As promised, id Software has released new beta version 1.16h patches for Quake III Arena, this time covering Win32, Linux and Mac simultaneously. This release brings a number of new features, such as improved mod support, and several bug fixes. Here are local copies of the Win32 patch, the Linux patch, and the Mac patch, all with a couple of mirrors. Robert Duffy updated his .plan with the scoop:

The point release is now available on our ftp site. It is marked as a beta as there are a lot of functionality changes and we have a finite number of machines and scenarios we can test with. The included readme contains a lot of information, please review it. The release is available for all three platforms, Win32, Macintosh, and Linux.

If you encounter problems or bugs, please e-mail them to me at "raduffy@idsoftware.com"