Quake III Arena Hints & Cheats

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Quake III Arena Cheat Codes

Third Person View
With cheats enabled press ~ to bring up the cheat console, then enter the following code:
Cheat Effect
/cg_thirdperson 1 Third Person View

Cheat	Effect
/cg_thirdperson 1	Third Person View

The Give Cheat

The give cheat has many uses, and can get you any item in the game. These are some useful codes, but there are more for you to find. In order to use this code, you must activate sv_cheats and use a devmap.

Cheat	Effect
/give ammo	Gives 999 of all ammo.
/give rockets	Gives you a pack of rockets, replace with ammo of your choice.
/give quad damage	Gives Quad Damage. Use again to lengthen time.
/give battle suit	Gives Battle Suit. Use again to lengthen time.
/give haste	Gives Haste. Use again to lengthen time.
/give flight	Gives Flight. Use again to lengthen time.
/give regeneration	Gives Regeneration. Use again to lengthen time.
/give invisibility	Gives Invisibility. Use again to lengthen time.
/give personal teleporter	Gives Personal Teleporter.
/give medkit	Gives a medkit.
/give health	Refills health.
/give mega health	Gives Mega Health.
/give 50 health	Gives 50 health pack.
/give 25 health	Gives 25 health pack
/give armor	Refills armor
/give heavy armor	Gives Heavy Armor
/give grappling hook	Gives grappling hook, which doesn't come with /give all.
/give weapons	Gives all weapons except grappling hook.
/give rocket launcher	Gives you a rocket launcher, replace with weapon of your choice.
/give all	Gives all weapons (except grappling hook) and full ammo, health, and armor.

Mess with the bots in SP

Start up a SP game on any Tier and any map. You should then go into the console by using the tilde key. ~ or `. This works because Q3 treats SP games as a listen server.

Cheat	Effect
/kick botname	This kicks off a bot from the game.
/addbot botname	You can add in any bot.
/timelimit or /fraglimit	You can change the preset limit in SP games to a shorter (or longer) amount of frags.

Cheat Codes
With cheats enabled press ~ to bring up the cheat console, then enter the following:
Cheat Effect
/cg_thirdpersonrange <320-500> Change view range
/cg_thirdpersonangle <-360-360> Change view angle
/g_gravity <>0-800 Change gravity
/model sarge/krusade Hidden Sarge skin

Cheat	Effect
/cg_thirdpersonrange <320-500>	Change view range
/cg_thirdpersonangle <-360-360>	Change view angle
/g_gravity <>0-800	Change gravity
/model sarge/krusade	Hidden Sarge skin

Quake III Arena Secrets

DopeFish
The dopefish is back (and a lot different looking too).
Go to Q3DM11 (death match level 11), and find the shotgun infront of the teleporter. Face the teleporter then turn around 180 degrees, now walk up to the wall, and suprise, it's DopeFish!
Cheat Mode
To be able to use codes in single-player mode, in the console, type: /sv_cheats 1, then, /devmap<name of map>.
Ex. q3dm11 for cheats enabled for that level.
Then, the level will load with cheats enabled.

Here are some cheats you can put in to the console after you have cheats enabled:

All skills unlocked at level 1: iamacheater

All skills unlocked at level 100: iamamonkey

God mode: /god

No clip (walk through walls): /noclip

Give all: /give all

Note on all weapons: The grenade launcher and BFG 10K weapons are unlocked by this code, but the graphics are incomplete. It will appear that your character in to holding any weapon when they are selected.
Change the head of your model.
To change the head of your character, in the console, type this: /headmodel <character name>.

Ex. /headmodel sarge/red

Hope you can have fun with this little code.
Change Map In Game
Type ''/Map '' followed by a map name (eg ''/Map Q3DM6'') to change the arena during play.
Unlock all FMV Sequences
Begin a game with the quake3.exe +seta g_spVideos "\tier1\1\tier2\2\tier3\3\tier4\4\tier5\5\tier6\6\tier7\7\tier8\8" command line.

