Quake Live is the edition of Quake 3 Arena online. There are many new levels, weapons and players across the world to frag.
Quake Live is now only available via Steam and is no longer free-to-play
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Quake Live in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.6.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.6.2 is installed and you can close this window
Download Quake Live Launcher
Quake Live Launcher no longer works through the website, it is now hosted by Steam
Go To: http://www.quakelive.com/#!launcher
Click Download
Save to a folder on your desktop
Click Register Now
Register your account so you can play online
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name your virtual drive: quakelive
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.6.2
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1920x1080 (enter the maximum size your monitor allows)
Click OK
Installing Packages (Components, Libraries, DLL's)
Check the following packages:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_dotnet20
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages will automatically download and install
Click Browse
Select "QuakeLiveSetup_###.exe"
Click Open
Click Next again
Click "I Agree"
Uncheck "Start Menu Shortcut"
Uncheck "Desktop Shortcut"
Click Next
Click Install
Uncheck "Run Quake Live"
Click Finish
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "Launcher"
Click Next
Name your shortcut: Quake Live
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Quake Live"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 1.6.2
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Launching Quake Live
Select Quake Live
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Enter your account information and credentials
Click Play
Quake Live will download the entire game
Click Play
Quake Live always crashed the first time I launched
Ignore any errors
Go back to PlayOnLinux and launch again
Safe Mode
Click Yes
Now it should launch perfectly
Conclusion:
Once I ran Quake Live in "Safe Mode" everything worked perfectly. I was able to do a practice match or join a live match and play without any bugs or frame stutters. The game automatically adjusted the resolutio to match my virtual desktop. So the game always appeared full-screen.
Gameplay Video:
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