The new release of Rocket Arena 3, the popular game type for Quake 3: Arena, finally includes support for the Mac OS version of Q3A by removing all dependencies on "dll" files. You may have tried a similar version of the mod for Unreal Tournament; if so you know how this mod works. In Rocket Arena, two players face off with all of the available weapons, armor, and ammo. It's then up to the best player to use his arsenal to defeat the other without tactics such as powerup hogging, respawn camping or running patterns.

Version 1.5 brings a host of other changes and fixes to Rocket Arena 3. Unfortunately, it also breaks compatibility with the previous version of the mod, so you'll need to wait until the servers upgrade to 1.5 as well before being able to play. Here are a few of the differences in the game:

5 new Multi-Arena maps (see them on the screenshots page)

Mac support for RA3 client

New "enemy_model" cvar to allow you to set the enemy team to a different model

Improved player spawning code

Callvote support for "map"

IP addresses/names of players logged for server admins

Vote spam protection

New stats commands for weapon accuracy

Major cheat-protection/bot prevention improvements

Integrated IRC chat client

MP3 player fixed under Q3 1.27

Demo recording fixed under Q3 1.27

Pure server support

Rocket Arena 3 Web Site

Download Rocket Arena 3 1.5 (78.3MB)

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