In DOS

C:> cd\quake

In Windows

- Open Windows Explorer.
- Double click on your Quake directory to move into it.
- Choose File -> New -> Folder, and give it a name to use later. Say, for instance "artifact".
- Move into your modem's download directory, and double click on the mod's ZIP file. This should open WinZIP or alternate ZIP decompressor. If you don't have one, you'll have to figure how to install one yourself.
- Extract the contents of the ZIP file into the "New Folder" you made in your Quake directory.
- Open Start -> Run... and run the command line "C:\Quake\WinQuake -game dirname", where "Quake" is the directory Quake is installed in, and "dirname" is the name of the "New Folder" you made previously. You can also say "Quake" or "GLQuake" instead of "WinQuake" to load whichever flavor of Quake you're trying to run.

In Macintosh OS's

Things to note...

- All our patches are distributed in ZIP files. These are compressed files commonly used on the Internet. If you don't know how to handle these, you should probably figure out soon.
- Quake mods come in various forms. Sometimes there's directory structures imbedded inside them, which can cause some confusion when trying to unzip. We don't do this, so don't worry about it if you're installing one of Griphis or my patches.
- Once unzipped, the patch itself is ususally in the form of a PAK0.PAK file and/or a PROGS.DAT file, plus sometimes miscellaneous extra files.
- Quake starts up with the standard "start" map always, but we never replace this in our patches. For patches that use maps (like Slide and QTank), you'll have to load the maps from the console. The console is brought down with the ~ key, or "tilde", and maps are loaded with "map levelname".
- I really don't know anything about setting up internet servers. Please don't ask. Sorry guys.