CVE-2012-3345 symlink attack in ioquake3 >= r1773

Background ==========   ioquake3 [IOQ] is a fork of the Quake III Arena (id Tech 3) game engine, and has become the de facto upstream for that engine since id Software ceased to develop it. It is also used (unmodified, modified or forked) in various open-source and proprietary games including OpenArena [OA], Reaction [REA], Smokin’… Continue reading CVE-2012-3345 symlink attack in ioquake3 >= r1773

Calling all content creators!

Work has started on “baseio“, a project to create a small game to include with the ioquake3 engine download with Creative Commons licensed content. Work has already been started on textures, weapon models, and a player model, but there is still much to be done. Animations, mapping, and audio are most needed, but if there’s anything… Continue reading Calling all content creators!

High-Resolution Creative Commons Texture Replacement Pack

Looking for a graphical update to Quake 3? Check out this new texture pack from Paul Marshall (aka Kpax). It replaces the original textures in Quake 3 with high-resolution versions, and it is licensed under the creative commons! Download now: xcsv_hires.zip (179MB) Unzip this file to your baseq3 directory, note that pure servers will need… Continue reading High-Resolution Creative Commons Texture Replacement Pack

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ioquake3 (kwaak3) on the Droid & G1

Via Thunderbird’s excellent kwaak3 ioquake3 spin-off, I just tried out ioquake3 on a borrowed Verizon Droid (Motorola Milestone). I’ve also tried kwaak3 on a donated T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream): it is truly amazing that ioquake3 can run well on these platforms, not just for first-person-shooters or doom clones, but for new kinds of games to… Continue reading ioquake3 (kwaak3) on the Droid & G1

ioquake3 on the Nokia n900

One of the more interesting platforms for ioquake3 is the Nokia n900. The n900 is a smartphone running the Maemo version of Linux and a few months ago a project started to bring ioquake3 to it. Oliver McFadden maintains this version and demonstrated it in this video captured at Maemo Summit 2009 after the break.… Continue reading ioquake3 on the Nokia n900

ioquake3 1.36 in the news!

Since the release of ioquake3 1.36 we’ve had a lot of attention from various sites and I thought it would be nice for people who only read ioquake3 to check out the reaction we’ve gotten in comments on some other places: ioquake3 1.36 Goes Gold (Slashdot) New ioquake3 (bluesnews) ioquake3 Goes Gold WIth Ogg Decoding,… Continue reading ioquake3 1.36 in the news!

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ioquake3 1.36 Gone Gold

ioquake3 1.36 is here! Go get it as a package for your system, or a source zip file/tarball. Check out your options for help if you run into a problem. If you find any bugs, please search bugzilla, and then report them! Here is what you can do with ioquake3: Play Quake 3: Arena and… Continue reading ioquake3 1.36 Gone Gold

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