Getting started
Installation
1. Install Quake
Quake is required in order to run ezQuake.
- Buy Quake on Steam
This will give you the complete single-player game
2. Install ezQuake
Download an ezQuake binary and extract to into your Quake root directory, for example c:/quake
.
3. All set!
You can now start playing ezQuake.
Tip: Important commands
The most important and commonly used commands which are used while playing are explained below. All have to be entered into the console which can be brought up by the tilde (~
) key:
- quit - Quit ezQuake.
- connect [ip:port] - Connect to the server specified. Tip: you can paste addresses into the QW console by pressing
ctrl+v
. Example:connect quake.se:28501
- disconnect - Disconnect from current server.
- reconnect - Reconnect to last server.
- join - Reconnect to current server as player.
- observe - Reconnect to current server as spectator.
- team [x] - Set team.
- ready - Set yourself as ready.
- break - Unready yourself.
- map [mapname] - Change map.
- sensitivity [x] - Set mouse sensitivity
- fov [x] - Set field of view (10 to 170)
Alternative installation: nQuake
nQuake is a package that includes ezQuake, config files, modern HUD, fullbright skins and 24-bit textures to quickly get configured for competitive online games.
Next steps
- Eager to play? - Join a server using the built-in server browser.
- Configure - Check out the documentation on how to configure ezQuake.
- Download additional resources - Visit QuakeWorld GFX for configs, textures, skins, models and more.