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Re: "Invalid PK3 files".

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From: Caap Name
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:57
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"EvilBill[AGQx]" <evilbi...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Bryant Taylor" <ltay...@carolina.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:_N7N9.55845
> >
> > "Invalid PK3 files". that's what it says when I try to connect to
> alot of
> > the servers to play quake3....can someone tell me how to fix this?
> thanx
> > Bryant
> >
>
> You're probably trying to connect to "pure" servers - these are
> servers where you can only play, if you don't have any PK3's the
> server doesn't. Move any add-ons - maps, skins, etc - out of your
> baseq3 directory, just leave the pakX pk3's, and try it again. Also
> turn off autodownloading in your options, you might be getting files
> downloaded to you from one server, that another hasn't got.
>
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> * This .sig file is under construction. Please be patient.
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> E-mail: devlinwright @ tiscali .co .uk (remove spaces to e-mail)
> AIM: EvilBill1782
> MSN: dev...@agqx-imperium.fsnet.co.uk
>

Not had this problem and I play on many different servers. My baseq3 dir has
170+ pk3 files in it. Must be a damaged one in there somewhere

HTH

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