OpenArena

Key points

Free open-source alternative to Quake III Arena

General information

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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[edit]

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	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[edit]

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	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[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Uses OpenAL.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network[edit]

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[edit]

API[edit]

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

System requirements[edit]

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

Developers

	OpenArena Team
Engines
	id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows	August 19, 2005
macOS (OS X)	August 19, 2005
Linux	August 19, 2005