QUAKE3(6)

💖 QUAKE3(6) — bestie's guide to the Quake III Arena client 💖

okay so this is the Games Manual page for quake3, section 6, and honestly? it's giving iconic. it's the manual page for the client, so let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

quake3 — the Quake III Arena client, no cap 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

quake3 [-h|--help] [-q|--quiet] [debugging options] [+set option
value]...

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So like, quake3 is the client for Quake III Arena, which is a multiplayer network game. that's it, that's the vibe. you're the main character, the server is the group chat, and the frags are the receipts 🔥

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

The wrapper script that Debian uses for Quake III Arena accepts all of these, bestie, every single one:

• -h, --help — shows you a lil short help summary 🫶
• -q, --quiet — turns OFF all console output. like, silence. no talking. 🤫
• --demo — runs the demo version, even if you've got the full game installed. yes, even then. it does not care 💀
• --debugger=DEBUGGER — sticks a debugger or some other prefix (think strace) in front of the engine command line. very detective-core 🔍
• --print-backtrace — uses gdb(1) to grab a backtrace if the engine crashes. ngl you're gonna need the gdb package installed for this one or it's not gonna happen 🙈

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Also, lowkey important: if you run quake3 through a symbolic link named quake3-team-arena, it plays the expansion pack, Quake III Team Arena. this requires that additional data files are installed, so don't come for me if it's not. Similarly, a symbolic link named quake3-demo is exactly the same thing as the --demo option. twin behavior fr fr 👯

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Any console command can also be prefixed with + and used as a command-line option. (press Shift+Esc to get the in-game console, iykyk). This includes:

• +set option value — sets an option (there's a list below with some of them)
• +connect server[:port] — connects you to a server, slay

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💅 Options you can set with +set 💅

heads up bestie: this is not a full list! it's just a taste, okay?

• cg_drawFPS <bool>
• cg_drawTeamOverlay <bool>
• cg_fov <value>
• cg_lagometer <bool>
• cg_shadows <bool>
• cg_thirdPerson <bool>
• cg_thirdPersonAngle <value>
• cg_thirdPersonRange <value>
• cg_zoomfov <value>
• cl_mouseAccel <bool>
• com_blood <bool>
• com_hunkMegs <value>
• com_maxfps <value>
• com_soundMegs <value>
• com_zoneMegs <value>
• fs_basepath <string>
• fs_game <string>
• r_allowExtensions <bool>
• r_allowSoftwareGL <bool>
• r_customheight <value> — (Requires +set r_mode -1)
• r_customwidth <value> — (Requires +set r_mode -1)
• r_dynamiclight <bool>
• r_ext_compress_textures <bool>
• r_ext_compressed_textures <bool>
• r_fullscreen <bool>
• r_ignoreGLErrors <bool>
• r_mode <value>

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🎀 FILES 🎀

• ~/.q3a/baseq3 — configuration and state for Quake III Arena, the whole setup lives here 🏠
• ~/.q3a/missionpack — configuration and state for Quake III: Team Arena, if installed ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

quake3-server(6), ioquake3(6) — go read those too, bestie, they're right there 🦋

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

The Quake III Arena binary being used is a modified ioQuake3. It was originally created by Id Software, and now it's maintained by the ioQuake3 community. glow up, honestly 👑

This manual page was written by Jack "jscinoz" Coulter <jscinoz@gmail.com>, Bruno "Fuddl" Kleinert <fuddl@gmx.de> and Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.

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and that's the whole page, periodt 💅 this was QUAKE3(6) from the Games Manual, dated 2016-01-16 — yeah bestie, it's an elder, respect the elders 🙌 thanks for reading, go frag something 💖🎀🦋