Note: the config files for ioQuake3 are loaded from the Application Support folder. Manually tweaking Quake 3 config for widescreen high resolution displays 5k), then you still need to modify the Quake 3 config-file. Good news: using the ioquake3 app, changing the game resolution from the Graphics menu works – and provides you with a list of good resolution choices. However, if you really want to run Quake 3 natively to higher screen resolutions (e.g. Regarding playing Quake III Arena on newer computers supporting widescreen and high definition resolutions, there is good and bad news:

Configure Quake 3 for widescreen 4k & 5k screen resolutions

xcsv_hires high resolution textures packĪgain, simply copy the xcsv_bq3hi-res.pk3-file into your existing “baseq3”-directory.

This will bring you beautiful high resolution textures in maps: High definition texturesĪdditionally, get the “ xcsv” high resolution textures pack developed by Paul Marshall (aka Kpax) based on ioquake3. Once you have downloaded the pak9hqq36.pk3-file, either copy it directly into your “ baseq3“-directory – or, if you want to keep the original content in place, into a new directory named “ hqq” on the same level as the baseq3 dir is located (basically inside your Q3 game folder).

High Quality Quake Quake III Arena mod.

This will bring you a beautiful sharp UI elements, fonts & models. Grab the “High Quality Quake pack for Quake III Arena” on. Update the Quake III Arena game content & graphics with high definition content High definition UI, fonts, models Playing Quake 3 today should be done using the amazing ioquake3 app which is still in active development by the community today (since ID software open sourced the Quake 3-sourcecode):

But how do we tune such an old game to tickle all the available processing speeds and huge screens? Here’s how you run Quake III Arena with High Definition Graphics & at 120 FPS or moreįirst things first: get the ioquake3 launcher But we are nostalgic and want to fire up old games, like Quake III Arena. So it’s 2018 – we have 5k displays and powerful graphics cards and CPUs.

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