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Requirements

In order to play The Strogg War Alpha 3.1 properly you need Quake 3:Arena by id software, updated to version 1.29 or 1.30 AND The Strogg War Alpha 3.0. Any software-updates for Quake 3:Arena can be found at http://www.quake3arena.com.

Alpha 3.1 Upgrade from Alpha 3.0 (tsw_a30_a31_q3_130.zip) and (tsw_a31_media.zip)

To use this Upgrade you need TSW Alpha 3.0 and TSW has to be installed in the TSW-directory in your Quake3-directory.
Extract all files from tsw_a30_a31_q3_130.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_a31_vm.pk3
codetodo.txt
readme_a31.txt
tsw.bat
tsw.cfg
tsw_ta.bat

Extract all files from tsw_a31_media.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:

tsw_a31_bsp.pk3
tsw_a31_img.pk3
tsw_a31_md3.pk3
tsw_a31_media.pk3
readme_a31.txt

Finish Install

To make the current version run properly with Quake3, you need Quake 3 v1.30 or v1.29. Any earlier or later versions will prevent TSW to work correctly. If you have an earlier version than v1.29, 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 v1.30.

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.

The maps in tsw_q3_map1.zip (see below) require Quake 3:Team Arena, as they refer to a number of textures of TA. To make the maps work properly, you will have to load TSW from the commandline. Either by the use of tsw_ta.bat or with the following command:
quake3 +set fs_game tsw +set fs_basegame missionpack

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

Additional Packages

You can also download more maps for TSW.
To install these packages, extract the files (tsw_a31_map*.zip) with intact path-structure to your Quake3-directory.
IMPORTANT : When playing TSW on a server that has the "pure"-setting enabled, you may encounter connection-problems, depending on whether the server has these packages installed or not, so it is highly recommended for servers and clients to download the package!

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