Quake III Arena

Installation (Retail)

Data Files

mkdir /<path to install>/quake3
mount /cdrom
cp -r /cdrom/Quake3/baseq3 /<path to install>/quake3
umount /cdrom

Binaries

cd /<path to install>/quake3
wget ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake3/linux/linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run
chmod +x linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run
./linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run (Use "/<path to install>/quake3" when asked)

Security Fix

wget ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake3/quake3-1.32c.zip
unzip quake3-1.32c.zip
cp Quake\ III\ Arena\ 1.32c/linux/* .
rm -rf Quake\ III\ Arena\ 1.32c/

Troubleshooting

Sound

If you have no sound with the following error message in console

/dev/dsp: Input/output error
Could not mmap /dev/dsp

you can try the following fix

sudo nano /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
add lines above : exit 0
echo 'quake3.x86 0 0 direct' > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
echo 'quake3-smp.x86 0 0 direct' > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss''

Playing

Single CPU Systems

./quake3

Multiple (SMP) CPU Systems

./quake3-smp

Links

http://www.idsoftware.com/
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/q3a/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_III_Arena
Open source Quake 3 distribution:
http://ioquake3.org/

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