Installing Mods for the Quake Remaster

I feel as though some people get the impression that the KEX Engine port of Quake is difficult or impossible to mod. However, from my experience, Quake mods work just as well with the remaster as they would with other source ports! It's very easy to install them as well, so here I will be describing the process.

Downloading a mod

This part is very simple, you'll need to download a Quake mod. This can be done from a variety of places of course, and for this example I will be using this random mod from 1997 called "glmario".

The file should contain either .pak files containing mod data, or just the data straight up like this one here.

Adding the mod to the remaster

So first of all, you'll want to navigate to the remaster's directory, which is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Quake\rerelease
it should look something like this!

Next, you'll want to take your mod folder, which for this example is called "glmario", and simply copy and paste it in there.

And now, you're ready to enable it in-game!

Enabling and playing the mod

After you've launched the game and are on the title screen, open the console with the ` key, and type "game <filename>". Because my mod's folder is called "glmario", I would type "game glmario".
Fun fact! This is identical to how you'd do it on other source ports.
Now the mod is enabled! What you'll need to do next will vary from mod to mod. Most actually well-made mods will make it easy to just start is like you normally would, but in this specific mod's case, you can use commands to get to the starting map, so I would type "map mario" which is the map name.

And voila! Some random dude's 1997 tech demo Mario is now running beautifully in the brand-new Quake port! I hope this guide is helpful to some of you!!

Bonus

Download link for glmario: https://gamers.org/pub/games/quake/total_conversions/glmario.zip

[Kani_Zan 』]

My game keep crashing

[Red China]

The remaster also works very well with the Quake Injector. Virtually every map I've downloaded from there works with KEX.

[JPiolho]

There is another guide on how to run multiplayer mods

[ruduraro]

i'm afraid i haven't tried it with mp mods. the q1mods.xyz thing i mentioned earlier in the thread i believe has something for enabling mp but im not totally sure.

[Gozier]

This method does not seem to work with the multiplayer mod that I'm trying to install. Is there a different way to install multiplayer mods? Trying to install TWCreeper (thunderwalker creeper CTF).

[GhostJudicator]

Oh man so many epic quake mods to try to get working again... :)

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

I don't think there is any way to tag people. Oh well. I guess wwe wil have to wait and see. I appreciate the old graphics and such, it just needs high res textures IMO.

[ruduraro]

ah yeah i was also trying to talk to the person below you. is there any way to tag people on steam or am i just stupid lol

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

Well I am asking about PC version. Hopefully someone, somewhere willl make an HD mod for it.

[ruduraro]

unfortunately i dont think this would be possible on console versions, and i have not tried any high resolution packs myself but i dont see why they wouldnt!