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Welcome to OpenArena Edit

OpenArena is a free (as in freedom) network enabled multiplayer first person shooter based on the ioquake3 fork of the id tech 3 engine.

It aims to be a free software clone of Quake III Arena, retaining its gameplay while replacing the proprietary content with brand new free (as in freedom, again) content. OpenArena is released under GNU General Public License v2.0 (GPLv2).

It features many gametypes, including the traditional deathmatch, and sports a varied cast of characters. Due to violent and occasional racy content, it's unsuitable for children under the age of 17.

OpenArena (a.k.a. OA, for short) allows you to play freely, offline or online^[1], and also to run your own LAN or internet server. The game is also compatible with a large base of third-party stuff designed for Q3A (models, maps, mods).

It is cross-platform: official OpenArena releases^[2] include Windows, Linux and Mac binaries. You can also get the sources, adapt and recompile them to have the game run on your favorite Operating System. Some third party developers even released "ports" for some popular "mobile" OSs, such as Android.^[3]

Current version: OpenArena 0.8.8

Links Edit

• Official Website
• News
• Download
  • BitTorrent
  • Mirrors
• The Forum

Information for Players Edit

• Installation
• FAQ / Troubleshooting
• OpenArena Gamer's Manual, a good place to start if you are new to the game, or if you want to learn something more
• OpenArena Tutorials (thedimi.net)
• Release history
• Changelog
• Wikipedia article about OpenArena
• Server setup and listings
• Videos from OA
• Gametypes
• Characters
• Maps
• Mods
• ModCompat, compatibility with non OpenArena-specific Mods
• Tweaking OA
  • Tweak#Tweaking online gaming parameters
• OpenArena Clan Roster

Community Edit

• The official OpenArena forums OpenArena Message Boards
  • RSS feed of the forums
• OpenArena Developer Blog
• Protopage about OA
• Official Twitter

• The OpenArena Help Resource (third-party)
• Blackwood's OpenArena Gaming Community
• OpenArena.TuxFamily.Org, a community for french speakers
• OpenArena Argentina, a community for argentinean players
• Arena Warriors, a community for italian speakers (forum). They used to run OpenArena Italian Portal, but they suffered domain squatting in november 2011, and moved on to ArenaWarriors domain.
• OpenArena Group on Steam

IRC Edit

• irc.anynet.org/#openarena Link
  • Javascript (Through Mibbit IRC web client)
  • CGI Client
• irc.quakenet.org/#openarena (unofficial) Link
  • Through Mibbit IRC web client
• irc.quakenet.org/#openarenahelp (unofficial) Link
  • Through Mibbit IRC web client
  • Through Quakenet Webchat

Development Edit

Read this first Edit

• DeveloperFAQ
• Suggested good practices as art direction is important and shared agreement on licensing is the way to go for free software
• What we can't do
• Roadmap

Asset-wise Edit

• Mapping resources & tutorials - Including: how to map, configure GTKRadiant under SOs, advanced mapping tutos and more.
  • OpenArena Community Mappack
• Graphics resources & tutorials
• List of missing sounds
• List of missing textures
• List of missing textures and shaders of Q3 and TA maps
• Music proposals for OA
• Character ideas
• Artwork related with the game - Promote OpenArena, place a banner on your site!

Coding-wise & other stuff Edit

• Coding resources & tutorials
• Suggestions for OpenArena
• List of known bugs
• pak0.pk3 - Files
• OAX - OpenArena eXpanded (gamecode -game logic- beta versions available to test as a mod)
• OpenArena Expanded on googlecode - Update list (gamecode running change log)
• IffyContent
• Subversion
• OpenArena SVN
• WebSVN Repository Subversion - OpenArena (track changes, file by file, revision by revision)
• OpenArena sources (see also OpenArena: Source code on main site): 0.8.8 Gamecode, 0.8.8 Engine (corresponding to these binaries).
  Other versions: 0.8.5 Gamecode, 0.8.5 Engine (corresponding to these binaries).
  More engine versions here (including unstable test versions; it's advisable to refer to the forums.).
• Progression of OA's filesize across the different versions

Other Stuff Edit

• OA on Debian
• OA486
• Other FOSS Shooters
• Some reviews of OpenArena
• Special:Lonelypages
• Special:Search
• Special:SpecialPages
• WikiWorks - Also this Wiki site needs work! Here you can request a missing page or can see how you can help expanding the site, creating or fixing a page needed by someone else! It contains some tips about how to work in this wiki, too.

NotesEdit

1. ↑ You can find many public internet servers. Game servers are managed by third party (anyone can run his own server) and usually have no relation with OpenArena developers. See Servers for more infos.
2. ↑ Those you can find, for free, in official OpenArena web site: http://www.openarena.ws
3. ↑ Even if these third party people may visit the official OA forums by now and then, we have no direct control over their works, that may be considered "forks" of the original project. We are not responsible if they ask for payment.

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