Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

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

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS on 1.0 version; later updates removed that limitation.^[1]^[2]

License codes and online accounts of retail PC, retail Mac and Steam version are compatible with each other; not to confuse with Steam CD key activation.^[3]

General information

Official game site

Official forums

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Tweak Guide

LIFLG - Linux installer

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

Splash Damage Editing Wiki - The official modding wiki for the game.

Planet Quake - Very old hub for all Quake games. Has mods, guides, and news on the Quake communities.

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums - (Wayback Machine mirror)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		No physical copy protection; online-play requires online account which asks license code.
Retail		Simple disc check, no physical copy protection; online-play requires online account which asks license code.

Essential improvements

Patches

1.5 Game Update is the latest version.

SDK, etc.

All downloads available for the game can be found at the Splash Damage game downloads page.

Enable multithreading

Instructions

Mods

Multi-player

Game data

In-game basic general settings.

In-game advanced general settings.

In-game HUD settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10000/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.

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High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

In-game control settings.

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Audio settings

In-game voice settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Korean				Only available in Korean retail release.
Polish				Only available in Russian/Polish retail release.
Russian				Only available in Russian/Polish retail release.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer		All new games need to be created externally.
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	3074, 27733, 33060-33070

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

Issues unresolved

Custom maps crash the game on Windows 10

Custom maps require auto-restart which is prevented by Windows 10 since version 1703 (Creators Update).^[4]

The game freezes while connecting to a server on Linux

Linux version of the game depends on outdated version of glibc which causes crashes on modern distros.

Instructions

Issues fixed

Cannot use `Alt`+`Tab ↹` while in-game

The game does not allow directly switching to desktop by Alt+Tab ↹.

Instructions

Instructions

Being kicked from server due to PunkBuster

EvenBalance has dropped support for Quake Wars.^[5]

Instructions

Mods crash the game on Windows 10

Mods require auto-restart which is prevented by Windows 10 since version 1703 (Creators Update).

Instructions

Black terrain texture in custom maps

Vanilla game does not extract megatextures from custom maps.

Instructions

In-game console cannot be opened on Linux

Shortcut for console is Ctrl+Alt+~ unless com_allowConsole is set to 1 in etqwconfig.cfg file at the configuration file(s) location.^[6]

The game requires ~ (Tilde) key to open in-game console that might not possible with some non-US English keyboard layouts with dead keys.

Instructions

In-game VoIP does not work on Linux

Instructions

Mods and custom maps crash the game on Linux

The game has compatibility issues with non-western localizations on Linux.

Instructions

Mac port cannot be updated into latest version

1.5 updater for Mac is not compatible with most recent releases of macOS.

Instructions

Mac port crashes on case-sensitive file systems

The game does not work out of the box on case-sensitive HFS+ file system.

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	2.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	DirectSound, OpenAL	Linux and Mac versions have only OpenAL which is optional for Windows.^[7]
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	PunkBuster	EvenBalance dropped PunkBuster support for ETQW (see: Issues fixed).

Linux

MojoSetup installer options.

Compatibility

Linux version of the game requires retail PC DVD for installation. License codes and online accounts of retail PC, retail Mac and Steam version are compatible with each other; therefore Linux version can use license code and online account of retail Mac and Steam version.

Installation

Download LIFLG's MojoSetup installer.

Make the installer executable.

chmod u+x etqw_1.5-multilingual_x86.mojo.run

Mount retail PC DVD.
Run the installer.
Select "Multicore machine" if your computer supports it; then finalize the installation.

License Code

The existing retail PC, retail Mac, Steam version online accounts or license codes can be used with the retail Linux version. If the license code of the Steam version is required, use Steam for Windows to view license code, Steam for Linux will not show the license code of ETQW.

Download, install and launch Steam for Windows via PlayOnLinux.
Switch "Detail View" mode on Steam library.
Click "CD Key" to view license code of the game.

Running the Game

Launch the game with etqw-rthread or etqw script launcher. Consult enable multithreading, high frame rate, issues fixed and issues unresolved sections for further points.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (XP) Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHz or equivalent (Vista)
System memory (RAM)	512 MB (XP) 768 MB (Vista)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5.7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 5700 ATI Radeon 9700 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7300 ATI Radeon X1600 128 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Kernel 2.6.18 or higher
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz or higher
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible

Supported ATI chipsets: Radeon 9700 or higher, Radeon X700 or higher, Radeon X1650 or higher

Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce FX series (5700 or higher, not including 5700LE and 5700VE), GeForce 6 series (6200 or higher), GeForce 7 series (7300 or higher), GeForce 8 series

The game does not support Intel integrated graphics chipsets

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (10000) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-4] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (10000) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (10000) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[FPS_cap-1] Unlock FPS information and tuning tips - Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Official Community Site

[2] ttp://www.tweakguides.com/ETQW_10.html

[3] ttp://forums.warchest.com/showthread.php/58044-Retail-PC-Retail-Mac-Steam-license-code-and-game-account-compability?p=566436&viewfull=1#post566436

[5] ttp://forums.warchest.com/showthread.php/58580-Mods-amp-custom-maps-workaround-for-Windows-10

[6] ttps://www.pbbans.com/forums/pb-support-discontinued-for-quake-wars-t147198.html

[7] ttp://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/etqw/ETQWFrontPage/#head-1e8d99c1eb09848172739a965be05a52258210bf

[8] ttp://www.tweakguides.com/ETQW_5.html

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Developers

	Splash Damage
	id Software
Publishers
	Activision
	id Software
Engines
	id Tech 4
Release dates
Windows	September 28, 2007
Linux	October 19, 2007
macOS (OS X)	March 18, 2008