You will have a much harder time with Quake if you chose to use another engine. The Quake Configuration guide expects you to use one of these two engines. They are both actively developed and fantastic choices to play Quake with. DirectQ puts a lot of focus on ease of use and user-friendliness. That is pretty much how you install any kind of file, map, addon or mod to Quake 3 Arena. Then when you load the game, go to Mods and select the installed mod from the list. Just drag the mod folder and drop it to your Quake 3 Arena. Quakespasm has more features and a well-tested code base. The ones that come with the folder just need to be dropped into your Quake 3 Arena folder.

Both support using files for the soundtrack (as opposed to having your CD in the disc drive all the time). DirectQ runs very well on modern integrated graphics adapters like for example the Intel xxxx, it uses DirectX (instead of OpenGL) so it is a good choice for AMD/Ati users as well. Quakespasm runs on Windows, Linux and Mac, DirectQ is Windows only. Try both to see which one is the best Quake engine for you. They both strive for faithful looks, useful features and support for modern maps and mods. Quakespasm and DirectQ(inactive link: see below) are recommended engines. vkQuake seems popular (it's a Quakespasm fork). Started by KommissarReb (SW12) Forum index Forum search Post reply. Quakespasm is still a good choice, Quakespasm-Spiked probably an even better one.

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