QIII arena, some few newbie questions...

[Belo]

Hi everyone,
i'm totally new in world of QIII, so i need some suggestion to start in the best way...
I'm a linux user and i have a big confusion about what i have to download.
Is Quake 3 for free?
What is the relation between quake 3 and ioQuake 3? are they compatible (i mean, can someone that use ioquake play vs someone else using Quake)?

basically, what i have to do in order to (legally) have a fully working Quake 3 version for linux?
thanks in advance,
Michele

[Theftbot]

Q3 Is not free, ioQuake3 is a improvement(bug fixes/added features)

Easy way to get q3 is STEAM, or:
http://www.impulsedriven.com/quake3

[obsidian]

Steam doesn't run very well on Linux without a bunch of hoop hopping. You could use Windows or WINE to run Steam, download the game content and copy over the baseq3.pk3 file to your Linux machine, or pick up a CD off eBay. I wrote this somewhere else on the web:

Quake 3 on Linux (Ubuntu)

Installing Quake III Arena on a 64-bit Linux box isn't that bad actually. I couldn't find instructions anywhere on how to do this, so after figuring it out I'm writing them down here.

You will need:

• Linux x86_64 with updated video drivers
• Quake III Arena install CD (Windows)
• Linux Q3A Point Release 1.32b
• Q3A Point Release 1.32c

Download the two point releases somewhere handy. I just downloaded them to my Desktop (/home/obsidian/Desktop)


Installation:

1. Open up a Terminal session and create a new directory to install everything (usually /usr/local/games/).
   sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3
2. Insert Q3A CD in your drive and copy the pak0.pk3 file to your baseq3 directory (can take a while).
   sudo cp /media/cdrom/Quake3/baseq3/pak0.pk3 /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3
3. Quake 3 is a 32-bit application, so you will run into a known issue. You can get around this by installing a couple of packages that will allow you to emulate 32-bit programs in your 64-bit environment.
   sudo apt-get install ia32-libs linux32
4. We can now invoke the Quake 3 install script to work. Note that your directory may be different than below. Then follow the on-screen instructions, they should be pretty self explanatory.
   sudo linux32 sh /home/obsidian/Desktop/linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run
5. Extract the 3 files in the "linux" directory of quake3-1.32c.zip to your desktop (or where ever else) and copy them over to your Quake 3 install directory.
   sudo cp /home/obsidian/Desktop/1.32c/* /usr/local/games/quake3

Notes:

• Most distros use su instead of sudo.
• x86_32 users can follow the same process, but omit step 3, and do sudo sh /home/obsidian/Desktop/linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run on step 4 instead.

Have yourself a little fragfest.



Alternatively they also have a Linux client for...

http://www.quakelive.com/

[Eraser]

ioQuake is a project aimed at cleaning up and improving the Quake 3 source code.

The source code of the Quake 3 engine was released some years back. The ioQuake project took that code, applied various improvements, features and fixes to it and publicly released that source code again. Officially it's still an ongoing project but I'm not sure a whole lot is done with it anymore.

It is used as a base for a number of stand-alone Quake 3 mods such as Urban Terror and World of Padman