problem starting quake3

andocser · n00b Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 17 Location: Potsdam, NY

I've emerged quake3, when I try to run /opt/quake3/quake3.x86 my computer hard-locks as soon as it tries to change resolution to 640x480. I figured the easiest thing to do would be to edit the conf file and just run windowed but, to my surprise, ~/.q3a is empty. Is there something I can do to have Q3 auto-generate the required config files? Also, if my problem is deeper than the lack of conf files, what could be causing the lockups? I've emerged nvidia-glx and 3D acceleration is working fine in apps like 3DDesktop. My x.org conf is attached below. Thanks a million.

Bithammer · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:07 pm Post subject:

I have aswell probs running q3 urban terror mod, i have copied the pak0.pk3 file from my cd to the /opt/quak3/baseq folder and changed its permissions and the user group, but q3 still mentions that it could not find the config file.

is Quake3 Arena diffrent than "normal" Quake 3 ?

zoph · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:12 pm Post subject:

fng · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:29 pm Post subject:

I think the best way of installing q3 is downloading the q3 linux-installer from the ftp from id software. (ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake3/linux/linuxq3apoint-1.32.x86.run)
Run it.
Then copy the pak0.pk3 from the quake3 cd to the usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3/ directory.
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