Introduction

This page aims to put a list of URLs for someone that wants to get into the code or just just have some deeper knowledge of the engine.

Coding

• Source code of Smokin'Guns: fork it from ​GitHub
• Wikipedia page of the engine called ​Id Tech 3
• Original source code of Quake 3 Arena on ​GitHub
• ioquake3 ​website
• ioquake3 ​wiki with interesting resources page : ​Academic Articles
• ioquake3 ​community page
• Source code of ioquake3 on ​GitHub
• ​Quake 3 trap calls reference
• UI Design for Quake 3 on ​archive.org
• phaethon's folder on ​icculus (few folders are related to Quake 3)
• Code3Arena modding community ​page
• Darkplace's homepage that host the dpmaster project on ​icculus
• dpmaster master server source code ​icculus (they do use hg as their source code manager)

Analysis

• Analysis of the Quake 3 source code on ​Fabien Sanglard's blog
• Looking at the source code of Quake 3 by Element 61
  • ​part 1
  • ​part 2
  • ​part 3
• Quake 3 networking model explained on ​bookofhook
• ​Thesis of Jean-Paul Van Waveren about the AI system in Quake 3.
• Few attemps to explain Q_rsqrt
  • by ​David Eberly
  • by ​beyond3d
• .RoQ file specification on ​archive.org

Other

• Presentation of the engine at GDC 1999 by Brian Hook
  • ​video
  • ​notes
• John Carmack's ​notes made while coding the engine.
• ​Official FTP of Id Software
• Required ​dockerfile to run ioquake3 in a docker container.

Mapping

• ​Joe's Kari's blog about mapping in the game
• ReD_NeCKersoN's video page on ​Mod DB
• ReD_NeCKersoN's ​youtube page (dig in the old videos)
• Custom maps for quake 3 (they may work with our game, who knows?) on ​lvlworld
• Unofficial ​Quake 3 Map Specs

Generic Tutorials

• ​Bubba's arena
• Q3radiant Help on ​archive.org
• Mapping 4Newbies on ​archive.org
• RTCW/ET Mapping Tutorials on ​archive.org
• Surface Mapping Resources on ​archive.org
• RTCW/ET Mapping Tutorials on ​enemyterritory-stuff
• Cardigan's Mapping Tips on ​archive.org
• Rich Diesal's JK2 mapping guid on ​archive.org
• SimonOC's ​website

Optimization

• Cardigan's Bot Optimization Tutorial on ​archive.org
• Advanced Portal and Hinting Optimization Tutorial on ​quake3world's forum
• Nib's Detail & Hint Brushes Tutorial on ​archive.org
• Brainerd Hint brushes Tutorial on ​archive.org
• Understanding Vis and Hint Brushes on ​tremmapping
• Optimisation : Les Leafs et les Hint brushs (in french) on ​easymapping

Editors

• GTKRadiant's homepage on ​icculus
• GtkRadiant on ​wikibooks
• Débuter avec GtkRadiant (in french) on ​game-lab
• NetRadiant on ​wikibooks
• Quark ​official page (an alternative editor for the game)
• Q3Ase - shader editor ​official page

Q3Map2

• Q3Map2's ​website (with shader manual)
• Q3Map2 on ​wikibooks
• Q3Map2Toolz' ​page

EasyGen

• EasyGen ​homepage
• EasyGen source code on ET:Legacy's ​Github account
• Modsonline !Easygen Tutorial on ​modsonline
• TramDesign Easygen Tutorial on ​archive.org

Terragen Classic (version 2)

• Official Terragen Classic ​website
• Tutorial on ​terragen.info (not official website)
• Terragen's official ​wiki page

Models

• Blender's ​homepage
• Skybox with Blender on ​katsbits
• Exporting to md3 with Blender on ​katsbits
• Misfit Model 3d's ​homepage

Textures

• Gimp's ​website
• Bump Mapping with photoshop on ​surfacegroup
• Creating a custom UI font texture on ​q3df

Mod DB

• Smokin' Guns on ​Mod DB
• Quake 3 on ​Mod DB
• Id tech 3 on ​Mod DB

Server Browser

• XQF's source code on ​GitHub
• Monster Browser's ​main page and ​source code

Other

• List of commands on ​joz3d
• Scripting guide on ​wolfensteinnet

Book(s)

• ​Focus On Mod Programming in Quake III Arena

You may also find other resources on this wiki, on the website or in the forum.