How to Add Maps to Quake 3
- 1). Download your map from a Quake 3 Arena map repository (see Resources).
- 2). Double-click the archived file you download to open it in Windows Explorer.
- 3). Open the Start menu and type the path to your Quake 3 Arena baseQ3 directory to access it. By default this is "%ProgramFiles%\id Software\Quake3\baseQ3."
- 4). Drag the ".pk3" file from the opened archive and into the baseQ3 folder window.
- 5). Open "Quake 3 Arena." When you go to start a game or join a game, you will have access to the content you just downloaded.
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