My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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Dessicated corpse
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My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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My map won't work on Quake 3, but still does on Quake Live. I have com_hunkmegs set to 5000, so don't try to suggest that to me. And I always type in sv_pure 0 before I test my map. The only response I get from trying to load my map is a 'Quake 3 has stopped responding message'.
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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What does the console say? `/condump console.txt` will write its content to a file.
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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I don't think you understood me. Quake 3 stops responding completely!
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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Try removing all custom maps from your Quake 3 installation and see if the game still crashes. If it does, try reinstalling. If it doesn't crash, try systematically adding stuff back in until you notice a problem.
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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Copy your q3config.cfg to your desktop (as a back up) and then delete everything in the q3config.cfg in your baseq3. Also, what point release are you using? Some maps don't work in 1.16 that work in 1.32.
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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obsidian wrote:Try removing all custom maps from your Quake 3 installation and see if the game still crashes. If it does, try reinstalling. If it doesn't crash, try systematically adding stuff back in until you notice a problem.
My other custom maps work, even the other ones I've made.
Anthem wrote:Copy your q3config.cfg to your desktop (as a back up) and then delete everything in the q3config.cfg in your baseq3. Also, what point release are you using? Some maps don't work in 1.16 that work in 1.32.
That didn't work and I'm using 1.32c.
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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the reason for removing other customs maps is to see if there may be a script or texture, model etc conflict causing your error
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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axbaby wrote:the reason for removing other customs maps is to see if there may be a script or texture, model etc conflict causing your error
It rarely starts working if I keep on saving it and converting it for about 200 times everyday. So it can't be the texture.
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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obsidian wrote:Try removing all custom maps from your Quake 3 installation and see if the game still crashes. If it does, try reinstalling. If it doesn't crash, try systematically adding stuff back in until you notice a problem.
Try what this gentleman suggests and if it works .. great .. if it does not then we go from there :up:
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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Did you encrypt the file to get it to work in QL?
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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phantazm11 wrote:Did you encrypt the file to get it to work in QL?
Haha, yeah. If you encrypted the file for quake live and put it back in your q3 baseq3 it won't work. Perhaps that's the problem?
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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Anthem wrote:
phantazm11 wrote:Did you encrypt the file to get it to work in QL?
Haha, yeah. If you encrypted the file for quake live and put it back in your q3 baseq3 it won't work. Perhaps that's the problem?
I copied the pk3 file and encrypted it, so no.
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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I don't know if this a temporary fix or a coincidence but when I saved and converted the map into a BSP, I went into Quake 3 and pressed alt + enter (for window mode) while it was starting and then started the map and it worked.
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Re: My map doesn't work on Quake 3

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What is the resolution of the levelshot? (If there is one). I tried to load a map with a levelshot I made that was 1920x1080 and it didn't load the map.
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