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OpenArena
From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
OpenArena
Developers
OpenArena Team
Engines
id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows
August 19, 2005
macOS (OS X)
August 19, 2005
Linux
August 19, 2005
Key points
Free open-source alternative to
Quake III Arena
General information
Official website
Official forums
Official wiki
Contents
1
Availability
2
Game data
2.1
Configuration file(s) location
3
Video settings
4
Input settings
5
Audio settings
5.1
Localizations
6
Network
6.1
Multiplayer types
6.2
Connection types
6.3
Ports
7
Other information
7.1
API
8
System requirements
9
References
Availability
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Source
DRM
Notes
Keys
OS
Official website
Game data
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In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
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System
Location
Windows
%APPDATA%
\OpenArena\baseoa
macOS (OS X)
Linux
~/.openarena/baseoa
It's unknown whether this game follows the
XDG Base Directory Specification
on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Video settings
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In-game video settings.
Graphics option
Option
Notes
Widescreen resolution
Vert-
behavior in 0.8.8; latest engine in GitHub repo adds native
Hor+
expansion; HUD is stretched
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
cg_fov
, however some servers have the option to disable and fix this value to 90°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the
glossary page
for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
r_ext_multisample
, can be set up to 4
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 90 FPS by default, change with
com_maxfps
. Has frame rate intervals, see
http://openarena.wikia.com/wiki/Manual/Graphic_options
Input settings
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In-game control settings.
Keyboard and mouse
Native
Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Limited modern controller support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Needs to be manually mapped to the specific direction.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Audio settings
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In-game audio settings.
Audio options
Native
Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Uses OpenAL.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Localizations
Language
UI
Audio
Sub
Notes
English
Network
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Multiplayer types
Type
Native
Players
Notes
LAN play
16
Online play
16
All official maps are designed for at most 16 players. However, dedicated servers can be set to have no max player limit.
Connection types
Type
Native
Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
A full guide can be found
here
.
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Ports
Protocol
Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP
21, 80
UDP
27950, 27960
Universal Plug and Play
(UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
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API
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Technical specs
Supported
Notes
64-bit executable
System requirements
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Windows
Minimum
Recommended
Operating system (OS)
98
ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)
Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
AMD K6-2 350 MHz
Intel Pentium III 700 MHz
System memory (RAM)
64 MB
128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
300 MB
Video card (GPU)
16 MB of
VRAM
Nvidia GeForce2
64 MB of
VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Recommended
Operating system (OS)
10.6.6
10.9
Processor (CPU)
Intel Core 2 Duo
Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)
64 MB
128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
300 MB
Video card (GPU)
16 MB of
VRAM
Nvidia GeForce2
64 MB of
VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
AMD K6-2 350 MHz
Intel Pentium III 700 MHz
System memory (RAM)
64 MB
128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
300 MB
Video card (GPU)
16 MB of
VRAM
Nvidia GeForce2
64 MB of
VRAM
References
Categories
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Windows
OS X
Linux
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