Installing CPMA
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Windows installation
1. Install Quake 3
As you probably already know, CPMA is a mod for the game Quake 3 Arena, which means you need to have the game installed and patched before you do anything else. Installing Quake 3 is pretty straight forward: you pop the Quake 3 cd in the driver and use the game's installer. The default installation path should be something like C:\Program Files\Quake III Arena.
2. Download and install the latest Quake 3 patch
Quake 3 Arena 1.32 Windows Point Release is required:
PlanetQuake3.net
FileShack.com
id software FTP
The updated 1.32c game binary (Quake3.exe) which is a security fix. However, you can connect to servers without it, making 1.32c optional. It can be downloaded various places:
PlanetQuake3.net
FileShack.com
massman.dk
2.1 Download Challenge Quake 3 exe
It's highly recommended that you download Challenge Quake 3 exe and use it instead of the default Quake3.exe. CPMA has certain features that require cnq3 and is generally way less buggy than id's exe.
3. Download the CPMA files
CPMA comes in two parts: the mod files and the map pack. Both parts are contained in two seperate .zip files that you can download from here:
Latest CPMA ~8mb
CPMA Map Collection (116 mb)
4. Install the CPMA files
- CPMA files in \cpma, MAP files in \baseq3
- Unzip the file cpma-nomaps.zip in your Quake 3 directory with folder extraction enabled. If you've used the default path when you installed Quake 3, this should be "C:\Program Files\Quake III Arena". This will create a folder called cpma with other files in it. Again, if you've used the default Quake 3 install path, the new folder should be "C:\Program Files\Quake III Arena\cpma". Make sure you have installed it in the right directory, otherwise it won't work.
- Open the cpma-mappack-full.zip and extract its contents in \baseq3. This is a standard directory that is created when you first install the game. It's located inside the Quake 3 directory. If you've used the default installation path, that should be "C:\Program Files\Quake III Arena\baseq3". Do not install the files in "C:\Program Files\Quake III Arena\cpma", they have to be in \baseq3.
This concludes the CPMA installation procedure. If you start Quake 3 and choose Mods and CPMA from the main menu, CPMA should load and you will be ready to play.
You can also make a shortcut to start cpma directly. First make a shortcut to quake3.exe (Rightclick on it and chose "Create shortcut" ) Then rightclick on your shortcut and chose Properties, and you will see the path to the quake3.exe, Eg. "C:\Program Files\Quake III Arena\quake3.exe". Then you add +set fs_game cpma after quake3.exe, so it will look like this: "C:\Program Files\Quake III Arena\quake3.exe" +set fs_game cpma. Now you are done. Save the file and rename the shortcut to CPMA and you are ready to launch the game.
5. Running CPMA
Most variables' defaults are good, but check out the following pages to help you getting up to speed with CPMA:
