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2023 Resolution, FOV, FPS, Config File Setup Using IOQuake3 for Windows!
By Emily
Resolution, FOV, FPS... Guide for Windows! Quake 3 Arena for modern systems!
   
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Category: Gameplay Basics, Modding or Configuration
Languages: English
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8 Jan, 2023 @ 12:45pm
8 Jan, 2023 @ 11:40pm
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Overview
Download IOQuake3 For Windows! 
Install IOQuake3 
Launch game using "ioquake3.x86_64.exe" 
Final step! Edit IOQuake3 config file! 
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Download IOQuake3 For Windows!
Visit https://ioquake3.org/get-it/ Find the underlined "Windows" link to download!https://ioquake3.org/get-it/
Install IOQuake3
Extract the contents of the .zip file "Windows" inside you will find another .zip named "release-mingw64-x86_64" extract and manually install the CONTENTS (Do not overwrite folders!) into your Quake 3 Arena game folder.
Launch game using "ioquake3.x86_64.exe"
Run ioquake3.x86_64.exe Then from the main menu of the game go to setup then go to system and customize your settings!
ioquake3.x86_64.exe will be the way to launch and play the game now :)
Final step! Edit IOQuake3 config file!
Find the file "q3config.cfg" in C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME!\AppData\Roaming\Quake3\baseq3


Open "q3config.cfg" with notepad!

Main suggested edits:

seta cg_fov "120"

seta com_hunkMegs "512"

seta com_maxfps "125"

125 fps is highly recommended because of how the games physics are affected by the fps fully explained in this video https://youtu.be/P13KmJBNn1c
Any settings can be changed in q3config.cfg but it is easiest to use the in game menus for most other settings.

For further suggested config file changes: https://www.q3retro.com/q3-smoothness-guide/
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Emily  [author] 21 Jun, 2024 @ 9:16am 
Should work with any thing if you edit the correct specified files "C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME!\AppData\Roaming\Quake3\baseq3" and are still able to launch the game using the ioquake3x86_64.exe :)
JeFFeR10s 20 Jun, 2024 @ 8:04am 
Can we play Bloodrun mod with this? In Windows i keep getting bad resolution with this.
JaMyZPunchThis Why u punch you? 20 Sep, 2023 @ 10:47pm 
Awesommm guide bro, thanks!!! :qlexcellent::ily:
HyperCynic 13 Feb, 2023 @ 9:41pm 
So, edited the config, messed with settings to try and fix the issue but the screen is just weirdly zoomed in and it feels strange to play. As if the camera is sitting a few pixels infront of where the camera is actually supposed to be, making all the guns about half their length and skewing everything in a way that almost feels like staring through an aperture on a camera or something. It's not really an issue I've encountered when messing with fov and custom resolutions before.
HyperCynic 13 Feb, 2023 @ 9:25pm 
Ah yeah, guess I stopped reading before the last part, oops! Gonna check this out.
Emily  [author] 13 Feb, 2023 @ 4:53pm 
The fov does change if you edit the correct config file the one that is in app data that IOQuake3 uses and launch the game using the ioquake3x86_64.exe
HyperCynic 12 Feb, 2023 @ 12:53pm 
Changes the resolution but leaves the FOV, so it's not super helpful. But thanks I for at least getting it in widescreen. I'll stick to 4:3.
Tayzor Azul 18 Jan, 2023 @ 8:59am 
That is good. I forgot to ask what about the weapon models ? Are they visible for 100 FOV 1080p ? Last time I tried this the weapons were in the far left corner and barely visible.d
Emily  [author] 17 Jan, 2023 @ 5:20pm 
The Cutscenes do work :)
Tayzor Azul 17 Jan, 2023 @ 2:18pm 
Quick question do the Cutscenes work ?