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.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

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

Click Next


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

Click Next


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.

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