Difference between revisions of "Quake 4"

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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
Quake III Arena	1999
Quake 4	2005
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars	2007
Quake Live	2010
Quake II RTX	2019
Quake Enhanced	2021
Quake Champions	2022
Quake II Enhanced	2023

Key points

Runs well on low-end hardware.

General information

Quake Wiki - A detailed wiki for every Quake game made.

Planet Quake

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate		Windows only.
GamersGate		OS X only.
Green Man Gaming		Windows only.
Steam		Windows only.

Essential improvements

Patch 1.4.2 (retail)

Required for widescreen support. Steam version is already patched.

Download: Windows | OS X | Linux

Linux client

A free client officially provided by id that allows Quake 4 to be played natively on Linux machines. It requires either a full retail copy or the demo to use it.

The download can be found on id's FTP server. Further details can be found on the official FAQ page.

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

In-game general settings.

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

In-game general video/audio settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

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

In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game advanced audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	27650
UDP	27650

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

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 IV 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2000+
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 9700 Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	ATI Radeon X1800 XL Nvidia Geforce 7800 GT 512 MB of VRAM

Supported ATI chipsets: Radeon 9700 series, Radeon 9800 series, Radeon X300 series, Radeon X550 series, Radeon X600 series, Radeon X700 series, Radeon X800 series, Radeon X850 series

Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce 3/Ti series, GeForce 4/Ti series, GeForce FX series, GeForce 6 series, GeForce 7 series

Notes

↑ ^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

[Proton_path_note-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.

[Note 1]

@@ Line 100: / Line 100: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award = incomplete
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = incomplete
-|widescreen resolution      = true
+|widescreen resolution      = hackable
 |widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 |multimonitor               = hackable
 |multimonitor notes         = See the [http://www.wsgf.org/dr/quake-4 WSGF entry].
-|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      =
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
-|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+|4k ultra hd                = hackable
-|4k ultra hd notes          =
+|4k ultra hd notes          = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 |fov                        = hackable
 |fov notes                  = Default FOV is 90°. For higher settings use <code>+set g_fov X</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|parameter]] (change X to the desired FOV).

Developers
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	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