Quake Live Now on Linux and Mac OS X
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Now you non-Windows types can get in on it too!
Those of you who loved Quake III Arena but prefer to run on Apple or Linux boxes will now finally get to take part in the Quake Live online browser game.
Unlike Quake III Arena, and most other PC games, Quake Live requires no manual install other than just accepting a browser plug-in. Amazingly, nearly the complete experience is replicated right through the web browser.
Now Quake Live is playable on Macs through Safari (id Software says that a bug in Firefox has the Mozilla browser unable to play Quake Live for now, but should be fixed shortly) and Linux browsers.
For those of you already playing Quake Live on your Windows boxes, these are the other changes part of the new version:
- Leaderboards are once again online.
- Increased the maximum allowable size of a personal config file from 16KB to 64KB.
- Fixed an issue where players could lose their key binds after rebinding Mouse 1.
- Added Instagib CTF servers.
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The lower graphics allows it to run on almost anything.
The lower graphics allows it to run on almost anything.
What do you mean, Q3A ran fine in Linux and Mac OS.
I love iCTF!!
BTW super excited. Open Arena is nowhere near as good.
Impulse what are you, like 12? The game is older than you.......
Q3A needed a CD Key to play. Quake Live is free for everyone.
Can Linux players and Mac players compete against PCs or does each OS have its own pool of servers/players
Pretty sure it's all vs all. Having they're own pools wouldn't make sense, since the packets don't know the difference.
That is pretty cool.. to bad the game isn't new
Some people just like older games better. Many new games are all eye-candy without playability and the controls have gotten more complicated (like the dodging in Unreal Tournament).