q3apd uses activity in QuakeIII as control data for the realtime audio synthesis environment Pure Data. we have developed a small set of modules that once installed into the appropriate directory, pipe bot and player location, view angle, weapon state and local texture over a network to Pure Data, which is listening on a given port. once this very rich control data is available in PD, it can then be used to synthesise audio, or whatever. the images below are from a map "gaerwn" that delire put together as a performance environment for q3apd. features in the map like it's dimensions, bounce pads and the placement of textures all make it a dynamic environment for jamming with q3apd. of course any map can be used.
to use q3apd first grab the latest Quake III point release. we used version 1.32. make a directory called 'pd' in /usr/local/games/quake3/, or wherever quake3 is installed on your system [this is the default install path on a Debian system]. then, cd into this new directory and unzip this package of modules ensure that this machine is on the same network as the box with PD on it. run the q3apd.pd (from the above archive) in PD on this machine [ping it to be sure]. in the terminal, exec Quake III with:
yourbox:~$ quake3 +set sv_pure 0 +set fs_game pd +devmap (yourmap)
once the map is loaded pull down the console in q3a with the '~' key and type:
/set fudi_hostname localhost/set fudi_port 6662
/set fudi_open 1
'netsend', an object used in PD and MaxMSP systems to send UDP data over a network, is is now broadcasting. at this stage you should see plenty of activity in the pd patch on the PD machine. enjoy!
- system req's -machine #1 --> Linux / Acellerated Graphics Card / Quake III Arena / ethernet adapter or modem
machine #2 --> any machine with an ethernet card or modem running Pure Data
