Quake 3 help needed

[Falleron]

Ok, I bought the PC version of Quake 2+ 3 (forced to use a Pc for a while). I however, originally bought the Mac version of Quake 1. What I want to know is how can I install the PC version of Quake 3 onto my Mac?

I have managed to get Quake 2 (PC version) to work great of my system. Need some help with Quake 3 though.

Cheers

[bousozoku]

The Quake III Arena Gold package is a combination Windows/Macintosh set so you should be able to install it from CD-ROM. The older version was a separate item so you couldn't install it. The only way to use it would be to download and install the demo then, decompress and copy the files from the CD-ROM to the folder where the demo is installed.

Good luck!

[Falleron]

My version is the old (PC only) version. However, I have got the game working! The demo wont work, I had to get the 1.32 upgrade + use the applications from that + import the data files off the pc cdrom in order to get it to work.

Now, the next thing I need to find out is how to turn on the multiprocessor support.

[WannabeSQ]

r_SMP 1

[chibianh]

hmm.. maybe i should try it too.. i have a pc copy of q3 somewhere

[Falleron]

Its actually very easy to get it working.

The multiprocessor does not do too much I dont think. My system is limited by the graphics card mostly (ATI 7500).

Without Multiprocessor (Max Graphics)

1) 1280*1024 = appox. 75fps
2) 1024*768 = approx 90fps

With Multiprocessor turned on:

1) 1280*1024 = appox. 100fps
2) 1024*768 = approx 130fps

These are my rough figures (depends what going on in the game though).

[erikoismies]

Could you tell how did you get that Quake 2 work?

[Nermal]

Just get the latest Q2 update (http://www.fruitz-of-dojo.de/download/Quake2v1.0.8.dmg.gz) and copy the data files into it IIRC.

[aethier]

all you have to do, is download quake 3 demo for os x, and get a friend with the pc version, to send you the baseq3 file, you will then have a fully functional full version, that is what i did

aethier

[cc bcc]

If I remember correctly I (clean) installed a Quake updater, and copied the pak0.pk3 file from my pcversion Quake CD into the baseq3 folder. It works. :)