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Getting started

First of all, you need to install the latest point release from id Software. The current version is 1.16n. The point release updates your Quake 3 Arena copy to the latest version, so you can play all the mods available on the net.

You get it here:

Windows version | Linux version | Mac version

Then you need to install Elite Squad Arena. First, open the zip file you downloaded from our website. It's named esa_beta1.zip if you haven't renamed it. Press the extract button and unzip it to your Quake 3 directory. If you're running Winzip, it can look like this:

Then you press extract, and Elite Squad Arena will be installed!

This zip file works with all platforms, so you can run the mod even though you got Linux or Mac.

When you're installed ESA, your Quake 3 directory may look like this, if you're running Windows:

This is just an example, if you've installed any other mods or add-ons for Quake 3, the directory will look different.

After you've installed ESA, start Quake 3.

The screen will probably look like this:

Click the mods menu to bring up this menu:

Select Elite Squad Arena and click the LOAD button.

You'll now see the ESA main screen:

Click 'Setup', then 'Controls' and finally 'Esa'. You'll see this screen:

Now you have to setup your controls. Click each of the five items on the list and set the keys you want to the commands.

Special command is the classes different abilities, read more in the classes section.

Radio commands, Taunts, Affirmative and Negative are all radio commands, read more in the Radio section.

Now you're finished with the setup of ESA, now you can start playing! If you want to join a game, read more in the Join game section, if you want to start a server, read the Server section.

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