http://www.quake3world.com/q3guide/guide.html

Thanks - I will take a look....though the thought of being branded a "beginner" is painful!

What games (mods) to most players play now? Or is the remaining community very spread?

lol, well it does offer some links to popular mods, although I'm not sure when the last time was their validity was checked, so there may be a bunch of dead links in there.

I'm not sure how the Quake 3 scene looks right now, as I've moved on to Quake Live. I do miss Freeze Tag though.

thanks for the replies. I have tried quake live too and it seems very, very good. I really want to try Q3 again thoiugh as my fav mod was threewave....oh and rocket arena and OSP.

OSP should still be available through their website: http://www.orangesmoothie.org/