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Re: Max maps or paks?

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From: sittingduck
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:26
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Todd wrote:

> So I've downloaded over 800 deathmatch maps for Quake 3, and extracted
> all the pk3s to a single folder.  There's that many pk3's anyway.
> Some files appear to be textures, weapons, or bots.  How many pk3
> files can Quake 3 handle at one time?

Never extract the pk3 files. They need to be left intact.
I wouldn't put anywhere near that many into my baseq3 folder all at once. 
Maybe 50 at a time.

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From: sittingduck <duck@spamherelots.com>
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