Eternal Arena
by Corven
corven@q3center.com
http://www.q3center.com/ea

Frequently Asked Questions

Hope this page will help all those new to Eternal Arena.

I want to play Eternal Arena what do I have to do?  
Grab the latest version from our downloads page.  

What do I do with the Eternal Arena zip I've just downloaded?  
Once you've downloaded the file, just unzip the files retaining their folder structure to your quake3 folder, and they should be placed in a folder called "eternalarena" so it will look like this /quake3/eternalarena.  

How do I start a game of Eternal Arena?  
You can create a shortcut to the Eternal Arena .bat file that has been placed in your /quake3 folder, or fire up normal quake3 then goto the mods menu, and you should see an entry for Eternal Arena, just select it and hit load, it will refresh the game and when it loads back in, you will see the familiar Eternal Arena background.

When I first start a game I can't move anywhere?  
probably the game speed is set too low, just goto the Eternal Option menu and push the game speed slider across to the right to speed things up alittle.  

How can I turn some of the new things on the HUD on/off?  
All the new HUD features are selectable from the Eternal Options menu, and see the HUD Options link, most are just toggles, so you can easily turn them on/off as you wish.  

Can I choose which new features to use?  
Yeah sur eyou can, again just goto the Eternal Options menu, and you can tweak all the options from there, turning things on/off to create a game that suits you.  

How do I start one of the new gamemodes?  
If g_gamemode is set to 0, it will just play a normal game of any gametype. To play any of my new gamemodes, then from the main menu or the in-game menu, look in the Eternal Gamemodes menu, all you have to do is choose which one you want to play and click on "back", then start up a game, and everything is ready for you, so messing around with configs or scripts, its all coded into the mod so its very easy to start a game. 

Do the gamemodes replace the gametypes?  
No, not at all, the gamemodes are in addition to the exising gametypes, so you can create some really unique games, like a Instagib Rails CTF or a Rocket Duel Tourny. 

My score isn't increasing when I kill someone?
Thats because you've probably got the practice toggle switched on, which disables the scoring so you can play unlimited games. Just see the Eternal Options menu for the toggle or at the console type /g_practice 0

Sometime when I enter a Pain Factor game it restarts the map, why?
Because the Pain Factor gamemode can only be played on a FFA gametype, so if you have tried to start it in anything else, it will change the gametype to FFA and restart the map.

In some of the gamemodes things are missing from the maps?
Thats because they are not needed, like in Full Load you already start off with all the weapons and unlimited ammo, so theres no need for them in the map, or like in Instagib Rails, you only get the railgun, so other weapons and ammo have been removed too.

Where can I discuss Eternal Arena other players?  
You can always post your views for discussion over on our EA Forum.  

Corven your awesome and I'm a hot chick, what can I do?  
Email me at corven@q3center.com or with a pic of yourself (preferably naked).  

I've spotted a bug, what should I do?  
Either email me at corven@q3center.com or post news of it on the EA Forum. Hopefully I can squash it for the next release.  