Quake 3 Arena

Quake III Arena is a Jeu of subjective shooting created by Id Software and left in December 1999. The play organizes combat of gladiators of the future, either against robots (called club-footed) controlled by the computer, or against of other players via Internet.

Synopsis

Not really of scenario for this play, it does not take again the history of Quake II . In solo it is a succession of arenas which are followed. 4 maps form a chapter (even if the chapter 0 which is the drive and chapter Z (final chapter) are made up of only one map) without really having a coherent bond: it is a tournament. But there is all the same a character emphasized: Sarge, which one sees in the intro play. The " vraie" continuation of the preceding episode is Quake IV .

History

This play marked the history thanks to its Gameplay and its band its, the term Quake-like was used a long time and usually after the exit of the play to indicate similar plays.

Just like its predecessors ( Quake and Quake II ), Quake 3 is not available solely for Microsoft Windows, it also functions under Linux and Mac OS.

The background music is of Sonic Mayhem and Front Line Assembly.

Mods popular

Quake 3 by nature, is intended for the network game. Many a mods (modified versions of the play) improves this point, of which here most known:

DeFRaG : This MOD, by removing the effects of the weapons on the player (loss of life) makes it possible to carry out lifting figures while being propelled various manners. In fact the MOD uses more physics of Quake, thus making it possible to discover the play under other aspects. Version 1.9 makes it possible from now on to play several on the same waiter.
OSP: Many improvements of Quake 3, as well on the level of the network as of the user interface (HUD). This mode is very much used in competition.
Promode or CPMA: Like OSP, this MOD transforms Quake 3 in an important way, moreover, it makes heavy modifications to the level of the physical behavior of the play, in optics to propose a faster play, like the east Quake .
Rocket Arena 3: The series of Rocket Arena began with Quake, these are a MOD which makes the play basic. Mainly, the play is played in round and the no-claims bonus (Items) are removed chart.
Urban Terror : This MOD modifies the original play literally. Urban Terror is a play with whole share. Physics is close to the contemporary reality and weapons. It is often compared with the MOD Counter-Strike for Half-Life. Here also the player must choose between terrorist or rapid deployment force.
Quake Reaction: This MOD projects the player in several very varied environments: cities, jungle, golf, Egyptian pyramids… It has the advantage of keeping the speed and the flexibility of the original engine of Quake.
Noghost: This MOD very much used especially for the patch 1.16n in MOD " instagib" in fact a MOD is which returns the play Unlagged. I.e. club-footed calculates the difference of ping and returns the hitbox more realistic and more fluid play. It offers also a crowd of options of second plan making it possible to have special effects such rebounding plasma. Perfect for the amateurs of Railgun.
Mr. Pants' Excessive Overkill: This MOD does not affect of anything the aspect or the physics of Quake 3 but the weapons saw their behaviors modified: frequency of shooting much faster, replacement of the balls by shootings Railgun, addition of grenades at the time of the impact of a shooting of BFG10K. On the other hand the points of life and armor are continuously incremented. This MOD is also available for Unreal.

These mods is still played on line on Internet or lasting of the tournaments. Nevertheless, they are intended to disappear because the too old graphic engine attracts world less and less.

Graphic engine

detailed Article: Quake III engine

The Moteur of play developed for Quake 3 Arena by ID Software was bought by several concurrent companies, which could thus develop video games in subjective sight without having to recreate a new graphic engine, operation long and (thus) expensive. Moreover, this engine was made public the August 19th 2005 while passing under license LPG. This change gave a new rise to the play, but also made it possible open projects source to maintain the code, such as for example ioquake3.

External bonds

Official site
French Frag Factory, Community French site
Quake3 Raytraced
Linux: Resolution of a problem of sound with the core 2.6

Source code Quake III Arena
Open arena: a completely free play based on Quake 3
ioquake: a rewriting of binary of Quake 3 starting from the sources thus allowing to have Quake update
QuakeFr, all for French Quake3

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