i need help please

[quakelover]

ok i just joined this site as i love this game i haven't played it in forever. i can't seem to figure out how to even get this game going. all i want to do is play the single player no multiplayer or anything like that. i am running windows xp but i really don't know what to do, so i guess what i am asking is if someone could please explain how to get this game going right from scratch. i have been looking around the forums but nothing has really helped me thus far. please someone help me i wanna play

[Mr.Burns]

Hi,

I would suggest that you need to give us some more information on the specifics of your problem before we can advise you in any detail. What have you tried so far, what errors did you encounter, etc

However, one of the guys who helps run this site, Baker, has produced a multitude of very supportive guides to help you get up to speed with where quake is now and how to get the most from it using the newer quake engines such as Qrack and Darkplaces. There are a number of quake installers that may assist you in tweaking your version of quake to get the best performance for your rig here along with lots of new textures to make your quake look and feel a nicer place to be.
If you're looking to play online then check out the server list on the on the frontpage of this site and type connect whateverservernameyouwant in the console and providing you have the right maps and a registered quake you should be able to connect. If you're in the states then quake.shmack.net is probably the most patronised server but there are others and in europe I would suggest euroquake and the flanders.servegame.org servers might be your first port of call

Hope this helps

Kind regards

Monty

[L3ftisM]

for starters, do you own quake? the disc, you know this thing:

[Canadian*Sniper]

recent game install guide I made for a steam group I no longer like

Quake Demo: http://files.filefront.com/Quake+Dem.../fileinfo.html
Darkplaces Quake Engine (windows): http://offload1.icculus.org/twilight...ly20070928.zip

Instructions:
- Download and extract quake106.zip
- Install the Quake Demo.
- Download and extract the Darkplaces files into the QUAKE_SW directory
- Run Darkplaces and make necessary changes like mouse sensitivity, WASD movement, Game Brightness, etc
- Go into the Multiplayer menu and Connect to xctf.clan-rum.org

[quakelover]

no i do not own quake, i want to download the game off the internet and play the single player and that is all.

[Canadian*Sniper]

http://synq.quakedev.com/synq-alpha-007.7z

install Darkplaces and put this pk3 file into your id1 folder. Refer to my above directions for fileplacement. This pk3 file contains all the quake maps so you can play singleplayer to your hearts content. If you want the real quake look, buy the game or get the demo.

[quakelover]

arrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggg wow these files take forever to download im getting so angry. they won't finish a download they keep freezing. so after i download all 3 of these things then i can play the game like as if i owned it?

[L3ftisM]

uhhh, hehe

[quakelover]

ok none of that stuff worked. what am i supposed to run? i downloaded the demo and it does nothing and same with the other thing and i don't know where to extract the files into. it doesn't matter what i click it does nothing. i don't understand what i am doing wrong, is it not possible to play this game just from downloads or on windows xp? where is this QUAKE_SW directory supposed to show up?

[Canadian*Sniper]

when you click on the installer, it asks where you want to put it. I think the default is C:\QUAKE_SW

[Paradi$e]

ignore sniper, i will send you a note about the game. i hope u do know how to check your messages on here

[quakelover]

http://synq.quakedev.com/synq-alpha-007.7z

install Darkplaces and put this pk3 file into your id1 folder. Refer to my above directions for fileplacement. This pk3 file contains all the quake maps so you can play singleplayer to your hearts content. If you want the real quake look, buy the game or get the demo.

ok i downloaded that file and btw i got the game to work thank you that file i did download though isn't doing anything i can only play the first "chapter"

[Canadian*Sniper]

http://synq.quakedev.com/synq-alpha-007.7z <--- the full game legal
http://files.filefront.com/Quake+Dem.../fileinfo.html <--- the demo
http://offload1.icculus.org/twilight...ly20070928.zip <--- Darkplaces Quake Engine

If you want to get synq working, use the darkplaces engine and put the synq pak files in the id1 folder. My bad I thought it was a pk3 but it's 2 pak files.

you should have a setup like this:

..\darkplaces.exe
..\id1\pak0.pak
..\id1\pak1.pak

[Canadian*Sniper]

I'm taking a guess that you don't know what a 7z file is. Download 7zip and extract the files from there into your id1 folder.


http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z442.exe <--- 7zip

[quakelover]

thank you for all the hepl thus far
one more question when i go to extract the files into my id1 folder do i overwrite anything cuz it asks me that?