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Quake Live is the edition of Quake 3 Arena online. There are many new levels, weapons and players across the world to frag.
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Quake Live is now only available via Steam and is no longer free-to-play
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Quake Live in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.6.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next
Downloading Wine
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Extracting
Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 1.6.2 is installed and you can close this window
Download Quake Live Launcher
Quake Live Launcher no longer works through the website, it is now hosted by Steam
Go To: http://www.quakelive.com/#!launcher
Click Download
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Save to a folder on your desktop
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Click Register Now
Register your account so you can play online
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PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "Install a non-listed program"
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Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name your virtual drive: quakelive
Click Next
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Check all three options:
Click Next
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
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Select Wine 1.6.2
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1920x1080 (enter the maximum size your monitor allows)
Click OK
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Installing Packages (Components, Libraries, DLL's)
Check the following packages:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_dotnet20
- POL_Install_tahoma
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install
Click Browse
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Select "QuakeLiveSetup_###.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next again
Click "I Agree"
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Uncheck "Start Menu Shortcut"
Uncheck "Desktop Shortcut"
Click Next
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Click Install
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Uncheck "Run Quake Live"
Click Finish
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "Launcher"
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Quake Live
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Quake Live"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.6.2
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Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure
Launching Quake Live
Select Quake Live
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Enter your account information and credentials
Click Play
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Quake Live will download the entire game
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Click Play
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Quake Live always crashed the first time I launched
Ignore any errors
Go back to PlayOnLinux and launch again
Safe Mode
Click Yes
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Now it should launch perfectly
Conclusion:
Once I ran Quake Live in "Safe Mode" everything worked perfectly. I was able to do a practice match or join a live match and play without any bugs or frame stutters. The game automatically adjusted the resolutio to match my virtual desktop. So the game always appeared full-screen.
Gameplay Video:
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