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NEWS: OpenArena Community Mappack Volume 1 has been released (20 January 2014). And we are preparing a fix for it: please come back after 31 August 2014 to grab the updated version!

Welcome to OpenArena

OpenArena (short form: OA) 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 is developed by the OpenArena Team.

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 allows you to play freely, offline or online, and users are also able to run their own LAN or internet server.^[1] The game is also compatible with a large base of third-party stuff designed for Q3A such as models, maps and mods.

It is cross-platform: official OpenArena releases include Windows, Linux and Mac binaries.^[2] 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 (see Ports and markets page).^[3]

Current version: OpenArena 0.8.8

Key features

OpenArena 0.8.8 key features

Completely Free and OpenSource fast-paced, arcade-like, First Person Shooter game.
It's cross-platform, being available for Windows, Linux, Macintosh systems, and tons of other platforms. It also does not require high-end hardware.
Includes 13 different weapons, 51 stock arenas, 18 player characters with their respective teamskins and additional skins, and 12 Gametypes, including both team-free and team-based modes (Free For All, Last Man Standing, Capture the Flag, Domination, etc.), plus a Single Player Deathmatch "unlock tiers" mode.
Can be played offline and online. No registration required.
It can be greatly expanded thanks to support for third party maps, mods and bots, including third party stuff designed for the popular Quake III Arena game.
Additional options for botplay/online play include features such as Instantgib, All rockets and Vampire mode.
Anyone can setup and run his own LAN or Internet game server freely, with support for admin-defined map rotation scripts or auto change map feature, and voting. Servers can be password-protected and can be remotely controlled.
Fast automatic download feature for getting extra stuff required to play on specific servers (automatic download option is disabled by default, considering that such extra stuff may not comply with GPLv2).

Links

Official Website
News
Download
- BitTorrent
- Mirrors
- Ports and markets (other platforms, digital delivery services)
The Forum

Information for Players

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 on Internet Archive)
Release history
Changelog
Wikipedia article about OpenArena
Server setup and listings
Videos from OA (Youtube)
View Livestream OA TV 24/7 (third party):
Gametypes
Characters
Maps
- MapCompat, compatibility with non OpenArena-specific maps.
- OpenArena Community Mappack, GPLv2 maps made by the OA community.
Mods
- ModCompat, compatibility with non OpenArena-specific mods.
Tweaking OA
- Tweak#Tweaking online gaming parameters
OpenArena Clan Roster

Community

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

Tips about organizing matches with your friends and talking with them
- OpenArena Server invite on Discord text chat and VoIP service. Also some development discussions and preview images are posted there.
  - OpenArena Discord invite Simpler link (discord.me/openarena)
  - Note - You don't need to use the invite each time: after your first joining the server, you can just go to http://discordapp.com/ and launch Discord from there.
- OpenArena Competitive (OAC) Discord server (third party). While the official one focuses mostly on help and development, this unofficial one mostly focuses on organizing tournaments.
The OpenArena Help Resource (third-party)
Blackwood's OpenArena Gaming Community
OpenArena.TuxFamily.Org, a community for french speakers
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
Facebook:
- OpenArena Community (third party)
- OpenArena page (automatically created by Facebook with infos from Wikipedia)
- OpenArena Argentina

IRC

There is no "official" OA IRC channel, however here's a list of some unofficial IRC channels:

irc.anynet.org/#openarena Link
- Through Mibbit IRC web client (Mibbit web site for infos about this web-based IRC client)
irc.quakenet.org/#openarena Link
- Through Quakenet Webchat
irc.quakenet.org/#openarenahelp Link
- Through Quakenet Webchat
irc.quake.net.org/#oamapping Link
- Through Quakenet Webchat

Development

Read this first

DeveloperFAQ
- GPL
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/won't do

Direction of OA

Asset-wise

Mapping resources & tutorials - Including: how to map, configure GTKRadiant under SOs, advanced mapping tutos and more.
- OpenArena Mapping manual
- 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!
SVN, repository which includes assets and their sources (e.g. .map files)

Coding-wise & other stuff

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 source code on Github
- Engine (issue tracker here)
- Gamecode (issue tracker here)
Subversion
OpenArena SVN - Repository which includes assets and their sources (e.g. .map files)
WebSVN Repository Subversion - OpenArena (track changes, file by file, revision by revision)
OpenArena sources direct downloads (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
IffyContent

Other Stuff

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.
DISCLAIMER: some infos in the wiki may be incomplete, outdated or wrong.

