Quake
Resurrection pack: Malice and Q!Zone?
I have this "big box" oldie right here.
Rather than attempt to install these (and Quake) DOS/Win95 CDs, how might I supplant necessary files and launch them using the core Steam provision?
Which files and launch options would I need and where should I place them?
TIA.
Last edited by TransgressorOfTheUnspeakableWord; Feb 10, 2017 @ 10:25am
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JLaw Feb 10, 2017 @ 10:38am 
Does it come with any readme files or .bat files?
Both are expansions which require the base game (also in the pack) and need to be pointed to the same directory.
The manual doesn't specify the nature of the Q!Zone launch file (whether EXE or BAT) but specifies Malice to be launched via its own BAT, installed to the Quake directory.
I might guess Q!Zone invokes a BAT also.
So, I guess it's a pretty standard affair, though I don't know how Steam's version is altered, that it may affect mods expecting a vanilla Quake install.
JLaw Feb 10, 2017 @ 2:43pm 
Steam Quake is vanilla Quake.

Depending on when the expansion was released, it may or may not work with GLQuake, so the safest engine choice would be "Quake" (Winquake) when choosing what to launch from Steam. You can copy the necessary command-line options out of the .bat file and put them into the Launch Options in Steam's properties dialog for Quake.

If you ever want to try running Malice in a modern Quake engine, I know that Mark V[quakeone.com] has been tested with Malice and should work. Not sure about any Q!Zone stuff.
Thanks a lot.
I've now discovered your guides.
Very thorough and well organised.
Well done.

I now want to play the regular mission packs through Mark V, and I'd love to have experienced Nehahra through it also.
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