My Custom Maps
Here are the custom maps I’ve created for Quake 3.
Installation
To play the maps download them and unzip them into your baseq3 folder of your quake3 installation (e.g. c:\program files\id software\quake III arena\baseq3).
Check out the readme files for each map if you want more information about the individual maps. There’s screenshots of some of the maps, click the thumbnails below to see them.
Background Information
These maps were all created between 2000 and 2002 using Q3Radiant and then later GTKRadiant on the PC (Windows 2000/XP).
Mapping is a very time consuming process, in modern games maps are often made entirely out of imported objects, back in the quake3 days rendering imported models was very a gpu heavy process and slowed down the rendering of the game if overused. Due to this much of the geometry that made up the “world” is made up from a collection of non-concave (convex) shapes (known as brushes). Each visible side of each brush has textures (like wallpaper) applied to them and aligned. Each map would feature hundreds or thousands of brushes!
Arctic Deception – Beta 4
| Map Name: | HydraCTF04 |
| Download: | HydraCTF04_Beta_R4.zip [Readme] |
| Summary: | Medium 6-16 player CTF terrain map for Q3A & Team Arena. |
CCTF, Q3F and AllianceCTF versions were planned but were never released.
Danger: |-|igh \/oltage – Beta 4
| Map Name: | HydraCTF03 |
| Download: | HydraCTF03_Beta_R4.zip [Readme] |
| Summary: | Medium 6-16 player CTF, with a clean industrial/tech theme. |
Best played as 4v4 or 5v5.
This is the fourth and final beta version of the map which is now very near completion.
This map was included as part of the AllianceCTF V3.0 Quake3 Mod it was released as map ACTF32!
This map contains ClassicCTF entities and plays great in CCTF!
Danger: Rocky Complex for Q3A CTF – Beta 4
| Map Name: | HydraCTF02 |
| Download: | HydraCTF02_Beta_R4.zip [Readme] |
| Summary: | Large 6-16 player CTF, with an industrial/tech theme. |
This map is now up to it’s fourth beta version and along with 20 new screenshots!
This map was to be included as part of the AllianceCTF V3.0 Quake3 Mod but didn’t quite make the cut (but my other map, HydraCTF03, was included).
The Q3F version of this map is now available as a beta version!
Weapons Factory Arena (WFA) and ClassicCTF versions where planned but were never released!
Danger: Rocky Complex for Q3Fortress – Beta 1
| Map Name: | HydraQ3F01 |
| Download: | HydraQ3F01_Beta_R1.zip [Readme] |
| Summary: | Large 6-16 player CTF, with an industrial/tech theme. |
This is the Q3Fortress version of this map which is also available for Q3A-CTF.
The Cockpit
| Map Name: | HydraCockpit |
| Download: | HydraCockpit.zip [Readme] |
| Summary: | 2-4 player gothic map based on 16th century fighting arenas. |
Courtyard Brawl – Beta 1
| Map Name: | HydraTourney01 |
| Download: | HydraTourney01_Beta_R1.zip [Readme] |
| Summary: | 6-12 player gothic teamplay map. Great on FFA and with Bots too! |
The Pool
| Map Name: | HydraThePool |
| Download: | HydraThePool.zip [Readme] |
| Summary: | Simple indoor map based around an indoor pool. |
This is one of my very early maps, not recommended unless you feel like a trip down memory lane or if you want to jump off a diving board!
Mini Deathmatch 1
| Map Name: | HydraMDM1 |
| Download: | HydraMDM1.zip [Readme] |
| Summary: | My first little map that I created, kinda fun, but not very exciting for long. |