Can't open bsp files in Quake 3

[Me3p]

i can't open bsp files in quake 3 using windows 7
after /devmap mapname it will connect and immediately go back to the menu

[obsidian]

Error messages in the console?

Maybe try /sv_pure 0 first?

[Me3p]

i always use sv_pure 0
and there are 2 error messages in the console
1. Fatal: can't open mapname.aas
2. attempting download (with a path that doesn't exist Error: Couldn't resolve hostname

[obsidian]

Is this with any map, including stock id Software maps? Or is this for some custom map?

[Me3p]

custom maps made by someone else work perfectly
but my own custom maps don't work on my laptop with windows 7
but work perfectly on my pc with windows xp

[obsidian]

On which computer did you make the custom map? Your XP computer or Windows 7 computer?


... and why did you not think to put all this relevant information in the first post and save both of us some trouble?

[Me3p]

i made a custom map on windows xp and a test map on windows 7 and both won't open in windows 7
and why i didn't post it in the beginning is because i only found out both didn't work after i posted the first time sorry for that

[obsidian]

If your Win7 PC is working fine with stock id maps and custom maps, but only your custom maps aren't working, it sounds like you have something wrong on custom map. I suspect that your XP machine has all the right files installed so that it works fine. But you're probably missing something in your custom map which is causing it to crash.

Perhaps post your custom map's .pk3 file so we can try it?

[Me3p]

i haven't made any pk3 files but i can send you the .bsp files but i don't see any file attachment on this forum

[axbaby]

in what folder is the .bsp in?