quick follow up just to say i got it sorted i messed round trying to update punkbuster but nothing seemed to help in the end (out of sheer desperation) i uninstalled and re-installed quake 3 updated it to the latest point release and its running perfect dont know how or why but im not complaining :)

yeah i was just amazed when this guy jumped out of a wall at me

up till that point i never knew there were any

any online guides to the secrets in quake 3?

ive only ever found one secret in quake 3 a secret room on oen of the levels

i onyl found that cos some camper jumped out of it when i ran past

thanks i will check that and do a search for anyone having punkbuster issues

thanks for the help

possibly a punkbuster issue

its de-activated by default isnt it? i dont think i switched it on

but i could be wrong

yes i did

i also made sure i was runnign the latest drivers for my graphics card

ok i havent palyed q3 for years i recently found my old cd of it and feeling kinda nostalgic i loaded it up and omg it runs like a heap of *$!&!?* i mean worse than it did many years ago on my old voodoo 2 card and (possibly) k62 processor i have an AMD 64 with a gig of DDR ram and a 256 meg gef...