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Started by Martin
Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:15
The Reckoning - install problem
Author: Martin
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:15
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:15
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Hi. I am running Quake 2 version 3.20 under Windows ME on an Athlon XP1800+. Ground Zero works, but when I try to run The Reckoning I get a dialog box message saying "FS_Read: zero bytes read." I have run the 3.20 update q2-3.20-x86-full-ctf.exe both before and after installing The Reckoning. I have also tried manually installing by dragging and dropping the contents of the SPLASH/DATA/ALL folder into the C:\QUAKE2\XATRIX folder. Maybe it doesn't like the 3.20 update being installed first? I have tried using both versions of the gamex86.dll file. It used to work on my old P2 with no problem: any ideas what I need to do to get it working? TIA, Martin.
Re: The Reckoning - install problem
Author: Margolis
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:27
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:27
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"Martin" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:c5j2m2$20pqo$1@ID-13022.news.uni-berlin.de... > Hi. > > I am running Quake 2 version 3.20 under Windows ME on an Athlon XP1800+. > > Ground Zero works, but when I try to run The Reckoning I get a dialog > box message saying "FS_Read: zero bytes read." > this is not a problem with 3.20, but there is a fix for it. http://www.fileplanet.com/files/120000/126688.shtml -- Margolis http://web.archive.org/web/20030215212142/http://www.agqx.org/faqs/AGQ2FAQ.htm http://www.agqx.org/faqs/AGQ3FAQ.htm http://www.agutng.org.uk/
Re: The Reckoning - install problem
Author: Martin
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:59
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:59
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"Margolis" <someone@somewhere.org> wrote in message news:107q8153bssjl90@corp.supernews.com... > this is not a problem with 3.20, but there is a fix for it. > http://www.fileplanet.com/files/120000/126688.shtml Thanks for your reply Margolis. Unfortunately that didn't work. Tempted to reinstall Q2 and install The Reckoning then do the 3.20 update, but I'm in the middle of Ground Zero and don't want to b*gger up my saved games... Cheers, Martin.
Re: The Reckoning - install problem
Author: Margolis
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:49
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:49
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"Martin" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:c5j8pu$2abnj$1@ID-13022.news.uni-berlin.de... > > Thanks for your reply Margolis. Unfortunately that didn't work. > > Tempted to reinstall Q2 and install The Reckoning then do the 3.20 > update, but I'm in the middle of Ground Zero and don't want to b*gger up > my saved games... > > Cheers, > Martin. > > If you have the harddrive space, you could have 2 seperate installs. Just copy your current game folder to another folder with a different name such as Ground zero and then just create the proper shortcut to start the game there. Then you could uninstall q2 and reinstall it again and then try the reckoning with that fresh install. I think q2 has to be patched to at least 3.15 before you install the reckoning though, I believe. Margolis http://web.archive.org/web/20030215212142/http://www.agqx.org/faqs/AGQ2FAQ.htm http://www.agqx.org/faqs/AGQ3FAQ.htm http://www.agutng.org.uk/
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