Quake 3 Arena: Multiplayer? (RetroPie 4.2.10)

Allanbuzzy

I mean, it's very likely for a LAN party to run. There's like 7 PCs and one tiny Pi playing the game Quake 3 Arena.

I don't know, it seems no one has talked about this yet, which is kind of surprising. It's a fun game, but it's even better when it's online.

spruce_m00se

@allanbuzzy i only ever had the demo, and never played online, we did used to do a lan party every dec 26th though and we played tons of cnc, unreal and all quakes, it wasnt until cod1 that I played online. If anyone here played cod 1.4 im JPN[ 0 ] M00SE. Bow before the skills of JPN[ 0 ] . lol

Allanbuzzy

Even though it's a DEMO, how come it can still connect online?

spruce_m00se

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Mine showed the thermometer icon last night whilst playing quake 3 arena, I sorted that out today by printing a case with a 80mm fan on it, there is a kind of cone on the back of the fan that channels it down a bit more at the cpu, and has the fortunate side effect of making it a bit quieter.
I bet it doesnt get hot now.

lostless

@allanbuzzy most likely it's the full client with the demo .pak file. So in essence it's the full version missing most of the maps.

Allanbuzzy

@lostless So do I literally need to buy a physical copy of Quake 3 Arena just for a CD key?

lostless

@allanbuzzy it's not a cd key. The actual .pak file that contains all the data is the the demo, the app is just a client. You need the retail .pak file to get the full version. Plus there were extra pak files for the updates. It's been a while since I've messed with quake 3 files.
But think of it like doom. The game data is not in the executable but in the .wad files.

spruce_m00se

on another note, after a quick skirmish, the CPU was sat at 40C it used to sit at 65-70 just in the menu of ES, im happy with my massivly oversized fan

Allanbuzzy

@lostless So if I were to get this retail .pak file, where would I put it on my files?

lostless

@allanbuzzy actually the files are .pk3 files. It's been a while. But the retail file goes into the baseq3 folder. Where it is on the pi, no idea

Allanbuzzy

I've just checked and the DEMO doesn't really restrict you from using Multiplayer, but I have a feeling there's got to be some limit to how long you can play. After all, it's a DEMO. However, when I go to play Multiplayer, the servers do NOT come up. I do not know what I need to do for them to show UP, or if it's just because of the source code being ported and multiplayer being not compatible.

A Former User

Quake 3 Arena was a free-to-play game that has later transformed into Quake Live (buy-to-play) which is still going on. So, I'd be very surprised if it was possible to play MP on some DEMO - whatever that demo may be. I don't suppose it's the ancient q3test you mean?

Allanbuzzy

@arkive Well, what I mean is that this video documents that it kind of works, and there are still servers up for Quake 3, which is very awesome.

EDIT: I just realised that it's because of the Steam implementation. I doubt that some servers will work with the Pi.

A Former User

Not necessarily Steam implementation. It's possible there are servers - I just didn't realize people still use this demo to play (I think it was originally released in 1999 after q3test, which was basically Quake 3 alpha)

I play Quake 2 regularly, there are still servers going, and I bet same for Q1. However, if you can cross-play on them with an RPi is another matter (probably not).

Try a searching bit more, you never know though.

Allanbuzzy

@arkive Yes, I'd love to go deep into this and get it working, but the problem is that while I do find my ways getting this game to work, the problem lies with the Protocol of some servers. I know how to update a Port via the RetroPie-Setup, but most servers ONLY work on the current patch (1.32c) and I have a feeling that the current RetroPie port only goes up to 1.6 or some number I can't remember.

I don't want to fiddle round with the files, as it may mess up my game. Also, I forgot to mention that it doesn't connect to the master server.

spruce_m00se

is there not a way to host a server? we always used to host our own servers, either directly on the pc or with gamespy, surely something like that exists?

cyperghost

@spruce_m00se

on another note, after a quick skirmish, the CPU was sat at 40C it used to sit at 65-70 just in the menu of ES, im happy with my massivly oversized fan

You can try to use Power Saving mode ... @hex ist currently working on.

I've an older merged branch of favourties and PS in my github for binary ES archives

Hex

@spruce_m00se If you are interested https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11304/testers-needed-power-saver-features-pr-172

Allanbuzzy

What I mean is that the Master Server that Quake 3 uses refuses to give a response and will not let me view a server list. I've tried updating my Quake 3, but this doesn't work and nor does specifying what servers to connect to. It is stuck on a Protocol version screen.

Allanbuzzy

Ok, I've just figured out that you need to open the Console by pressing Tildas, and typing this: set sv_master 1 "master.ioquake3.org"

But be cautious. Some servers install mods and I don't think there's a way to delete them on a USB stick. I'll update this post if this is true or not as I'm currently trying to find the mods folder somewhere.