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Nov 17, 2002, 07:30 PM
 
How do I make quake 3 automatically load Urban Terror 2.6 at startup? I hate having to click on mods and then load the mod...just want to start Q3 and go into UT! Thanks!
     
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Nov 17, 2002, 09:07 PM
 
Is it really that painful? Unless you can construct an application that opens /mod ut (or whatever the folder's named), you still need to open it through Q3.
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Nov 18, 2002, 12:18 PM
 
With OSX, you can make a script that does it and name it "urbanterror.command" and when you double-click it, it will run the app from the command-line with all the command-line params. Just create a text file like this in the Quake folder:

Code:
#!/bin/sh # change to the quake directory cd `dirname $0` # start the app ./Quake3.app/Contents/MacOS/Quake3 +set fs_game q3f2
That is my script for starting Quake 3 Fortress. Substitute your game name for q3f2 and you're set. Double-click to run.
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Nov 18, 2002, 03:35 PM
 
I find the .command method messy since it launches a Terminal window. So I use AppleScript:

Code:
ignoring application responses do shell script "/Path/To/Quake3.app/Contents/MacOS/Quake3 +set fs_game missionpack" end ignoring
Save as an application, and you've got a double-clickable icon that'll launch Q3 with your parameters and then get out of the way. (Requires 10.1.2 or newer.)
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