Installation

Required Files

Get an official copy of Quake III Arena/Team Arena from Steam or GoG

Patch Data

Newer pk3 files from id point release patches are required to play Quake III: Arena on ioquake3.

Patch Data

Folder structure

Copy the folder baseq3 (Quake3 Arena) and missionpack (Quake 3 Team Arena) from your installation folder of quake3 and copy them into your Batocera quake3 rom directory. Add inside each folder the files downloaded from Patch Data

└── **roms/**
    └── **quake3/**
        ├── Quake III Arena.quake3
****        ├── Quake III Team Arena.quake3
        ├── **baseq3/**
            ├── pak0.pk3 
            └── pak1.pk3
            └── pak2.pk3
            └── pak3.pk3
            ├── pak4.pk3 
            └── pak5.pk3
            └── pak6.pk3
            └── pak7.pk3
            └── pak8.pk3
        └── **missionpack/**
            ├── pak0.pk3 
            └── pak1.pk3
            └── pak2.pk3
            └── pak3.pk3

ES Extension

For each game or mod you want to launch from ES, create a text file with the extension .quake3 and add the corresponding folder:

+set fs_game "baseq3"

+set fs_game "missionpack"

Exemple with the “Game Monkeys Of Doom”

+set fs_game "MoD"

└── **roms/**
    └── **quake3/**
        ├── Monkeys Of Doom.quake3
****        ├── **MoD/**
            ├── mod13.pk3

MONKEYS of DOOM - HOME!

Add High-Resolution Textures

If you’re looking to replace content from the original Quake 3: Arena or Team Arena games, you can do it with these packs. Licensed under the creative commons, this package is from the artist Paul Marshall (aka Kpax.) It replaces the textures from Quake 3 with new high-resolution textures.