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by Darknyt
Wed May 04, 2005 10:10 pm
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Auto Map Installer - MASS UNZIP CORRUPTED Q3 INSTALL
Replies: 27
Views: 7942

Wasn't there a maximum number of maps or was that only for the ingame display? Yeah, there is - I usually got around it by using Eternal Arena or the like to display a higher number of maps. But I know it will take at least 3 or 4 times the number of maps I stuck in there when I broke the installat...
by Darknyt
Wed May 04, 2005 7:24 pm
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Auto Map Installer - MASS UNZIP CORRUPTED Q3 INSTALL
Replies: 27
Views: 7942

Unless there was a pak*.pk3 in there which overwrote the game's pak's. Or a map with badly formed media in it. Or a combination of 2 maps that happen not to play well together. In summary: Yes, it could have take out the install. No, there isn't a utility that we know of (it seems). Yes, one would ...
by Darknyt
Wed May 04, 2005 4:35 pm
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Auto Map Installer - MASS UNZIP CORRUPTED Q3 INSTALL
Replies: 27
Views: 7942

That UT2K4 installer app looks useful, though it just serves to conceal the fact that UT2K4's file structure is annoyingly stupid. But really, how much effort is it to simply drag and drop a .pk3 into your baseq3? I certainly don't know much about the file structures, but I know that having the ori...
by Darknyt
Wed May 04, 2005 4:15 pm
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Auto Map Installer - MASS UNZIP CORRUPTED Q3 INSTALL
Replies: 27
Views: 7942

You might also look for a program called ZipKiller. I used to use it a long time ago, so I'm not sure if it's still available, but it had lots of options for extracting tons of archives at once. That's a nice idea - thanks for the tip. I tried using Cool Blue's mass unzip idea above and guess what?...
by Darknyt
Wed May 04, 2005 3:16 am
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Auto Map Installer - MASS UNZIP CORRUPTED Q3 INSTALL
Replies: 27
Views: 7942

Have you tried highlighting all the files you wish to uncompress, then right clicking them and choosing 'Extract to...'? Winnar!!!1 Loosar! J/K - That's not a bad idea, but then I still have to go and sort through the base folder to remove all the crap that was in the zips besides the .pk3. And I s...
by Darknyt
Tue May 03, 2005 10:11 pm
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Auto Map Installer - MASS UNZIP CORRUPTED Q3 INSTALL
Replies: 27
Views: 7942

Oh I see. Why in the world are they all zipped up? I extract mine as soon as I download them and just delete the zip (if they're even in a zip). Quake3 pk3 files are just winzip files with a different extension - usually it doesn't help much to zip the pk3 files up, unless you're trying to get supe...
by Darknyt
Tue May 03, 2005 10:00 pm
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Auto Map Installer - MASS UNZIP CORRUPTED Q3 INSTALL
Replies: 27
Views: 7942

quake only requires you to place the .pk3 for the map in the baseq3 directory. It will work after that :icon14: No work involved, just copy the pk3's directly from the cd to the baseq3 directory and you're done. One of the many advantages of Q3 over Unreal. :p Thanks for the many quick replies, how...
by Darknyt
Tue May 03, 2005 9:37 pm
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Auto Map Installer - MASS UNZIP CORRUPTED Q3 INSTALL
Replies: 27
Views: 7942

Auto Map Installer - MASS UNZIP CORRUPTED Q3 INSTALL

I'm looking for a much needed utility that I have not been able to find - in UT2k3 and up, one can find a Map extractor that you can run and it will automatically install the various files of a custom map into their appropriate folder and can do so for dozens of maps at a time. Is there something li...