Notes

↑ 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.
↑ Those you can find, for free, in official OpenArena web site: http://www.openarena.ws
↑ 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 a few of them ask for payment: GPL license allows commercial use.

Other gaming wikis
Halo • Doom • FreeCiv • Quake • StarCraft • Lord of the Rings Online • Fallout • More...
Wikia Gaming IRC channel

[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 a few of them ask for payment: GPL license allows commercial use.

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[3]

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+<span style="color:cyan; margin-bottom:1em;">'''NEWS:''' ''[[OpenArena Community Mappack]] Volume 1'' has been released (20 January 2014). And we are preparing a fix for it: ''please come back'' after 31 August 2014 to grab the updated version!</span>
 = Welcome to OpenArena =
+[[File:OpenArena Logo since 0.8.5 (white on transparent).svg|120px|left]]
 [[Image:OpenArena Collage.jpg|right]]
 <!--[[Image:Chronos 5pix 1k.jpg|right]]-->
-''[[OpenArena]]'' is a ''free'' ([[wikipedia:Free software movement|as in ''freedom'']]) network enabled multiplayer first person shooter based on the ''[[ioquake3]]'' fork of the ''id tech 3'' engine.
+''[[OpenArena]]'' (short form: ''OA'') is a ''free'' ([[wikipedia:Free software movement|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 [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU General Public License v2.0] (GPLv2). It is developed by the ''OpenArena Team''.
-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 [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU General Public License v2.0] (GPLv2). It is developed by the ''OpenArena Team''.
 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, [[Single Player|offline]] or [[Manual/Multiplayer|online]]<ref>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.</ref>, and also to run ''your own'' LAN or internet server. The game is also [[FAQ#How_can_I_use_maps.2C_models.2C_mods_made_for_Quake_3_Arena.3F|compatible with a large base of third-party stuff designed for ''Q3A'']] (models, maps, mods).
+''OpenArena'' allows you to play freely, [[Single Player|offline]] or [[Manual/Multiplayer|online]], and users are also able to run ''their own'' LAN or internet server.<ref>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.</ref> The game is also [[FAQ#How_can_I_use_maps.2C_models.2C_mods_made_for_Quake_3_Arena.3F|compatible with a large base of third-party stuff designed for ''Q3A'']] such as models, maps and mods.
-It is ''cross-platform'': official ''OpenArena'' releases<ref>Those you can find, for free, in official OpenArena web site: http://www.openarena.ws</ref> 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'' (see ''[[Ports and markets]]'' page).<ref>Even if these ''third party'' people may visit the [http://www.openarena.ws/board 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 a few of them ask for payment: GPL license allows commercial use.</ref>
+It is ''cross-platform'': official ''OpenArena'' releases include ''Windows'', ''Linux'' and ''Mac'' binaries.<ref>Those you can find, for free, in official OpenArena web site: http://www.openarena.ws</ref> 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'' (see ''[[Ports and markets]]'' page).<ref>Even if these ''third party'' people may visit the [http://www.openarena.ws/board 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 a few of them ask for payment: GPL license allows commercial use.</ref>
 Current version: OpenArena {{current}}
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 == Information for Players ==
 * '''[[Manual/Install|Installation]]'''
 * '''[[FAQ|FAQ / Troubleshooting]]'''
 * '''[[Manual|OpenArena Gamer's Manual]]''', a good place to start if you are new to the game, or if you want to learn something more
-* '''[http://thedimi.net/wiki/openarena OpenArena Tutorials]''' (thedimi.net)
+* '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20101208205042/http://thedimi.net/wiki/openarena OpenArena Tutorials]''' (thedimi.net on Internet Archive)
 * [[Release history]]
 * [[changes|Changelog]]
 * [[wikipedia:OpenArena|Wikipedia article about OpenArena]]
 * [[servers|Server setup and listings]]
-* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=openarena&search=Search Videos from OA]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=openarena&search=Search Videos from OA] (Youtube)
