using the quake III universal binary

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using the quake III universal binary

I don't know if this is the right area to ask this question but I downloaded the quake III arena universal binary from apples website so that I could use my (PC) quake III arena disc on my mac but I don't under stand what it means by selecting the retail Installation. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone can offer me a walk through of what to do.

imac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 20, 2009 7:56 PM

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Jan 20, 2009 8:05 PM in response to mgsfan18

You need to have the retail game for it to work. You'll need to select your "Quake III" directory (or perhaps the "baseq3" directory) that you can copy to your hard drive from the retail quake 3 CD.

The universal binary is just the application, and the Quake3/baseq3 directory contains all the game data.

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Jan 20, 2009 8:38 PM in response to Topher Kessler

Alright so I copied the baseq3 folder from the disc to my HD. I created a folder in applications called quake3 then inside the folder is the UB and the baseq3 folder and inside the baseq3 folder is pak1.pk3, q3config.cfg, and pak0.pk3

When I run the UB a little screen shows up saying id witch makes sense since the game is made by id software, but after that the screen goes white a waited a few minutes and it never changed so I had to force quit. anything I'm doing wrong?

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Jan 20, 2009 8:50 PM in response to mgsfan18

Try clearing out the "Quake3" folder from your /home/Library/Application Support/ directory. Also, try removing any config files (".cfg" files) from the "baseq3" folder.

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Jan 21, 2009 9:14 AM in response to Topher Kessler

when you said clear did you mean delete it because it was empty. and I removed the config file but it didn't change anything. I'm wondering if you need the internet when first entering the game because I have dial up that runs at about 32.1kbps.

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Jan 21, 2009 10:35 AM in response to mgsfan18

No. I have the game and have been looking at my setup...I'm at work now but if I remember I'll post a screenshot of my game folder when I get home this evening. This has happened to me in the past...cant remember how I overcame it though.

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mgsfan18 Author

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Jan 21, 2009 7:18 PM in response to Topher Kessler

Alright thank you

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mgsfan18 Author

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Jan 30, 2009 2:26 PM in response to Topher Kessler

The game runs on my PC and I downloaded a free trial of crossover and it runs perfectly fine off that but all I get is that white screen when I try it from the UB

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Jan 30, 2009 4:47 PM in response to mgsfan18

Same thing is happening to me with the UB (1.32c) and copying over the baseq3 directory from the cd. /Applications/Quake3/{Quake3.app|baseq3/}. I get a qhite screen but it's not locked up! I found it's actually the menu screen. So if you hit ESC and then Y then Return, you exit the game.

So it seems to me that either the graphic lib is effed up or im missing pak's that contain all the graphics, thus leaving me with a white backdrop.

My cd (which works on Windows and Linux) only has pak0.pk3 and pak1.pk3.

Any ideas anyone?

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mgsfan18 Author

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Jan 30, 2009 8:21 PM in response to flowpoke

pak0.pk3 is the file with the menu but if you want the other pak.pk3 files then you can find them here but they did not help me any. I did try hitting esc, y , return and sure enough the application closed and I can hear the game noises

http://www.idsoftware.com/games/quake/quake3-arena/index.php?game_section=update s

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Feb 1, 2009 8:44 PM in response to flowpoke

I solved my problem on your PC or Linux. install quake then install the patch from the link I gave above. Make sure it works then copy all 8 pak files to the mac and make sure your layout is as so

in applications have a folder named quake3. then inside the the quake3 folder place the UB and the baseq3 folder with all the pak files. click on the UB and for retail install select the quake3 folder.

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