>From a google cached copy of the howto. The idsoftware ftp site seems to be >gone, but I'm certain you can find the latest point release around.
Native Linux Games: Quake 3 Arena-HowTo Author: cairon Published: 2004-02-20 Read 15026 times Size 6.35 KB Author: cairon Language: English Last Change: 2004-02-20 Version: 1.0 This howto is published under the GNU Free Documentation License. Copyright (c) 2004 linux-gamers.net. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license can be found in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". Warning: This HOWTO comes with no explicit or implicit warranty whatsoever. Use at you own risk! This HowTo describes how to install, update and configure Quake 3 Arena under Linux by using an Windows-version of the game. 1) Requirements 2) Installation 3) Get Punkbuster and OSP running 4) Appendix 1) Requirements First of all the requirements which must be fulfilled: -3D-Acceleration on your machine is installed and working. -Soundsystem is installed and working. -You have a CD of Quake 3 Arena and an original key of the game. -You have access to the internet (or someone who can download the needed files for you). Your machine fulfilles the hardware requirements of the game. 2) Installation First, you have to create a folder in which you can copy the files of the game. You do this by opening a shell and type in (as root): # mkdir -p /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3 This will create the folders quake3 and the subfolder baseq3 in /usr/local/games Then insert the Quake 3 Arena-CD in your local CD- or DVD-ROM and mount it # mount /media/cdrom (for /media/cdrom use the place, where you have mounted your CDRom-Drive) >From the CD copy the file pak0.pk3 into the subfolder baseq3 # cp /media/cdrom/Quake3/baseq3/pak0.pk3 /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3 This could take some time time, the file is about 460 MB. After the file is copied, the CD no longer is required. In the meantime, connect to the internet and download the latest pointrelease. At the time of writing the most recent pointrelease is 1.32b. Make sure that you have 1.32b, with the b, if you only have 1.32, it often causes problems with the mouse. If you take an older version, you are not compatible to most of the servers in internet and LAN (pointreleases of Quake 3 Arena are not compatible to each other). One adress where you can grab it is is software itself: ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake3/linux/linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run download it and save it into /usr/local/games/quake3 When it is finished, go in the shell to the directory quake3 # cd /usr/local/games/quake3 There, find the pointrelease and execute it: # sh /usr/local/games/quake3/linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run Then follow the instructions on your screen (you can answer “Yes” to every question you are asked during the installation). 3) Get Punkbuster and OSP running Unfortunately, in the latest pointrelease the Anti-Cheat-Software punkbuster was integrated, which is automatically installed with the pointrelease. Normally, punkbuster should update itself – yet normally it doesn’t. The easiest way to do it manually is to download the updatetool of punkbuster, pbweb. Download it, and save it in /home/youruser/.q3a/pb (".q3a" - mind the dot - is a hidden folder so if the "Save" dialog doesn't show it move it there manually). You must save it there, otherwise it will not work. Now make it executable by typing chmod +x / home/youruser/.q3a/pb/pbweb.x86 Then execute pbweb.x86 by changing into the bp folder cd /home/youruser/.q3a/pb and running ./pbweb.x86 Now punkbuster will bring itself up-to-date - this can take some time even if you are on broadband, seems like the responding server is rather slow. That’s all you have to do to have a running version of Quake 3 Arena. For to start Quake 3 Arena type “quake3” in a shell or use the links in your desktopmanager. To play online with punkbuster, go into the menu of Quake 3 Arena, Multiplayer, and activate punkbuster- But who wants to play base-q3?? Nearly no one, I think The mostly played (and must needed) modification (mod) in Quake 3 Arena is OSP. OSP stands for Orange Smoothie Productions, and that is where you can download it at http://games.xs4all.nl/downloads/downloads.php?dl=39 OSP brings you a couple of new maps, now modes of playing and many more. Installing OSP is very simple: Download the latest version of OSP (at the time of writing 1.03a), save it to your harddisk, and extract the .zip-file into your /usr/local/games/quake3 folder. After this, you should have a new subfolder under /usr/local/games/quake3, the folders name is osp. That’s all For other mod’s, do it identical. 4) Appendix For further questions, feel free and invited to ask in the forum on www.linux-gamers.net or visit us in IRC, quakenet, channel: #linux-gamers.net (international, you have to speak english) #linux-clan (mostly german, you can speak german or english) #linuc-clan.q3a (special channel of the Quake 3 Arena-squad, german and english spoken) Happy fragging, and remember: Counterstrike is only half life, Quake 3 is a livestyle :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Nguyen The Toan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:34 pm Subject: Offtopic: Quake 3 > > Hello, > > I hope this is not too off topic. I bought the retail version of > Quake 3 few > years ago. But now I want to try it on Linux. Does anybody know if > I need to > buy a new copy for linux or if I can modify the Q3 Linux Demo > somehow ? > > Thanks in advance, > Toan > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users.Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start > reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > -- > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. 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