Map problems...

[Set]

I manualy installed like I was told to do..it works fine , but most of my downloaded maps will not work I put them in the baseq3 folder and everything the only one that i found to work was proton.pk3 help please, again :icon27:

[+JuggerNaut+]

are the others blessed with the .pk3 extension?

[Duhard]

type /map mapname in the console...some maps don't appear in the q3 menu.

[Set]

Yes they are pk3 files and I know the maps run because they ran just fine on my old computer maps such as xcm_tricks2.pk3

[+JuggerNaut+]

yeah, but it's quite odd that only ONE custom shows up. it's not a limit problem.

[+JuggerNaut+]

also, what are you talking about when you said "manually installed". how about referencing another thread if you had problems before.

[Set]

Its about 11 posts down "Installing problems..."

[Set]

But this is not about a problem i had before its a new problem built off of a older problem and i need to know how to fix it

[axbaby]

is there an error message in the console after a map fails if so what is it?

[Set]

I put in a command such as "/map xcm_tricks2"(or its xcm_tricks 2 i dont remember but i have tryed both) and it says there is no map by that name but its right there in my baseq3 but my proton (proton.pk3) map works fine..i have only had 2 maps work

[axbaby]

open the pk3 file with winzip .. in the maps directory of the pk3 see what the name of the map is .. the map may not be called the same as the pk3.

[Set]

These are maps i have had before and i have downloaded from the same site I dont think they have difrent names And not to sound dumb but is winzip for zipped files?

[Scourge]

And not to sound dumb but is winzip for zipped files?

Yes. but .pk3s are .zip files with a different name.

[Set]

But they are not zipped to start with

[axbaby]

And not to sound dumb but is winzip for zipped files?

Yes. but .pk3s are .zip files with a different name.

amen sister .. they are zip files.

[Set]

Then what do i do?

[axbaby]

double-click the pk3 file and open it with winzip.

if winzip fails with an error then maybe the pk3 files are corrupt.

[PieceMaker]

How about trying a map I know is good.

The following is a link you click on:

q3wca2.pk3---Click it.

Just make sure you are saving the file with the exact name as above.
Also with the extension showing as .pk3 --- very important.

Make sure when you download the file. You then put it in your
basq3 folder.

Go into Quake3.
Do exactly as Duhard showed you except you open the map you just downloaded.
/map q3wca2

Let us know if that one works?

Edit:

I got one better for you. I did some quick looking on the site I found the first map.

Try downloading the following map:

xcm_tricks2.pk3 ---- It's a link... You click it.

Use the same instructions as above making sure you save the file
with an .pk3 extension.

If you're really confused if your system keeps trying to save the file
with a .zip as the extension?

Simply rename the file with quotes in front and at the end of the filename. Like I do below:
"xcm_tricks2.pk3"

I think I'm getting way to in depth with this and am probably confusing you more.
I'll stop here.

[axbaby]

:icon32: good map choice .
shameless plug

[PieceMaker]

Read my edit and hopefully I didn't confuse him too much.

They didn't have q3wca.pk3 on there.

[Set]

I got it to work thanks alot...oh and Dose anyone have good frag/tricking maps in mind? i would like some more ^^

[+JuggerNaut+]

I got it to work thanks alot...oh and Dose anyone have good frag/tricking maps in mind? i would like some more ^^

how exactly did you get "it" to work?

[Set]

I saved quake in 2 places accadently and i saved the maps to the baseq3 that i was not using

[Set]

Smart...i know

[+JuggerNaut+]

'sok, as long as there's resolution.