Quake 3 source code was released on August 20th by the fine folks at id Software. We thank them for that, and are continuing the mission of producing a Quake 3 that is without fault.
The Quake 3 engine is open source, this does not mean that Quake 3 Arena the game is free. You must purchase the game to use the data!
This project aims to build upon id Software's Quake 3 source code release. The source code was released on August 20, 2005 under the GPL. Since then, we have been feverishly cleaning up, fixing bugs, and adding features. Our eventual goal is to have created the Quake 3 source code distribution upon which people base their games, ports, and mods. Our focus initially is to get the game working with our updates on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. Sane new features are also welcome. Modern graphical upgrades (ie. bloom lighting) would have to be disabled by default.
While a lot is left to be done, quite a few goals have been met already. Quake 3 now works native on x86_64 and PowerPC architectures, plus the game builds and runs on FreeBSD. SDL is now used for input, OpenGL context management, and sound, making the game a lot easier to port to new platforms and architectures than it was before. Security holes and other problems have been repaired. A more in-depth database of new features and working status on different platforms is on the Status section.
Current goals for 1.34 (SVN is 1.33, the last id build was 1.32) include:
Other features such as improved graphics and IPv6 support will be focused on in later versions.