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Requirements

In order to play The Strogg War Alpha 3.0 properly you need Quake 3:Arena by id software, updated to version 1.27. Any software-updates for Quake 3:Arena can be found at http://www.quake3arena.com.

Depending on the version you download you have to follow next steps.

Alpha 3.0 Full (tsw_full_a30_q3_127.zip)

If you have any older versions of TSW installed in your Quake3-directory, you should now delete the TSW-directory in your Quake3-directory. On how to do this, you should refer your OS-manual or online-help.
Assuming you have no TSW-directory in your Quake3-directory, extract all files from tsw_full_a30_q3_127.zip with intact path-structure directly into your Quake3-directory. To do this, you should use a tool that can read and extract ZIP-files.
After the extraction-process, you should see a new TSW-directory in your Quake3-directory. In this directory you should see the following files:

HELP -dir-

tsw_a20_bsp.pk3
tsw_a20_img.pk3
tsw_a20_md3.pk3
tsw_a20_vm.pk3
tsw_a20_wav.pk3

tsw_a21_vm.pk3
tsw_a21a_bsp.pk3
tsw_a21a_vm.pk3
tsw_a21b_vm.pk3

tsw_a30_bsp.pk3
tsw_a30_img.pk3
tsw_a30_md3.pk3
tsw_a30_vm.pk3

readme_a30.txt
description.txt
todo.txt
tsw.bat
tsw.cfg

Alpha 3.0 Upgrade from Alpha 2.1b (tsw_a21b_a30_q3_127.zip)

To use this Upgrade you need TSW Alpha 2.0 and the upgrades to TSW Alpha 2.1, 2.1a and 2.1b and TSW has to be installed in the TSW-directory in your Quake3-directory. This upgrade-series is required for full compatiblity to pure servers.
Extract all files from tsw_a21b_a30_q3_127.zip with intact path-structure directly into your Quake3-directory. To do this, you should use a tool that can read and extract ZIP-files.
After the extraction-process, you should see the following new files:

HELP -dir-

tsw_a30_bsp.pk3
tsw_a30_img.pk3
tsw_a30_md3.pk3
tsw_a30_vm.pk3

readme_a30.txt
description.txt
todo.txt
tsw.bat
tsw.cfg

Altogether you should have the same .pk3-files as listed above, under TSW Alpha 3.0 full!

Finish Install (any version)

To make the current version run properly with Quake3, you need Quake 3 v1.27. Any earlier or later versions will prevent TSW to work correctly. If you have an earlier version than v1.27, you should upgrade. The patch can be obtained from popular file-servers as 3ddownloads.com or fileplanet.com. If you have a later version, you have to downgrade by re-installing v1.27.

Now run Quake3.

Click the mods-button and select "The Strogg War".

Get the console down and type:

exec tsw.cfg

This will set the default TSW-specific key-bindings and settings for you.

Please refer your Quake3-manual and the Quake3-onlinehelp for more informations about this.

Additional Packages

You can also download a voice-package for TSW. This package will allow your units to audio-feedback about the orders they get.
To install this package, extract the file (tsw_a30_voice_q3_127.zip) with intact path-structure to your Quake3-directory. You should see then this file your TSW-directory:

tsw_a30_wav.pk3
readme_a30voice.txt

IMPORTANT : When playing TSW on a server that has the "pure"-setting enabled, you may encounter connection-problems, depending on whether the server has the voice package installed or not, so it is highly recommended for servers and clients to download the package!

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