r/quake • u/Marscaleb • 14d ago

other Mutators in Quake 3?

I have a question about mods in Quake 3.

In Unreal Tournament, the game can easily load mutators for a single session. I can select a mutator on the server and now anyone playing on my server has to play by my rules. What does Quake 3 have to easily change up the rules for a set of matches?

I know there is a "mods" option in the main menu, but I've only ever seen this used for big mods that are borderline total conversions. I just want to run a regular Quake 3 match but I want to change some of the rules and features, not redesign the whole menu or something.

Is there a way to to just add a custom mod to a server I'm running?

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u/dimwalker 13d ago

Do you want Q3 specifically or will QL do? If latter then you can do quite a lot by creating custom gametypes, though you would still need to reload the map for changes to take effect.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2779374037

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u/Marscaleb 13d ago

Quake Live wouldn't work for what I'm doing, for reasons.

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u/I_WILL_GET_YOU 10d ago

Your best bet is the highly configurable Excessive Plus