A little small update.
I have uploaded a reworked patch.

Here is the latest patch
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnRnGWN7nMe4iWqynzngjLC6Is6Y?e=owg8gP

Installation:
Just drag and drop the files in your quake3 folder. You will by default have the "Ultra fast version" aka Fast and ugly.

If the game for some reason decides not to start. Try another config file. Remember, if you try this, also delete the q3config.cfg file in your baseq3 folder.
The autoexec file writes to the q3config file.
The default autoexec config file is the fastest.

This patch is also modular. You can amongst other choose if you want compressed faster textures or Fast ultra low quality sounds.
In the Baseq3 folder and you will find different pak files. You will find the following files:
pak9 - map animations This file turns of all the moving stuff on the maps.
pak9 - sounds This file includes low quality faster sounds.
pak9 - texures This file includes compressed faster textures.
pak9 - GFX This file includes compressed explosion effects etc.

If you dont want compressed textures or sounds, or any of the stuff, just remove the pak files you want.
This Patch also includes @G3Virus (Patrik A) exe with SMP support , (this SMP support comes from a plugin dll file. Its not the same as R_smp "1").
"Low Quality Audio" support is also added into the game menu.

Different speed configs are also included
You can choose from "Super fast and super ugly" to fast and good looking.

This patch will most of the time Quadruple Quake3:s FPS count.

Thanks for doing this 😀

Playing with game configs is cool, especially if it can make a game more playable on AMD K6.
I want to get serious sam and return to castle wolfenstien run better.

Skalabala wrote on 2023-04-03, 18:10:

Playing with game configs is cool, especially if it can make a game more playable on AMD K6.
I want to get serious sam and return to castle wolfenstien run better.

You can use these configs on wolfenstein (and most other id3 engine games). But you need to delete the Quake3 specifik stuff like skins, and you probably want to have cg_drawGun at 1. If you google a bit you will find that wolfenstein has some newer cvars that also can increase performace. If I recall correct one of them was called "wolfparticles"

Skalabala wrote on 2023-04-03, 18:06:

Thanks for doing this 😀

Thanks!

Did anyone happen to record a quick video of Q3 optimized this way?

rasz_pl wrote on 2023-04-03, 23:14:

Did anyone happen to record a quick video of Q3 optimized this way?

The game would look something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdTj4rpaxm8&t=92s

Dont forget that you can make the game look almost like vanilla Quake with one of the config files,
but you cant do that in tandem with the pak9texture.pk3 file.

We have just started a new tweaking competition

Tweak Quake2 and win a 3DFX Voodoo2 3D accelerator card

I think I'll build a K6-III+ system with VIA MVP3 1MB L2 cache and Geforce 2 GTS (and maybe V2 SLI on side) and test how much I can get...

Edit:
Soyo 5EMA+
K6-III+/560 (5x112FSB)
GF2GTS
256MB RAM
WIN98SE, no sound, tightest bios settings, Detonator 8.05, without optional pak-files and quality.cfg
~130fps

Not bad from the ~43fps which I got without any tweaks.

Not bad! Not bad. I am getting around 130-140 isch. With the Quality cfg as well. But this is with sound on my k6-3+ 400@616mhz with my gf2 Ti

WIth the absolute fastest settings and fastest pak files/cfg I get 206 FPS.