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#OPEN ARENA HOW TO#

zip file after extraction (unless you have more hard drive space than you know what to do with): rm -f oa071.zip

You can simply extract the contents to some directory and run it, or you can install it to your system by doing this as root: unzip oa071.zip -d ~/openarena.

If you’re not interested in saving the nice Open Arena folks some bandwidth (or you don’t have a Bittorrent client) then get it from an FTP mirror here.

After installing the libraries listed above download the Open Arena client using Bittorrent here.

#OPEN ARENA HOW TO#

In any case, you should already know how to install packages on your system. If you’re not using a mainstream package manager then you’re probably on Arch, Gentoo, or a tarball based distro. Q: If I’m not using a mainstream package manager how would I get this to run?Ī: First install the proper libraries: SDL, openal, libcurl, and libvorbis. "Open Arena" doesn't mean "Original Arena"- that machine gun looks suspiciously like.

Gracious! I’m almost getting tired of Quake mods! To play the game just look into the “Games” section of your system menu. Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install openarena openarena-serverīasically, it’ll be listed under “openarena” in your package manager.Ģ. Open Arena installs like a dream on almost every distro: On top of the traditional Death Match, Capture the Flag, and Domination modes two new modes have been added: Harvester and Overlord. The primary draw of Open Arena is the broad array of new models and maps that provide eye-candy for those who are tired of the way QIII looks, but not tired of the way it plays. Like old QIII, Open Arena is not for children. Game play is exactly the same as old Quake III, but the some of the models in the game are, shall we say, risque. Open Arena aims to be the open source FPS and is still under active development toward that end. Seems like every time I turn around a new Quake-mod-turned-open-source-project.