I seem to have successfully commented out some checks from the source so it should be easy to play TCs, without owning the game.
1. Download the 1.32 Point Release
2. Download the Quake 3 Demo.
3. Download my executable (or compile your own) here
4. Install the Point Release and demo to separate directories.
5. Replace the quake3.exe in the Point Release directory with the one you downloaded / compiled.
6. Move pak0.pk3 from the demoq3 directory in your Demo install to the baseq3 directory in the Point Release install. (This may cause weird problems if you try to play online with the normal game.)
7. Quake 3 should now be able to play with TCs, or just the demo with custom maps, without complaining.
I can't guarantee any of this will work, but it seems to have worked for me. The reason for transferring the pak0.pk3 file is that most TCs are not true TCs, but rather use some basic files such as fonts, etc. that they load from the baseq3 directory.
If you don't have any luck with my executable, you could try producing your own. I only made a few simple changes to files.c. I commented out the following lines:
I also commented out the entire function FS_SetRestrictions and just made it return.
I have not made any changes to cd-key related code, so there may be some more work needed.
If anyone is having trouble with getting the project files to work on VC++ 6, download the following tool to convert the.NET files to the old format: http://www.codeproject.com/tools/prjconverter.asp
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I seem to have successfully commented out some checks from the source so it should be easy to play TCs, without owning the game.
// if ( FS_ReadFile( "default.cfg", NULL )
// Com_Error( ERR_FATAL, "Couldn't load default.cfg" );
.NET files to the old format: http://www.codeproject.com/tools/prjconverter.asp
1. Download the 1.32 Point Release
2. Download the Quake 3 Demo.
3. Download my executable (or compile your own) here
4. Install the Point Release and demo to separate directories.
5. Replace the quake3.exe in the Point Release directory with the one you downloaded / compiled.
6. Move pak0.pk3 from the demoq3 directory in your Demo install to the baseq3 directory in the Point Release install. (This may cause weird problems if you try to play online with the normal game.)
7. Quake 3 should now be able to play with TCs, or just the demo with custom maps, without complaining.
I can't guarantee any of this will work, but it seems to have worked for me. The reason for transferring the pak0.pk3 file is that most TCs are not true TCs, but rather use some basic files such as fonts, etc. that they load from the baseq3 directory.
If you don't have any luck with my executable, you could try producing your own. I only made a few simple changes to files.c. I commented out the following lines:
I also commented out the entire function FS_SetRestrictions and just made it return.
I have not made any changes to cd-key related code, so there may be some more work needed.
If anyone is having trouble with getting the project files to work on VC++ 6, download the following tool to convert the