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Topic: Quake Live config to Quake 3 Arena

Sleight
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Posted: 11-14-2011 07:10 AM

Heya everybody,

I've got a nice config on QL which I want to put into Q3A.
Copying and pasting it in the Q3A config works well, but it won't save. So I can play with that config until I quit, then the next time everything will be reset. Also tried putting it in autoexec, same result.
Anybody who can help me with this?

Sleight

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Eraser
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Posted: 11-14-2011 07:21 AM

Is your q3config.cfg set to read only by any chance? You can check this by right clicking the file in windows explorer (or it's called "my computer" these days I think) and select "properties" from the context menu. If there checkbox in front of "read-only" is checked, remove the check mark and click Ok.

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Sleight
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Posted: 11-14-2011 07:30 AM

Nah it's not...
Also tried making a new file (name.cfg), put my stuff in that, make it read only, and open that ingame. Also makes all saved stuff go away every time...

They say it might be something with playing from CD.
My CD is loaded otherwise it won't work, but I do play it from the computer directory, not the CD directory. But it might sort of auto link to that?

I also tried downloading a Q3 config edit program, set all setting to about what I used to have (so there will be no more weird QL commands that Q3 doesn't recognise and stuff) but the same thing happened.

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Sleight
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Posted: 11-14-2011 07:35 AM

Hmm I see a problem...
When I use name.cfg to load my config, it automatically puts it in q3config.cfg.
Must be that then.
I'll try take out most of the unused commands and see whether it works better...

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Posted: 11-14-2011 08:53 AM

There are one of two things you can do:

Create a custom myq3config.cfg and load it at startup using a shortcut to Q3.exe with +exec myq3config.cfg

-or-

Edit your default q3config.cfg as you like, save, then mark it as read-only.

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Sleight
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Posted: 11-14-2011 10:08 AM

obsidian wrote:
Create a custom myq3config.cfg and load it at startup using a shortcut to Q3.exe with +exec myq3config.cfg

That's what I tried with the QL config, but that's where it didn't save anymore. It does save with less complex configs so I guess there must be something in the QL config that making Q3 bug.

obsidian wrote:
Edit your default q3config.cfg as you like, save, then mark it as read-only.

I tried this, but the result is that my progress still isn't being saved :P
It would be good for online playing I think though.

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dghost77
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Posted: 11-14-2011 05:42 PM

You could try this :

put your custom config in a cfg file, create an autoexec.cfg file containing :

Quote:
unbindall
exec yourcustomfile.cfg

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Posted: 11-15-2011 12:50 AM

Sleight wrote:
They say it might be something with playing from CD.
My CD is loaded otherwise it won't work, but I do play it from the computer directory, not the CD directory. But it might sort of auto link to that?

Sounds to me like you're running a very old version of Quake 3. Not sure if that could be the cause of your problem, but before we continue, make sure you've installed the 1.32 point release update.

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Hmm I see a problem...When I use name.cfg to load my config, it automatically puts it in q3config.cfg.Must be that then.I'll try take out most of the unused commands and see whether it works better...

There are one of two things you can do:Create a custom myq3config.cfg and load it at startup using a shortcut to Q3.exe with +exec myq3config.cfg-or-Edit your default q3config.cfg as you like, save, then mark it as read-only.

You could try this : put your custom config in a cfg file, create an autoexec.cfg file containing : Quote:unbindallexec yourcustomfile.cfg

Hmm I see a problem...
When I use name.cfg to load my config, it automatically puts it in q3config.cfg.
Must be that then.
I'll try take out most of the unused commands and see whether it works better...

There are one of two things you can do:

Create a custom myq3config.cfg and load it at startup using a shortcut to Q3.exe with +exec myq3config.cfg

-or-

Edit your default q3config.cfg as you like, save, then mark it as read-only.

You could try this :

put your custom config in a cfg file, create an autoexec.cfg file containing :

Quote:
unbindall
exec yourcustomfile.cfg