+* View Livestream OA TV 24/7 (third party):
+** [https://www.twitch.tv/openarenalive on Twitch.tv]
+** [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb1CbYiT7Sch39E5OmEGG9Q/live on Youtube]
+** [https://gaming.youtube.com/channel/UCb1CbYiT7Sch39E5OmEGG9Q/live on Youtube Gaming]
+** [https://www.hitbox.tv/oalive on Hitbox]
 * [[gametype|Gametypes]]
 * [[Characters]]
 * [[Maps]]
+** [[MapCompat]], compatibility with non OpenArena-specific maps.
+** [[OpenArena Community Mappack]], GPLv2 maps made by the OA community.
 * [[Mods]]
-* [[ModCompat]], compatibility with non OpenArena-specific Mods
+** [[ModCompat]], compatibility with non OpenArena-specific mods.
 * [[Tweak]]ing OA
 ** [[Tweak#Tweaking online gaming parameters]]
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+* [[FAQ#How can I organize matches with my friends all around the world? How can I talk with them?|Tips about organizing matches with your friends and talking with them]]
-* [http://oa-community.com/ OA-Community Project] (third-party project featuring online tools for public server customization: everyone can load additional maps to their game servers!)
+** [https://discord.gg/n3dTmzM OpenArena Server invite] on ''[[wikipedia:Discord (software)|Discord]]'' text chat and VoIP service. Also some development discussions and preview images are posted there.
+*** [http://discord.me/openarena OpenArena Discord invite Simpler link] (discord.me/openarena)
+*** Note - You don't need to use the invite each time: after your first joining the server, you can just go to http://discordapp.com/ and launch Discord from there.
+** [https://discord.gg/HaSWqSH OpenArena Competitive] (OAC) Discord server (third party). While the official one focuses mostly on help and development, this unofficial one mostly focuses on organizing tournaments.
 * [http://openarenahelp.com/ The OpenArena Help Resource] (third-party)
 * [http://bwood.co.cc/ Blackwood's OpenArena Gaming Community]
 * [http://openArena.tuxfamily.org OpenArena.TuxFamily.Org], a community for french speakers
-* [http://openarenaarg.eshost.es OpenArena Argentina], a community for argentinean players
 * [http://www.arenawarriors.net Arena Warriors], a community for italian speakers ([http://www.arenawarriors.net/oaphpbb/ forum]). <small>They used to run [http://www.openarena.it OpenArena Italian Portal], but they suffered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting domain squatting] in november 2011, and moved on to ArenaWarriors domain.</small>
 * [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/openarena OpenArena Group on ''Steam'']
+* Facebook:
+** [https://www.facebook.com/groups/openarena/ OpenArena Community] (third party)
+** [https://www.facebook.com/pages/OpenArena/487234684678032 OpenArena] page (automatically created by Facebook with infos from Wikipedia)
+** [https://www.facebook.com/OpenArena-Argentina-311384535567839/ OpenArena Argentina]
 === IRC ===
+There is no "official" OA IRC channel, however here's a list of some unofficial IRC channels:
-* irc.anynet.org/#openarena (official) [irc://irc.anynet.org/#openarena Link]
+* irc.anynet.org/#openarena [irc://irc.anynet.org/#openarena Link]
 ** [http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.anynet.org&channel=%23openarena Through Mibbit IRC web client] <small>([http://www.mibbit.com Mibbit web site] for infos about this web-based IRC client)</small>
-* irc.quakenet.org/#openarena (unofficial) [irc://irc.quakenet.org/#openarena Link]
+* irc.quakenet.org/#openarena [irc://irc.quakenet.org/#openarena Link]
 ** [http://webchat.quakenet.org/?nick=Choose-A-Nick&channels=openarena&prompt=1 Through Quakenet Webchat]
-* irc.quakenet.org/#openarenahelp (unofficial) [irc://irc.quakenet.org/#openarenahelp Link]
+* irc.quakenet.org/#openarenahelp [irc://irc.quakenet.org/#openarenahelp Link]
 ** [http://webchat.quakenet.org/?nick=Choose-A-Nick&channels=openarenahelp&prompt=1 Through Quakenet Webchat]
-* irc.quake.net.org/#oamapping (unofficial) [irc://irc.quakenet.org/#oamapping Link]
+* irc.quake.net.org/#oamapping [irc://irc.quakenet.org/#oamapping Link]
 ** [http://webchat.quakenet.org/?nick=Choose-A-Nick&channels=oamapping&prompt=1 Through Quakenet Webchat]
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 === Read this first ===
 * [[DeveloperFAQ]]
+** [[GPL]]
 * [[GoodPractices|Suggested good practices]] as art direction is important and shared agreement on licensing is the way to go for free software
