Re: Couldn't load /pics/colormap.pcx when running Quake II

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From: sonic...
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 14:38

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On Thursday, 17 June 1999 08:00:00 UTC+1, Pierre Roussin  wrote:
> Hi,
>     I downloaded the full 3.20 version of Quake 2 from planet Quake and when
> I run
>     quake I get the following message: could't load /pics/colormap.pcx.
> 
>     What am I missing here ?
> 
>     Thanks Quakers.
> 
> --
> Pierre Roussin
> Conseiller en systèmes d'information
> Nomade NXT Technologies
> nomad...@videotron.ca

my colormap.pcx is greyscale for some reason!
Im making a map with radiant, and used the quake root for the engine folder, when testing maps ive seen colored lights dont work...now the texture thumbnails are greyscale too.  WHY!

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