ezQuake Manual: Installation

You need original Quake 1 to play QuakeWorld with ezQuake client! Note that there is also eQuake pack out there.
First off, let's assume your Quake 1 directory is C:\quake.

How do I install ezQuake?

If there's no installer for your desired version of ezQuake, use following instructions:

  1. Make sure you have pak0.pak in C:\quake\id1
  2. If you have used fuhquake, rename (or copy) C:\quake\fuhquake to C:\quake\ezquake
  3. Unzip the ezQuake package into your Quake root (C:\quake)
  4. Unzip the Security Module into your Quake root too (C:\quake)
  5. If you are using ezQuake for the first time, you should also download Required package and unzip it into your Quake root too (C:\quake)

This is how it should look like:

There might be more files than this, but these are the required files

Frequently Asked Question

Couldn't set fullscreen DIB mode error message

Try using different display frequency and resolution. Use e.g. "+set vid_displayfrequency 60 -width 640" as a command line options. If everything fails try "-current" as a command line option.

Cannot find gfx.wad error message

There are several things that can cause this:

  1. You don't have C:\quake\id1\pak0.pak
  2. You have opened C:\quake\id1\pak0.pak in some program, i.e. Pak Explorer (hence you need to close that program)
  3. You have unzipped the ezquake package into the wrong directory (ezquake.exe and ezquake-gl.exe should be in C:\quake)
  4. You have created a shortcut with the wrong "Start in" directory

Cannot download flame0.mdl error message

You've downloaded some unofficial build which has been missing required files. (Unofficial builds doesn't come with this files.) Go get some official build and use it or place unofficial build over it's files then.

Cannot find WDIRxxF.dll error message

You need to download mgl_redist.zip and unzip it into your Quake root (C:\quake)

Can someone help me with something else?

Sure. Ask your question at ezQuake IRC channel or visit The Support page.

Made by fnu[Empezar] & JohnNy_cz

Last update: 13.09.2005 00:52 CET (GMT+01:00)