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Post by **Zyte** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:29 pm

When i connect to osp servers, i get kicked back to the menu lately. This happens with osp servers, but not all, since i can still play on reerfsurfers which runs osp too.

The condump gives a mix of: .dll load failure, wrong game folder, restricted demo mode and files not on the pure list :icon32: I have no idea what causes it.

Anyways, here's the condump

Post by **Duhard** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:34 pm

C:\GAMES\Quake III Arena\baseq3\6++.pk3 (9 files)
C:\GAMES\Quake III Arena/baseq3

Do you have two baseq3 folders?!
Seems like you have two different paths to the folder.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:52 pm

Running in restricted demo mode.

That's the cause. Are the pak[0-8].pk3 files in your baseq3/ directory and do they have the right permissions (i.e. are they readable by quake3.exe)?

Post by **Zyte** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:00 pm

They indeed are in the baseq3 folder. I checked each pak and they are all readable.

Post by **Cooldown** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:41 pm

Try the following:

- Reinstall the game to the default folder, regardless of which folder it is in now.

1) From the Control Panel select Add/Remove Programs.
2) Select Quake III Arena from the list, then remove.
3) Use My Computer to locate the Quake III directory. By default this is C:\Program Files\Quake III Arena.
4) Delete this folder.
5) Reinstall the game into the default folder using the maximum install option.

- Download and install the latest Point Release 1.32

Post by **Zyte** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:55 pm

ehm.. is there a less destructive way?

Misantropia, if you are certain it is about the pak1-8.pk3 files in baseq3/, and not about any of the mod files, wouldnt it be better to replace the existing pak files with older ones from a backup cd, so i can keep my osp - and other mod's - settings intact?

Post by **axbaby** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:48 pm

http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10704

my problem was a corrupt pak0.pk3

Foo wrote:There's a problem with your pak0.pk3 file ax. Might have become slightly corrupted, might have had a file added (virus? Just a guess), but whatever it causing it, it looks like the file is failing a hash check.

Download this file:
http://digestit.kennethballard.com/download.html (install, then right-click on pak0.pk3 and choose 'hash')
The MD5 of the file should be:
1197ca3df1e65f3c380f8abc10ca43bf

Post by **Zyte** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:07 pm

thanks ax! Ill try it tomorrow, hope i'll be able to rumble again :]

I have no idea wth should have caused this though, i never edit/rename/delete or whatsoever with the paks, and i dont use custom models or skinds of any kind. Also im pretty sure my pc is clean. buh.

Post by **Duhard** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:13 pm

I had a similar problem with osp a few times..seems to happen to a lot of ppl :icon14:

Post by **Cooldown** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:40 am

Zyte wrote:ehm.. is there a less destructive way?

Misantropia, if you are certain it is about the pak1-8.pk3 files in baseq3/, and not about any of the mod files, wouldnt it be better to replace the existing pak files with older ones from a backup cd, so i can keep my osp - and other mod's - settings intact?

You can just select reinstall, backup configs, and reapply 1.32. Everything else should stay intact.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:20 am

What Cooldown said or, alternatively, copy pak0.pk3 from your CD and install the 1.32 PR. No need to backup anything since the installer doesn't touch custom config files.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:24 am

In addendum to axbaby:

Code: Select all

1197ca3df1e65f3c380f8abc10ca43bf  baseq3/pak0.pk3
48911719d91be25adb957f2d325db4a0  baseq3/pak1.pk3
d550ce896130c47166ca44b53f8a670a  baseq3/pak2.pk3
968dfd0f30dad67056115c8e92344ddc  baseq3/pak3.pk3
24bb1f4fcabd95f6e320c0e2f62f19ca  baseq3/pak4.pk3
734dcd06d2cbc7a16432ff6697f1c5ba  baseq3/pak5.pk3
873888a73055c023f6c38b8ca3f2ce05  baseq3/pak6.pk3
8fd38c53ed814b64f6ab03b5290965e4  baseq3/pak7.pk3
d8b96d429ca4a9c289071cb7e77e14d2  baseq3/pak8.pk3

Post by **axbaby** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:47 pm

did you just call me a dumdum?

Post by **Zyte** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:06 pm

fixed

Post by **Cooldown** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:41 am

:icon10:

Post by **axbaby** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:20 am

mine is fixed too ..pak0.pk3 was corrupt

Post by **Foo** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:49 am

That MD5 list is awesome. I've added an article for them in the wiki: http://fps-media.com/q3wiki/index.php?title=MD5

Post by **axbaby** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:36 am

love the wiki

Post by **^misantropia^** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:39 am

I've taken the liberty to fix a few spelling and style errors plus I added a bit about *NIX and md5sum.

Post by **Foo** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:01 pm

Cheers gents.

It's starting to come together now I'm dedicating a little time to it every week.