Quake 3 Arena Question

[LTC Pain]

Luckily, my wife found my Quake 3 Arena CD in the original jewel case. After installing, the single player works fine. However, the multiplayer does not work as I cannot get any servers to appear. I did check settings and can't figure out why not. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[manwithnoname22]

Luckily, my wife found my Quake 3 Arena CD in the original jewel case. After installing, the single player works fine. However, the multiplayer does not work as I cannot get any servers to appear. I did check settings and can't figure out why not. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Quake 3 Arena Master Servers / QuakeServers.net

To set master servers from the console, use the following commands one at a time:

set sv_master2 "master.quake3.fr:27950"
set sv_master3 "master0.excessiveplus.net:27950"
set sv_master4 "master.ioquake3.org:27950"
set sv_master5 "master.maverickservers.com:27950"
set sv_master6 "dpmaster.deathmask.net:27950"
set sv_master7 "dctalk.no-ip.info:27950"
set sv_master8 "master3.idsoftware.com:27950 "

OR

You can also add all these commands by creating an autoexec.cfg file in your baseq3 folder and then copy-pasting them into it. Use notepad, wordpad, etc to accomplish this.

so, for example c:\quake3\baseq3\autoexec.cfg

Make sure you rename the file to a .cfg file, not a .txt file, or it will not work.

Of course, you would create this file and save it BEFORE loading Quake 3 as normal...

OR

You can go here and install this particular Quake 3 client, known as "Ioquake 3":

Download ioquake3 | ioquake3

Ioquake 3 is the multiplayer client that most Quake 3 players use these days (outside of Quake Live), so it is highly recommended you use that, instead of the vanilla Quake 3 client.

Follow the ioquake3 install instructions below:

Players Guide - ioquake3 wiki

Also, make sure you select "install for all users" when following the above install instructions.

You can also add more master servers in the ways I described above. If no servers still appear in the in-game server browser, then I'm not sure what else could be the problem.

Hope this helps.

[Hipnotic Rogue]

Sorry to butt in but are the advantages of IOQuake3 over vanilla? Is it just a matter of it running easier on modern hardware?

[dfsp_spirit]

I'm not sure whether hardware is the only reason to run ioq3, but it definitely is a reason. With the original q3 client under linux, I had problems with choppy sound. Using ioquake3 fixed it. Same with the dreaded 'lines in skybox'-bug.

[LTC Pain]

Thanks all!

[Hipnotic Rogue]

Thanks for replying. I'm on a Win7 machine and don't have any problems with vanilla. I must just be lucky with this game.

[manwithnoname22]

Ioquake 3 also provides support for Quake3 over ipv6, the next generation of the IP addressing scheme now being rolled out. Vanilla Quake does not support ipv6.

As far as I know, neither Quake 1 or 2 have any clients that support ipv6, either.