In OpenArena 0.8.8, it appears correctly as orange. For example, in OA 0.8.1 it is black, and in OpenArena 0.8.5 it appears as orange, but still black in the console. Actual color depends from OpenArena version and current mod. In OA 0.8.8 black is shown as black in names again, but only if there is at least a letter using a different color. Note: in OpenArena 0.8.5, it is not possible to use black color in players' names (where it is shown as white instead), to avoid a black name make a player more difficult to identify. For example you could type \say ^6Goodnight ^5guys!, you will see \say ^3Goodnight ^5guys!, and your message will result Goodnight guys!: color codes (^1, ^2, etc.) will be hidden in the sent message.ĭedicated server mode specific executable (oa_ded) works as plain text, so it does not show colored text, it shows color codes instead. You can use text colors also from command console: in this case, you will see the colors preview while you are still writing the text. įor your name, you can change it from "Setup" -> "Player settings" menu: moving mouse over and away from the name, you will switch from its "source code" to its colored version. Anyway, you can bind pre-prepared phrases to specific keys using \bind say. When you are playing, probably you don't want to lose time changing text colour, but if you want, you can.
#Open arena vs quake live free#
As the successor to Quake 3, Quake Live was free to play with ads before Quake.
For example, writing ^1Hello ^2world, you will get Hello world.įor text chat, you can simply push the key you binded for "chat" function (messagemode), and write the text after the colour codes: when you will confirm, you will see your colored text (no preview). Before Quake Champions but after Quake III Arena, there was Quake Live (2010). To specify text colors, use "^" followed by a number before the text. So you can use different colors inside your nickname, or when you "say" something during the game, or even for the name of your server. Back in the good old days of third person shooters, there were two contenders for the throne.OpenArena, like the original Quake III Arena, allows you to change the color of the text you type. In one corner Quake Arena by ID Software, in the other UT 99 by Epic Megagames. Alien Arena is a free and opensource first-person shooter game that combines a 1950s-era sci-fi atmosphere with gameplay similar to Quake, Doom and. Both games shared lots of similarities, like being extremely fast paced multiplayer games with great community support and an extensive array of maps, weapons and other stuff. Multiplayer Alien Arena offers a game mode for more than one player. You can re-live these days, at least if you happened to play Quake Arena, by heading over to Quake Live to play a remake of the game that stays in many regards true to its original. Probably the biggest difference is that Quake Live is played in a web browser. It is however unlike any of the standard browser games that you may have encountered.īefore you can play, you need to register a free account. The game is free to play by everyone, but offers additional features to paying premium users. They can for instance create Quake Live servers that they can control, or do not see advertisement when the maps load. For the beginning though, free is good and everything that you need to get started.ĭuring installation, a plugin needs to be installed in the browser. Without the plugin, the game won't load and you cannot play. The game itself is extremely fast paced, even more so if you are used to modern first person shooters like Modern Warfare, Call of Duty or Battlefield. Think of those games with a 200% speed increase and you may come close to the speed of this game. If you played Quake Arena back in the days, you will feel at home right from the start. Maps and weapons will feel familiar and give you a head start in matches against players who have to accommodate first. If you have not played Quake 3 Arena before, you are probably best of playing a few practice matches against bots, before you jump into multiplayer games with human opponents.
#Open arena vs quake live Pc#
While I have a high-end PC and Internet connection, it is likely that it will run as well on standard systems. Players will find loads and loads of games at any time of the day, enough to keep them busy for months, if not years. Why do not you head over to Quake Live to try it out for yourself? Here is short video demonstration of a free for all match. Now if they only would make an UT Live, that would be awesome.