Comments on: How to Install a Quake 3 Mod – Common Problems and Solutions http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/ A Blog about Graphics Programming, Game Programming, Tips and Tricks Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:05:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Torec http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-2293 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:55:23 +0000 http://gregdolleysblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-2293 I have been messing around, trying to get my simple mod (slowing the rocket) working for a whole week!
This finally did it!

” set vm_* 2 ” combined with qvm’s — thank you veeeery much!

]]> By: Prateek http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-2151 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:54:32 +0000 http://gregdolleysblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-2151 i just understand it and by the way mine quake is in c:\program file:\quake 3.Please make the explanation easier next time.^_^

]]> By: gregd1024 http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-1749 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:41:42 +0000 http://gregdolleysblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-1749 Avejidah – that’s GREAT info!!! Thanks a lot! :-)

-Greg Dolley

]]> By: avejidah http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-1699 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:39:37 +0000 http://gregdolleysblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-1699 Hey, thanks for the tips. You got me on the right path, and everything worked like a charm. Anyway, I got the .qvm file to work by creating a directory structure like this:

c:\quake3\quake3.exe
c:\quake3\Mod\vm\cgame.qvm

Then I ran quake3.exe like this:

quake3.exe +set sv_pure 0 +set fs_game Mod +map q3dm1

That got my custom cgame.qvm file to work.

As for creating the .qvm files, gregd1024 seemed to be having the same problems I was. The problem is the path to lcc and q3asm. You need to define the path in the bat files first. My lcc.exe and q3asm.exe file reside in: c:\Program Files\Games\Quake III Arena\source\bin. At the top of each .bat file (cgame.bat, game.bat, ui.bat) add this line.

set PATH=%PATH%;c:\Program Files\Games\Quake III Arena\source\bin

And that will make the .qvm file compile correctly. They will output by default to c:\quake3\baseq3\vm for game and cgame, and c:\quake3\missionpack\vm for ui.

Lastly as a tip, .pk3 are actually just .zip files. If you change the extension to .zip you can play with the contents. This is where the standard .qvm files are, so if you want to distribute a mod for instance you can put it in one of the .pk3 files.

Hope that helps someone. Sorry if I woke the dead on this thread.

-avejidah

]]> By: gregd1024 http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-691 Wed, 06 May 2009 23:01:25 +0000 http://gregdolleysblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-691 Quandary – ah, good info. Thanks. ;-) But I still don’t get which directory to put the modified qvm’s. If the game’s install directory was “c:\quake3″ then would the qvm’s go under “c:\quake3\mod_name” or “c:\quake3\baseq3\mod_name”? Or somewhere else?

-Greg

]]> By: quandary http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-687 Mon, 04 May 2009 02:16:07 +0000 http://gregdolleysblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-687 I have had no problems testing the modified qvm’s.
The secret is: putting the qvms in the mod directory in the subdirectory vm
then set vm_* to 2

# 0: use OS shared libraries (dll/so) – fastest, useful for debugging.
# 1: use interpreted qvm execution (qvm files are executed in realtime) – slow.
# 2: use JIT compiled qvm execution (qvm files are compiled to native instruction set “just in time”) – reasonably fast

quake3.exe +set fs_game lol +sv_pure 0 +set vm_game 2 +set vm_cgame 2 +set vm_ui 2

]]> By: AppliedTech http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-552 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:25:31 +0000 http://gregdolleysblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-552 You can always just mod the game engine to run a pure server and do size/md5 hash checks on the dll’s inside of a pak file instead of the qvm’s. It’s what RTCW/ET/ETQW/Doom 3/Quake 4 do…

Then you can distribute the mod online real-time…only one problem, only Windows users will be able to use it…dll’s versus .so’s, but who cares anyhow. And I’m also not sure about the security of it.

]]> By: gregd1024 http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-530 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:47:08 +0000 http://gregdolleysblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-530 Chevvy – Visual Studio 2003 uses an outdated .NET version and the port was intended to be compiled in VS2008 with .NET 3.5. I can’t say for sure what’s wrong because I don’t have VS2003 to test. I suggest downloading VS2008 Express (it’s free, so why not) and forget trying to get it working in 2003. Sorry I can’t be more help.

-Greg

]]> By: Chevvy http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-522 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:36:37 +0000 http://gregdolleysblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-522 I have downloaded “quake3-1.32b-source.zip” and I want to compile it on the windows. it is compiling fine but when I run the quake3.exe, one blue screen comes and its crashes and MS windows error message appears. I read the readme file and its saying that i have to run some batch files. I tried that option also but still the same error. Can you provide the complete steps for building and running it with the Visual Studio 2003?
Do I need to change the batch files also? If yes then what changes?

]]> By: gregd1024 http://gregs-blog.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-505 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:14:49 +0000 http://gregdolleysblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/how-to-install-a-quake-3-mod-common-problems-and-solutions/#comment-505 Giga — mods won’t work with the demo version of Quake 3. You need the retail version.

-Greg Dolley

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