It is an open source multiplayer first-person shooter. It uses the id Tech 3 engine source code (which is released under the GNU General Public License v2), and fills in the blank with all new media to make a playable game.

  • It's not a 'scavenge the internet for stuff' compilation project, the only things scavenged are some maps, which are OKAY because their source was released under the GPL.
  • Everything is strictly open source so they can be improved forever (and ever). 
  • The additional "Missionpack" game types and weapons are merged into the base, so you get to lay the mines in overload maps. 
  • There's more game types than the base game, like Domination, Last Man Standing, and what not. ("What not" does not refer to a gametype of that name - Ed)
  • Uses ioq3 for various feature additions, but it is not ioq3 dependent; it's also intended to be vanilla compatible. (The only thing that won't work is ogg music) 
  • The art direction is different and not strictly 'gothic'. There's more of a eastern slant than the usual 'put skulls n' blood all over it's cool' you find in most games. 
  • It's not next-gen, and computer compatibility range is wide enough to run on that dusty Pentium II in your attic. 
  • There are bots, perfect for when you're stranded on an island. 
  • There's also people playing it on the internet.
  • It is Free Software, so there's no guilt in downloading it and redistributing it.

OpenArena is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 - data and engine. Anyone can contribute to it, if it complies with the GNU GPL.

WARNING: OpenArena contains Mature Content. I'm serious. If you don't like shooting the bloody guts and beating hearts out of voluptuous barely modest combatants then don't play it, or play without the mature pk3 file and use com_blood 0/cg_showGibs 0 (but be aware that pure servers may not agree with this).

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2 comments by noChance79 on Apr 18th, 2012

After a short delay of only several month finally the 0.8.8 release of OpenArena arrived at Desura.
Go give it a glance and maybe set up a dedicated server to celebrate this memorable event ;-)

The 0.8.8 release features a new character model called Neko and a bunch of either reworked or completely new maps for offline single player or online multiplayer games.

Next time a new version is released, it will doubtlessly arrive a little earlier over here.

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sRGB CC BY SA

sRGB CC BY SA

Mar 11, 2013 Multiplayer Map 0 comments

This is a copy of sRGB map but under CC BY SA license.

Legocurse revision 1.2 CC BY SA

Legocurse revision 1.2 CC BY SA

Mar 11, 2013 Multiplayer Map 0 comments

This map is a copy of legocurse but under CC BY SA license.

Legodeck revision 2 CC BY SA

Legodeck revision 2 CC BY SA

Mar 11, 2013 Multiplayer Map 0 comments

This map is a copy of legodeck but under CC BY SA license.

Legocurse revision 1.2 gplv2

Legocurse revision 1.2 gplv2

Feb 16, 2013 Multiplayer Map 0 comments

This map is based on dm-curse for UT. I made this years ago and now I'm releasing an updated version under GPLv2.

Legodeck revision 2 gplv2

Legodeck revision 2 gplv2

Feb 3, 2013 Multiplayer Map 0 comments

This is the deck16 map from UT1, lego texture style. It has a different layout, with many changes to the original map. This map is an update to the original...

sRGB Color wheel

sRGB Color wheel

Jan 29, 2013 Multiplayer Map 0 comments

This map is the RGB color wheel, literally. 3 weapons and 3 levels.

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General_Dingo
General_Dingo Sep 25 2010, 5:01am says:

What I want to know is why am I finding characters like Obs and Cooldude who have their skins and shaders but without icons? I had to waste a whole two minutes making them icons so I didn't have to use the consol to select them. Why?

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Neon_Knight
Neon_Knight Dec 1 2010, 7:18pm replied:

Where did you find those models?

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General_Dingo
General_Dingo Jan 15 2011, 10:26pm replied:

They were all there inside the PK3s of I think it was 0.8.1. They just didn't have icons so you could only select them via console.

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General_Dingo
General_Dingo Sep 24 2010, 5:54am says:

I made a heap of skins for Arachna, Liz and Skelebot, but I lost most of them. :(

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thewonderboy
thewonderboy Aug 13 2010, 2:12am says:

Hey i though how i could make this more quake 3 like so i started with few modifications which are like quake 3 skins but better... So i try these skins and custom ammo boxes but they are bugged and not showing properly?

Mod for this which changes gameplay look like quake 3 would be kickass

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leilei
leilei Apr 12 2010, 10:52pm says:

also in a shared environment, you can SHOVE IT UP YOUR ~/.openarena/baseoa

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Neon_Knight
Neon_Knight Apr 3 2010, 10:25am says:

You should put the pk3 file inside of the baseoa folder. I should pack a newer version without the included maps, anyway.

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Pinkis007
Pinkis007 Apr 3 2010, 5:40am says:

Where put mappack? i copy all files to directory but maps wont work

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Pinkis007
Pinkis007 Apr 3 2010, 5:29am says:

Pretty cool Q3 remake. nice work

+2 votes     reply to comment
General_Dingo
General_Dingo Sep 27 2010, 1:27am replied:

Hungry Nandos hasn't even played the game.

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I love finally see OpenArena on Desura!

It's a great game, maybe the best shooter Q3 based.

Great job devs :)

Dec 12 2011, 7:52pm by waltercool

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