-* [[NOTTODO|What we can't do]]
+* [[NOTTODO|What we can't/won't do]]
+=== Direction of OA ===
+* [[OA3]]
+** [[OA3List]]
+** [[OA3List/Maps]]
 * [[Roadmap]]
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 * [[Mapping resources & tutorials]] - Including: how to map, configure GTKRadiant under SOs, advanced mapping tutos and more.
+** [[Mapping manual|OpenArena Mapping manual]]
 ** [[OpenArena Community Mappack]]
 * [[Graphics resources & tutorials]]
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 * [[Character_Ideas|Character ideas]]
 * [[Artwork|Artwork related with the game]] - Promote OpenArena, place a banner on your site!
+* SVN, repository which includes ''assets'' and [http://openarena.ws/svn/source/assets/ their ''sources''] (e.g. [http://openarena.ws/svn/source/assets/maps/ .map files])
 === Coding-wise & other stuff ===
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 * [[pak0.pk3]] - [[pak0.pk3-files|Files]]
 * [[OAX]] - OpenArena eXpanded (gamecode -game logic- beta versions available to test as a [[mod]])
+* [https://github.com/OpenArena/ OpenArena source code on Github]
-* [http://code.google.com/p/oax/ OpenArena Expanded on googlecode] - [http://code.google.com/p/oax/source/list Update list] (gamecode running change log)
+** [https://github.com/OpenArena/engine Engine] (issue tracker [https://github.com/OpenArena/engine/issues here])
-* [[IffyContent]]
+** [https://github.com/OpenArena/gamecode Gamecode] (issue tracker [https://github.com/OpenArena/gamecode/issues here])
 * [[Subversion]]
-* [http://openarena.ws/svn/ OpenArena SVN]
+* [http://openarena.ws/svn/ OpenArena SVN] - Repository which includes ''assets'' and [http://openarena.ws/svn/source/assets/ their ''sources''] (e.g. [http://openarena.ws/svn/source/assets/maps/ .map files])
 * [http://www.mancubus.net/svn/openarena/ WebSVN Repository Subversion - OpenArena] (track changes, file by file, revision by revision)
-* OpenArena sources (see also ''[http://openarena.ws/page.php?14 OpenArena: Source code]'' on main site): [http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev088/oa-0.8.8.tar.bz2 0.8.8 Gamecode], [http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev088/openarena-engine-source-0.8.8.tar.bz2 0.8.8 Engine] <small>([http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev081/openarena-engine-bin-0.8.x-28.zip corresponding to these binaries])</small>.<br />Other versions: [http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev085/openarena-modSDK-0.8.5-6.tar.bz2 0.8.5 Gamecode], [http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev081/openarena-engine-source-0.8.x-13.tar.bz2 0.8.5 Engine] <small>([http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev081/openarena-engine-bin-0.8.x-13.zip corresponding to these binaries])</small>.<br /><small>More engine versions [http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev081/ here] (including unstable test versions; it's advisable to refer to the forums.).</small>
+* OpenArena sources direct downloads (see also ''[http://openarena.ws/page.php?14 OpenArena: Source code]'' on main site): [http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev088/oa-0.8.8.tar.bz2 0.8.8 Gamecode], [http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev088/openarena-engine-source-0.8.8.tar.bz2 0.8.8 Engine] <small>([http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev081/openarena-engine-bin-0.8.x-28.zip corresponding to these binaries])</small>.<br />Other versions: [http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev085/openarena-modSDK-0.8.5-6.tar.bz2 0.8.5 Gamecode], [http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev081/openarena-engine-source-0.8.x-13.tar.bz2 0.8.5 Engine] <small>([http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev081/openarena-engine-bin-0.8.x-13.zip corresponding to these binaries])</small>.<br /><small>More engine versions [http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/oa/dev081/ here] (including unstable test versions; it's advisable to refer to the forums.).</small>
 * [[TotalSize|Progression of OA's filesize across the different versions]]
+* [[IffyContent]]
 == Other Stuff ==
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 * [[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.
+* [[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.<br />DISCLAIMER: some infos in the wiki may be incomplete, outdated or wrong.
 ==Notes==

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