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4 total messages Started by Todd Thu, 14 May 2009 19:49

#287208

Author: Todd
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 19:49

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I downloaded a bunch of maps from FileFront.  I put all the pk3 files
that start with "a" in the baseq3 folder.  I made copies and renamed
the copies to zip, then made a list of the bsp files in the pk3 files.

One of the maps is named a_maze_ing.  That's the name of the pk3, and
the name of the bsp.  When I try to load the map with the /devmap
command, Q3 says it can't find the map.

Any ideas on why this is?

Re: q3 can't find map...

#287209

Author: sittingduck
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 21:05

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Todd wrote:

> I downloaded a bunch of maps from FileFront.  I put all the pk3 files
> that start with "a" in the baseq3 folder.  I made copies and renamed
> the copies to zip, then made a list of the bsp files in the pk3 files.
> 
> One of the maps is named a_maze_ing.  That's the name of the pk3, and
> the name of the bsp.  When I try to load the map with the /devmap
> command, Q3 says it can't find the map.
> 
> Any ideas on why this is?

Is that the only map that fails? 
If the other maps are ok, it's possible that one map is corrupt. Try 
downloading it from someplace else, maybe.



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Re: q3 can't find map...

#287210

Author: Todd
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 09:29

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I wrote:

>> I downloaded a bunch of maps from FileFront.  I put all the pk3 files
>> that start with "a" in the baseq3 folder.  I made copies and renamed
>> the copies to zip, then made a list of the bsp files in the pk3 files.
>> 
>> One of the maps is named a_maze_ing.  That's the name of the pk3, and
>> the name of the bsp.  When I try to load the map with the /devmap
>> command, Q3 says it can't find the map.
>> 
>> Any ideas on why this is?

sittingduck <duck@spamherelots.com> wrote:

>Is that the only map that fails? 
>If the other maps are ok, it's possible that one map is corrupt. Try 
>downloading it from someplace else, maybe.

Wouldn't a corrupt .bsp give me a different error than a can't find
file?  The pk3 seems to be fine, as I was able to extract the .bsp
file when I renamed the pk3 to zip.  (There's nothing like the send to
clipboard as name Win95 powertool.  14 years later, and I'm still
using it.)

Could the pk3 file be compressed?  How would I go about uncompressing
it?  I have PowerDesk, but it doesn't seem to have any command like
this.  (Doesn't display subfolders either.)

Re: q3 can't find map...

#287211

Author: sittingduck
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 16:54

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Todd wrote:

> Could the pk3 file be compressed?  How would I go about uncompressing
> it?  I have PowerDesk, but it doesn't seem to have any command like
> this.  (Doesn't display subfolders either.)

Winrar will open .pk3 files

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