In 1997 Quake II was released ending the Strogg's collective leader the Makron being killed. Quake III moves away from the Strogg, but the universe's worst cybernetic foes return in Quake IV, ready to be destroyed yet again by Earth's forces. Download the latest version of Quake X for Mac for free. Read 31 user reviews and compare with similar apps on MacUpdate.
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Quake 4 Mac Download Full Version
You can buy digital copy of Quake 4 from Steam or download official CD version from Downloads tab, but for CD you’ll need a valid key.
Installing a patch (only for CD version): download Quake 4 1.3 to 1.4.2 upgrade from Downloads tab, install it to the game folder.
Quake 4 for macOS: download the Mac App Store version of Quake 4 from Downloads tab, open *.dmg and copy app to Applications folder. Supported macOS versions: 10.6.8 Snow Leopard – 10.14.6 Mojave because no 32-bit apps support in Catalina. It’s free now, so you don’t need to crack or enter CD-key.
If you want to use clean original config, just start Quake 4 (if you’re using Steam, launch the game through Steam, not from desktop!) and connect to any WwW server (see Servers tab) to download necessary files including latest Q4max Competition Mod 0.82 and maps (if download fails, repeat few times). Also you can download Q4max from Downloads tab and manually extract it to your Quake 4 folder.
Specific your controls, network and graphics settings.
Graphics fix
If you’re having troubles with ultra graphics and always getting a low-res textures, here is the fix (must be added to autoexec.cfg in q4base folder):
Picmip
Write this in console if you want to disable textures at all:
You can change the picmip intensity by changing “image_downSizeLimit” (lower — more flat, higher — more detailed).
Disable picmip:
F.A.Q – Most Useful Tips
Start Q4MAX — make a shortcut of quake4.exe, and add +set fs_game q4max, same can be done on Steam in launch settings. Launch game through Steam, otherwise you’ll get “Client unknown to auth” error.
Mouse issues in game — use MarkC Mouse Fix – Download
(~) Easy Console (Alt + ctrl + Tilda (~)) — type com_allowconsole 1 – console opens with just ~
JPEG Screenshots in Game — bind “F12” “screenshotJpeg”. Screenshots can be found in q4max/screenshots
Record ingame stats – seta cg_logXMLStats “1”
Quick Connection to servers — write in console bind “f5” connect “msk.wwwq4.ru” bind “f6” connect “eu.wwwq4.ru”, etc.
FOV Setup. So I personally play on 103 fov and 16:9 2560×1440. On 4:3 you add +15 to fov and it will be 118 fov for same picture. Fov between 100-110 on 16:9 is good for comfortable playing. Higher Fov advantage decreased movement speed of enemy models. Lower Fov advantage increases hitbox size. So chose optimal balance between the two.
How to TAB out of game — alt + enter or windowed mode.
Sensitivity Setup for Quake — do rapid (instant) 180 turns. Sens should be comfortable to do a dozen in quick succession. You lower it to the limit where it is still comfortable, but has precision. I use 32.47cm, but anywhere from 20cm to 30cm is considered normal range in quake without accel.
How to make game in english — open console – seta sys_lang “english”
How to make game in russian — open console – seta sys_lang “russian” (you need the language pack, download it from Downloads tab and extract russian zpaks to q4base folder)
See Console commands to learn some useful cvars! Or just bind it.
Support
If you still having questions about installation or cfg setup, please don’t ask in Discord — describe your trouble here:
The Quake 3 engine is open source. The Quake III: Arena game itself is not free. You must purchase the game (steam, gog) to use the data and play Quake 3 with ioquake3. If you do not want to do that you can play another game made with ioquake3.
Please see the Player’s Guide for help getting started with ioquake3
You can download an ioquake3 test build for:
This Windows build is not code-signed and you may see a warning message from Windows smart screen similar to this one:
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Windows protected your PC
Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk.
That message can be safely ignored. We are working to resolve this issue. Please see this link for technical details.
macOS This is the main test build link, we also have extra builds from developer Tom Kidd:
- Legacy Universal 1 Build for PowerPC, Intel 32-bit and Intel 64-bit
- Universal 2 Build for Intel 64-bit and Apple Silicon (M1)
Quake 4 Mac Download
If your Mac is newer than 2008, you should probably run the Universal 2 Build as it has been signed and notarized. You will see a dialog on the first run, since macOS has detected that you downloaded it from the Internet. This dialog is normal and expected.
You may need to right-click (or hold down the ctrl/control key on the keyboard and click) to access a menu and select “Open” to open the app. We are working to resolve this issue. Please see this link for technical details.