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Revision as of 12:48, 27 October 2014

Quake 4
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Developers
id Software
Raven Software
Publishers
Activision
Bethesda Softworks
Engines
id Tech 4
Release dates
Windows October 18, 2005
Linux October 20, 2005
macOS (OS X) March 24, 2006
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Quake 4 on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Quake
Quake 1996
Quake II 1997
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Quake 4 2005
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Quake Live 2010
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Quake Champions 2022
Quake II Enhanced 2023

Key points

Runs well on low-end hardware.

General information

Planet Quake
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
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GamersGate
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 Windows only.
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GamersGate
DRM details are not known
 OS X only.
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Steam
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 Windows only.
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Patch 1.4.2 (retail)

Required for widescreen support. Steam version is already patched.
Download: Windows | OS X | Linux

Modifications

Sikkmod

Sikkmod is a mod that was ported from Doom 3, which adds such effects as bloom, color grading, HDR and FXAA, and is easily configurable via the in-game menu.
The game's multi-core rendering may cause problems with this mod, disable that setting if there are graphical glitches.

False Dawn

False Dawn is a non-linear, multiple-goal mission with up-to-date graphics (powered by Sikkmod), overhauled health and damage systems and even a story that actually has some meat on the bone.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2210/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2210/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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System settings.
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Advanced settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Patch 1.4.2 adds widescreen support, but some resolutions (1280x800 and 2560x1600) aren't available in-game. The following fix forces a custom resolution.
Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Polish
Only available in Polish retail release.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Cannot select higher quality presets

Modern high-end GPUs with a lot of memory can cause Quake 4 to ignore any other quality preset than low quality. The following fix forces the ultra quality preset in the game.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000/XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 2000+
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3.2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti
ATI Radeon 9700
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2210/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2210) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References