Quake fans - I got you!

Thought RedeeMOD would only be available for niche titles? Not exactly!

Which Quake?

Most people would probably agree with me that Quake 3 Arena was the best entry of the series for multiplayer games.

After seeing just how many Quake 3 mods there are (some even being standalone games) I had to implement an adapter for it with support for both standalone games and mods!

I resorted to the IOQuake 3 engine support due to its extra capabilities and being the modern choice for most, so original Id Tech 3 might not work.

How does it work?

IOQuake 3 inherits cvar support (and adds more!) from Id Tech 3 engine. Utilizing com_basegame, i could bypass Quake 3 Arena file presence for standalone games.

What about Quake 3 MODS that are not standalone?

The new adapter follows an interesting edge-case detection logic:

1. If a mod has default.cfg file somewhere within its .pk3 files, it’s considered standalone. Other games are required to have genuine Quake 3 Arena present, about what RedeeMOD will warn.
2. IOQuake 3 requires Quake 3 Arena or Team Arena files to be in baseq3 and missionpack directories. This adapter handles warning users against such restriction.
3. Quake 3 Arena can’t be launched through RedeeMOD as a mod. Everything else works perfectly fine (based on testing).

All mods I tested worked fine. If you find one that does not, kindly report it on GitHub issues 😄

The most challenging adapter of all

No doubt, the amount of testing that was required to get this working is absurd, and definitely it was the most challenging adapter of all.