You will find the executables at the build subdirectory (e.g. On Linux/Unix, you need SDL and OpenAL development packages. C:ioquake3codeSDL12includeSDL_version.h) development package for MinGW, extract it and put it in your MinGW directory (e.g. After that, grab SDL 1.2.11 (try to match it with ioquake3, see e.g. If everything is OK, you will get the executable (e.g. Run MSYS, go to the ioquake3 source directory (e.g. On Windows, you need MinGW, MSYS, along with typical development packages (gcc, make, etc). How is the last one possible? Hint: download button at the github page. If you are allergic to subversion and git, grab the most up-to-date source code as ZIP or tar.gz package. Windows users might want to use something like msysgit. To get the code: git clone git:///ariya/ioquake3.git It is synchronized with the subversion repository. Since cool kids are using git these days, I set up an unofficial git mirror of the repository at /ariya/ioquake3/.

Windows users might want to use something like TortoiseSVN and enter svn:///quake3/trunk to check it out. To get the source code using Subversion: svn co svn:///quake3/trunk ioquake3 Get ioquake3 source code using subversion, git, or a normal plain web browser. Reasons to do this (instead of using the vanilla Q3A executable): ioquake is still actively developed and maintained and it has new fancy features like in-game VoIP, SDL backend, OpenAL support, x86-64 JIT, MinGW build, and many others. Here is step by step short instructions if you want to play Quake III: Arena using the bleeding-edge version of ioquake3. Ariya.io About Talks Articles bleeding-edge ioquake3 to play Quake III: Arena

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