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type	Name	File Size
Other	Weapons FAQ by Dark Vortex	19K
FAQ	FAQ by Ssbm Smash Master	53K
FAQ	FAQ by DC	50K
FAQ	FAQ by Delta	78K
Other	DC vs. PC Netplay Guide by DooMer and Problem*69	10K
FAQ	FAQ by SilverStream	70K

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MAC Hints & Cheats

Quake III Arena Cheat Codes

Cheat Codes

Open the console and enter /devmap <map name> to warp to that level with cheats enabled. Then enter any of these codes in the console to enable the cheat:

Cheat	Effect
[Tab] key	View console commands
map <map name>	Warp to level
/cg_thirdperson <1 or 0>	Toggle 3rd person view
seta cg_autoswitch <1 or 0>	Toggle automatic weapons
/fraglimit <# between 0 - 500>	Set frag limit
/give flight	Able to fly
/give quad damage	Quad damage
/give invisibility	Invisible to enemies
/give all	All weapons and ammo

Quake III Arena Secrets

Get god mode and enable cheats
While in a game, pull down the console and type /god to get god mode. This is only after you select a map in the console and type /devmap mapname. This will allow you to use cheats for that level.

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type	Name	File Size
Other	Weapons FAQ by Dark Vortex	19K
FAQ	FAQ by DC	50K
FAQ	FAQ by SilverStream	70K

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DC Hints & Cheats

Quake III Arena Cheat Codes

Console Codes: Require Dreamcast keyboard and Dreamcast mouse

Cheat	Effect
;set timelimit<number>	Set time limit in minutes
;set capturelimit<number>	Set Capture the Flag limit
ell_target	Send message to player that is targeted
say_team	Send message to your team in team modes
god	God mode
oclip	Walk through walls
otarget	Enemies will not attack
;set fraglimit<number>	Set frag limit
ell_attacker	Send message to player attacking you
say<1-4>	Send message to indicated player
say	Send message to all players
who	Display player list
help	Display console commands
clear	Clear console line
;set crosshair<1-25>	Set new crosshair
;map dc_map<01-24>	Select map
cl_cheats 31	Enable all start menu cheats

Quake III Arena Unlockables

Cheats
How to Unlock Unlockable
Beat the maze mini-game on various difficulty levels (1 cheat per level) Cheat menu cheats
Beat the game on any difficulty Maze mini-game

How to Unlock	Unlockable
Beat the maze mini-game on various difficulty levels (1 cheat per level)	Cheat menu cheats
Beat the game on any difficulty	Maze mini-game

Quake III Arena Secrets

Hidden Music
Turn on the Dreamcast without a disc. At the Dreamcast main menu, choose Music to access the CD Player. Insert the game disc and close the lid. If done correctly, an image of the game disc will appear. Tracks 4 through 19 are music from the game

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type	Name	File Size
Other	Weapons FAQ by Dark Vortex	19K
Other	VMU Level 3 Map by RCarvallo	15K
Other	VMU Level 5 Map by RCarvallo	18K
Other	VMU Level 1 Map by RCarvallo	5K
Other	VMU Level 4 Map by RCarvallo	17K
Other	VMU Level 2 Map by RCarvallo	5K
Other	Console Commands FAQ by SmuvMoney	68K
Other	Broadband Adapter FAQ by JHurtado	22K
FAQ	FAQ by DC	50K
Other	Console Commands List by EO`Bert	1K
FAQ	FAQ by Delta	78K
Other	DC vs. PC Netplay Guide by DooMer and Problem*69	10K
Other	Network Play Guide by AO`Grady	53K
FAQ	FAQ by SilverStream	70K

Hints & FAQs provided courtesy of GameFAQs.

Review Scores

Platform	GameSpot	Metacritic / User Score
PC Review this game	9.2	- - 8.8
MAC Review this game	- -	- - 8.1
DC Review this game	9.4	93 8.7

Game Info

PC Release Info
- Release Date: Dec 2, 1999 (US)
- ESRB: M
  Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older.
MAC Release Info
- Release Date: 2000 (US)
- ESRB: M
  Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older.
DC Release Info
- Release Date: Oct 22, 2000 (US)
- ESRB: M
  Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older.