Quake III Arena

1) Go to \baseq3.

For Quake 3 Arena purchased via Steam, the correct config file should be:
Steam\SteamApps\common\quake 3 arena\baseq3\q3config.cfg (for Quake 3 Arena)
Steam\SteamApps\common\quake 3 arena\missionpack\q3config.cfg (for Quake 3 Team Arena)

For Quake 3 Arena purchased via store media, the correct config file should be:
C:\Program Files\Quake 3 Arena\baseq3\q3config.cfg (for Quake 3 Arena)
C:\Program Files\Quake 3 Arena\missionpack\q3config.cfg (for Quake 3 Team Arena)

Edit q3config.cfg (preferably with textpad) and edit these lines:

seta r_mode "x"
Set this to -1.

seta r_customwidth "xxxx"
seta r_customheight "xxx"
Set this to your favorite widescreen resolution.

seta cg_fov "90"
Set this according to your preference. I recommend 100 for 16:10 resolutions and 105 for 16:9 resolutions.

2) Other tip is you may create an autoexec.cfg file on each subdirectory [baseq3 and missionpack] and put those lines of above on it, because Quake 3 may reset the q3config.cfg if you change something via game menu.

3) Quake 3 Resolution Changer

4) For the game purchased via store media, a corrupted compatibility with the FMVs from resolution that not are 4:3 make Quake 3 don't display the FMV videos, only show a black screen with the sounds from the FMVs video. These problem are fixed on ioquake available on ioquake 3