Quake 4

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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Quake
Quake	1996
Quake II	1997
Quake III Arena	1999
Quake 4	2005
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars	2007
Quake Live	2010
Quake II RTX	2019
Quake Enhanced	2021
Quake Champions	2022
Quake II Enhanced	2023

Key points

Runs well on low-end hardware

General information

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Availability

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Essential improvements

Patches

Required for Widescreen support

Windows: Full Quake 4 patch 1.4.2

Mac: Full Quake 4 patch 1.4.2

Linux: Full Quake 4 patch 1.4.2

Quality settings fix

Modern high end GPUs with a lot of memory can cause Quake 4 to ignore any other quality mode than low quality. To force the ultra quality settings create a new file named autoexec.cfg under the q4base directory of the game's own directory and put the following lines:

seta image_downSize "0"
seta image_downSizeBump "0"
seta image_downSizeSpecular "0"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "0"
seta image_roundDown "0"
seta image_useCompression "0"
seta image_useNormalCompression "0"
seta image_anisotropy "16"
seta image_lodbias "0'
seta r_renderer "best"

When saving the file make sure you save it with the .cfg extension! If the file extensions are not visible in Explorer, Notepad will create a file named autoexec.cfg.txt instead of autoexec.cfg!

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2210/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2210/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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System settings.

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Advanced settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000/XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 2000+
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti ATI Radeon 9700 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2210/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2210) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2210/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (2210) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2210/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (2210) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

Developers
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	id Software
	Raven Software
Publishers
	Activision
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	id Tech 4
Release dates
Windows	October 18, 2005
Linux	October 20, 2005
macOS (OS X)	March 24, 2006