Q3 problem

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5 total messages Started by Steve Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:15

#285535

Author: Steve
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:15

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Hi all,
Just started getting a Q3 problem I never had before.  After a couple of 
minutes of online play, the game quits and the following message comes up.

Couldn't open c:\Quake III Arena\baseq3\pak0.pk3

Anybody know what's wrong and waht should be done?
TIA

Re: Q3 problem

#285536

Author: sittingduck
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 02:14

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Steve wrote:

> Hi all,
> Just started getting a Q3 problem I never had before.  After a couple of 
> minutes of online play, the game quits and the following message comes up.
> 
> Couldn't open c:\Quake III Arena\baseq3\pak0.pk3
> 
> Anybody know what's wrong and waht should be done?
> TIA 

Is that file where it should be?
Try re-installing and applying the 1.32 point release again?
Have you messed around in the baseq3 folder recently?

Re: Q3 problem

#285537

Author: supersonic
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 02:32

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- you might not have the map in your map folder to play the map the game is 
playing in ( this happens most of the time because of the amount of 
different maps q3 has )
- you might have not placed you map file in the correct q3 map folder
"sittingduck" <spam.no.sitting-duck@spamgourmet.com> a écrit dans le message 
de news: Xns9692C3AF9CB97duckrulestheuniverse@news.easynews.com...
> Steve wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Just started getting a Q3 problem I never had before.  After a couple of
>> minutes of online play, the game quits and the following message comes 
>> up.
>>
>> Couldn't open c:\Quake III Arena\baseq3\pak0.pk3
>>
>> Anybody know what's wrong and waht should be done?
>> TIA
>
> Is that file where it should be?
> Try re-installing and applying the 1.32 point release again?
> Have you messed around in the baseq3 folder recently?

Re: Q3 problem

#285539

Author: Miss Understanding
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 05:42

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"sittingduck" <spam.no.sitting-duck@spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9692C3AF9CB97duckrulestheuniverse@news.easynews.com...
> Steve wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > Just started getting a Q3 problem I never had before.  After a couple of
> > minutes of online play, the game quits and the following message comes
up.
> >
> > Couldn't open c:\Quake III Arena\baseq3\pak0.pk3
> >
> > Anybody know what's wrong and waht should be done?
> > TIA
>
> Is that file where it should be?
> Try re-installing and applying the 1.32 point release again?
> Have you messed around in the baseq3 folder recently?

I agree - reinstall (it takes 3 minutes!) - replace the 1.32 ppoint release
and make sure you have enabled 'Automatic Downloading' in the game options -
it was always a sticking point with me..   8-)

-- 
M

Blessed are the geek, for they shall inherit the Earth.

Re: Q3 problem

#285538

Author: sittingduck
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:03

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supersonic wrote:

> - you might not have the map in your map folder to play the map the game
> is playing in ( this happens most of the time because of the amount of 
> different maps q3 has )
> 

pak0.pk3 is the main file for quake. It has all the stock maps, bots, etc.

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