FAQ guide on Quake 4

Quake 4

What are the requirements?

Minimum requirements for Windows:


- Windows 2000/XP
- Pentium (r) 4 2.0 GHz or Athlon (tm) XP 2000 +

- 512MB RAM

- 4x Speed DVD-ROM and latest drivers

- 2.8GB of hard disk space (plus 400MB for Windows paging)

- Sound card 100% compatible with 16-bit DirectX 9.0c and the latest drivers

- Mouse and Keyboard 100% compatible with Windows 2000/XP

- DirectX 9.0c (included in kit)

- 64MB 3D Graphics Card 100% compatible with DirectX (r) 9.0c and latest drivers

Graphics card recommended by the manufacturer:

- ATI (r) Radeon (r) 9700 series

- ATI Radeon 9800 series

- ATI Radeon X300 series

- ATI Radeon X550 series

- ATI Radeon X600 series

- ATI Radeon X700 series

- ATI Radeon X800 series

- ATI Radeon X850 series

- Nvidia (r) GeForce (TM) series 3/Ti

- Nvidia GeForce series 4/Ti

- Nvidia GeForce FX series

- Nvidia GeForce 6 series

- Nvidia GeForce 7 series

Requirements for multiplayer mode:

- Internet connection (TCP / IP) and / or LAN (TCP / IP)

- To play in LAN need a network card and latest drivers


Minimum requirements for GNU / Linux:

Quake 4 for GNU / Linux uses the Simple Direct Media Layer (SDL) for input and OpenGL.

- System GNU / Linux
- Pentium (r) 4 2.0 GHz or Athlon (tm) XP 2000 +
- 512MB RAM
- Kernel 2.4, 2.6 recommended
- Glibc> = 2.2.4
- 3D acceleration (not required for dedicated server):
- SDL> = 1.2
- Latest properly configured OpenGL drivers
Cards recommended by the manufacturer:

- ATI (r) Radeon (r) 9700
- ATI Radeon 9800
- ATI Radeon X300 series
- ATI Radeon X550 series
- ATI Radeon X600 series
- ATI Radeon X700 series
- ATI Radeon X800 series
- ATI Radeon X850 series
- Nvidia (r) GeForce (TM) series 3/Ti
- Nvidia GeForce series 4/Ti
- Nvidia GeForce FX series
- Nvidia GeForce 6 series
- Nvidia GeForce 7 series

Requirements for multiplayer mode:

- Internet connection (TCP / IP) and / or LAN (TCP / IP)

- To play in LAN need a network card and latest drivers





Is there any testable demo of Quake 4?


Yes, and you can download here.




Where I can buy the game:

Quake 4 appeared in stores on October 18 in the U.S. and October 21 in Europe.

Abroad:

- Play.com

- Amazon.com

In Spain:

- Game.es

Also you can buy it physically in any place of your town or city where PC games are sold.



What is the game and what features do you have?



Small Single Player story about the game:

A mid-century, a barbaric alien race called the Strogg launched a massive invasion on Earth. Although initially thought that the invasion was intended to be the planet's natural resources, humans soon discover that the Strogg were looking for one thing only: the remains of humans killed in battle. Through a grisly process, members and the flesh of the bodies are fused with metal and machinery to create the monstrous alien Strogg.

The Strogg confronted the human race on Earth for years, but the exhaustion of resources, earthlings struck back, attacking the Strogg home planet. The first assault force was sent from the fleet and met with massive resistance: Air transport most were destroyed by the huge defensive weapon on the planet of the Strogg, known as? The Grand Canyon?. A Marine survivor able to infiltrate, destroy the big gun and ultimately defeat the Strogg leader, the Makron. But the war did not end there.

The Strogg proved to be extremely strong and, as the war continued, regrouped and built a new Makron, even more powerful. You are Matthew Kane, an elite squad members should Rino and part of the next massive invasion that races around the planet Stroggos. Weapons and vehicles equipped with high technology, and accompanied by a platoon of the best Marines, soon discover that this war is still far from its end. In fact, your worst nightmare soon becomes reality, when you discover that to defeat the Strogg, you have to become one of them.

Multiplayer game modes:

- FFA: The objective of this classic mode is to destroy everything that moves. Which cause lower wins. Also known as DM (Death Match).

- TDM: Team Classic mode. The lowest team wins cause.

- TOURNEY: New Raven VS system where you will fight a single player. You create a branch where you will go VS confronting your enemies until you reach the final.

- CBC: You must capture the enemy's flag. The game will be played between two teams, the enemy flags to get more wins.

- ACTF: gameplay is identical to CTF but includes new enhancements such as:

* Explore: Increases player speed, prevents the use of armor.

· Guard: Regenerate life and increases your armor and eliminates time restrictions.

· Duplicity: Your shots will cause double damage.

· Regenerate ammo: Your ammunition will be regenerated slowly, it also increases your shooting speed.

- DUEL: New VS system which retrieves the old system of OSP, added by the mod Q4MAX.


How I can set my depth Quake 4?



To configure Quake 4 Quake4Config.cfg need to edit the file and / or autoexec.cfg that are in the folder? Q4base?. Is recommended to enter your commands in the autoexec.cfg file or other archivo.cfg Quake4Config.cfg different.

Normally you will play a determined mod and therefore be better to edit files. Cfg folder for the mod.


How I can see the Quake 4 console?



To view the console in Quake 4 just click CONTROL + ALT + º. You can also activate it by putting the following command in your autoexec.cfg: seta com_allowconsole 1.



Does Quake 4 looks green to me, I can do?



It is a problem caused by your graphics card to be a model not specified in the list, obsolete or without updating drivers. To solve the problem we must go to our autoexec.cfg and put the following command: seta ender? Arb?.

Other possibilities are: "arb2" NV10 "NV20" "r200". The default one is it? Best?.



How I can see the number of FPS that takes my PC?



Just type in the console command: com_showfps 1.



What servers for Quake 4 is Spanish and I need to play now?



Everything you need you can find in this guide GamersMafia. This guide is put aside to be updated more easily.



I try but I see a demo files are missing, how I can know what I'm missing?



To find out which files are missing you can do two things:

The first and most simple, use the Q4Replay, a simple pitcher of demos where his options should be stressed to be able to view the files that we lack.

The second and more cumbersome, edit the demo with notepad and look up in the first line the required files.



When I get error I have the brightness and / or range uploaded, is there any solution?



Yes, with this utility reset with a click the default values.



What are the most used mods?



The most played mods are:

- Q4MAX

- X-Battle

- Rocket Arena 4



In what channels I can get help and / or find items?



In the Quakenet network you can find help in the following channels:

- # Quake4.es

- # Quake4.euro

You can also search items in the following channels:

- # Q4pickup

- # Q4.pickup

- # Q4.1on1

- # RA4.es

You can try your luck at the channels of the current clan Quake 4:

- # Redcode

- # SDK.Q4

- # X6tence

- # BBiGG

- # A * E

- # ADN.es

- # VGA-Gaming

- # MadRailers

- # [MPK] Clan

- # ANS.q4