Getting OpenArena maps and mods
Maps
Included Maps
As of the latest OpenArena release (0.8.1 + 0.8.5 patch), the following maps are included in the game:
aggressor
am_galmevish
am_underworks
am_underworks2
blitzkrieg3
cbctf1
ce1m7
ctf_compromise
ctf_compromise
ctf_gate1
ctf_gate1
ctf_inyard
ctf_inyard
czest1dm
czest1tourney
czest2ctf
czest3ctf
delta
dm4ish
dm6ish
fan
hydronex
hydronex2
islandctf
islanddm
kaos
kaos2
oa_bases3
oa_bases3cl
oa_bases3plus3
oa_bases5
oa_bases7
oa_ctf2
oa_ctf2old
oa_ctf4ish
oa_dm1
oa_dm2
oa_dm3
oa_dm4
oa_dm5
oa_dm6
oa_dm7
oa_koth1
oa_koth2
oa_minia
oa_minia
oa_pvomit
oa_reptctf11
oa_rpg3dm2
oa_shine
oa_shouse
oa_spirit3
oasago2
ps37ctf
ps37ctf2
ps9ctf
pul1ctf
q3dm6ish
sleekgrinder
slimefac
suspended
wrackdm17
So, you can simply select the map from the game menu, or type /map MAPNAME command into console to play it.
Server Maps
Many OpenArena servers go through a list of popular maps, and clients connecting to these servers must either have matching pk3 files, or be able to download them before connecting. Luckily, most OpenArena server also set up a mechanism to enable automatic downloading of maps (and mods) only if client's autodownload setting is enabled. This is one of the easiest ways to get new maps - simply connect to the server and missing maps will be automatically downloaded before being played. Note that autodownload mechanism places pk3 files into the per-user game configuration location. On Windows, it's %APPDATA%\OpenArena\baseoa and on Linux it's ~/.openarena/baseoa.
External Sources
To get additional maps, consider visiting these sites:
- q3a.ath.cx - approximately 10,000 maps in a nicely organized, searchable database.
- lvlworld - lots of maps, feedback, preview videos, and overall a very nice user interface.
- tnlsoft - not as nice as the first two, but contains a good amount of maps nevertheless.
- duckpond - this server has a varying number of maps available for download.
To use these maps, download the pk3 file and place it in baseoa directory of your OpenArena installation. Note that there is one more place where map files can be placed - the per-user game configuration location. On Windows, it's %APPDATA%\OpenArena\baseoa and on Linux it's ~/.openarena/baseoa.
Mods
As of the latest OpenArena release (0.8.1 + 0.8.5 patch), only one mod is included with the game, namely, missionpack. To see what mods are known to work with OpenArena, visit the ModCompat page of OpenArena wiki. To install a mod, you will need to create a folder for it in your OpenArena installation location (same place where baseoa is located), and extract all (usually pk3) mod files to it. If you've done it correctly, you should be able to see and load the mod using in-game menu.
Personally, I am familiar with the following mods:
These mods are the ones most played and have been under constant development and improvement, as far as I know.
In addition, here are some of the lesser known mods that were made exclusively for OpenArena:
- oa++ (oaplusplus) by JessicaRa
- oanage by BillGates
In case any of the mod sites become unavailable, I try to keep the latest released version of each mod here. Note that the files there might not be the latest or stable version!
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