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DO NOT START WFA UNTIL YOU READ THIS PAGE!

Weapons Factory Arena has changed the way the engine files are distributed. The files are now married into one single PK3. It it strongly recommended that you backup your current WFA directory (if you are upgrading from a previous version) and install WFA 3.5 into a fresh (empty) WFA directory. If you fail to do this, WFA will not work. At all. Period. If you have maps and/or config files you would like to keep, then by all means do so. We recommend overwriting your old maps with the newer ones in this distribution, however. The maps included in this distribution have enhancements and fixes that past maps do not have. If you experience problems, we suggest only keeping the maps proven to work with the 3.5 distribution, in the two map packs for 3.5 We also recommend reading the changelog included within this distribution.

There are three help files that ALL WFA players need to be familiar with:

This file, readme-client.html.
The server help file, readme-server.html.
And most importantly, the Online WFA Handbook. (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED).

Regardless, make sure you read this file! These instructions are VERY short, and extremely important! First and foremost, if you have any troubles installing or running WFA, go to the WFA website, http://www.planetquake.com/weaponsfactory/quake3/ and head for the WFA forums! Plenty of people are waiting to help you out.

Nearly all of WFA's new features are accessible in the game through 5 menus. Here are the commands that trigger these menus. These commands will get you started, but every WFA player needs to make a trip to the Online WFA Handbook, and use the configurators located in each class's section. They build great cfg files for every class in WFA, customized to your preferences.

COMMANDS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

MENU | COMMAND
Team Menu | /teammenu
Class Menu | /classmenu
Special Menu | /specialmenu
Radio Menu | /radiomenu
Help Menu | /helpmenu

A few important commands aren't accessible through these menus. They are:

COMMANDS NOT IN THE MENUS

DESCRIPTION | COMMAND
Alternate Fire | +button3
Offhand Grapple | +button5
Jetboots (for Recon only) | +button6

The quickest way to get into a WFA game is to go to Start->Programs->Weapons Factory Arena->Play WFA. Once you're at the main Q3 menu, go to the Multiplayer menu, make sure you're searching for Internet games, and you should get a nice long list of WFA servers to play on. However, any serious Quake player uses Gamespy or All-Seeing Eye to locate games. Gamespy is available at www.gamespy.com, and there is a Gamespy .qst file in the wfa subdirectory of your Quake III Arena directory that will configure your Gamespy to seek out WFA servers. All-Seeing Eye is available at All-Seeing Eye and it has a built-in WFA filter for it.

Other important links:

WFA Main Page - starting point for all things related to Weapons Factory Arena. Go here to report bugs, get help, and download new additions to WFA.
WFA.US - WFA Community Site
WFAMAPS.Com - WFA Maps Site
WFA Official Forums - chat with other members of the WFA community.
The Official WFA IRC Channel is #WFA on irc.enterthegame.com.

ENJOY THE GAME!