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On Aug 8, 9:35 pm, jamesdorringto...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi guys, I've downloaded a load of extra map files for Q3A. I unzipped
> the files to the following location
>
> C:\Program Files\Quake III Arena\baseq3
>
> ...which now contains the .PK3 files for the new maps, in addition to
> the old pak0 and q3config files. However, I'm stuggling to find how to
> actually get into the maps in the actual game. I've tried typing /map
> file.pk3 and /devmap file.pl3 into the console, but all I ever receive
> is an error message saying 'Can't find map maps/file.pk3'
>
> Can anyone offer assistance? Incase it matters, it's a relatively new
> laptop running Vista (which doesn't seem to have any other problems
> running Q3A.)
>
> TIA

Here are some things which could've gone wrong.
- make sure that the map files are .pk3 format. If the map is in
folder/zipped extract the map file and place it in baseq3 folder
- some maps are mod specific, they'll run only in the specific mod

There are 2 ways to load the map
- load from skirmish/multiplayer interface
- use /map <map name>, here the map name is not the map file name. To
find the map name, open the map pk3 file with winzip/winrar and read
the text file.

Hope this solves the problem

-eternal Optimist..