Error: Couldn't load maps

[Rick Knight]

I just installed Release 0.15 on my notebook PC at work and downloaded
the Quake2 demo. I followed the instructions for installing Quake2 demo
data. When I try to run Q2 I get stuck at the Q2 console with this error
messages "Error: Couldn't load maps/base1.bsp". I can go into the menu
and change settings, but I can't get the game to play? What do I need to
do to fix this error?

Thanks,
Rick Knight

[Brendan Burns]

Rick,
Are you in the <path-to-quake-goes-here/quake2/ directory?

If not, you may need to add +set basedir
<path-to-quake-goes-here>/quake2/ to your startup command.

eg quake2 +set basedir /usr/local/games/quake2

hth
--brendan

Post by Rick Knight
I just installed Release 0.15 on my notebook PC at work and downloaded
the Quake2 demo. I followed the instructions for installing Quake2
demo data. When I try to run Q2 I get stuck at the Q2 console with
this error messages "Error: Couldn't load maps/base1.bsp". I can go
into the menu and change settings, but I can't get the game to play?
What do I need to do to fix this error?
Thanks,
Rick Knight

[Rick Knight]

Brendan,

I am in the Quake2 directory (/usr/local/games/quake2). I've also tried
to run Quake2 from $HOME using "/usr/local/games/quake2/quake2 +set
basedir /usr/local/games/quake2". Still get the same message. I didn't
notice earlier, but I also get another error, "ERROR: Couldn't open
demos/demo1.dm2"

Thanks,
Rick

Post by Brendan Burns
Rick,
Are you in the <path-to-quake-goes-here/quake2/ directory?
If not, you may need to add +set basedir
<path-to-quake-goes-here>/quake2/ to your startup command.
eg quake2 +set basedir /usr/local/games/quake2
hth
--brendan

Post by Rick Knight
I just installed Release 0.15 on my notebook PC at work and
downloaded the Quake2 demo. I followed the instructions for
installing Quake2 demo data. When I try to run Q2 I get stuck at the
Q2 console with this error messages "Error: Couldn't load
maps/base1.bsp". I can go into the menu and change settings, but I
can't get the game to play? What do I need to do to fix this error?
Thanks,
Rick Knight

[Brendan Burns]

Hmm,
make sure that you only have pak0.pak in your baseq2 dir, not pak1 or
higher...

--brendan

Post by Rick Knight
Brendan,
I am in the Quake2 directory (/usr/local/games/quake2). I've also
tried to run Quake2 from $HOME using "/usr/local/games/quake2/quake2
+set basedir /usr/local/games/quake2". Still get the same message. I
didn't notice earlier, but I also get another error, "ERROR: Couldn't
open demos/demo1.dm2"
Thanks,
Rick

Post by Brendan Burns
Rick,
Are you in the <path-to-quake-goes-here/quake2/ directory?
If not, you may need to add +set basedir
<path-to-quake-goes-here>/quake2/ to your startup command.
eg quake2 +set basedir /usr/local/games/quake2
hth
--brendan

Post by Rick Knight
I just installed Release 0.15 on my notebook PC at work and
downloaded the Quake2 demo. I followed the instructions for
installing Quake2 demo data. When I try to run Q2 I get stuck at the
Q2 console with this error messages "Error: Couldn't load
maps/base1.bsp". I can go into the menu and change settings, but I
can't get the game to play? What do I need to do to fix this error?
Thanks,
Rick Knight

[Rick Knight]

Thanks for the help Brendan. I had pak1 and pak2. Removing them solved
the problem.

Thanks again,
Rick Knight

Post by Brendan Burns
Hmm,
make sure that you only have pak0.pak in your baseq2 dir, not pak1 or
higher...
--brendan

Post by Rick Knight
Brendan,
I am in the Quake2 directory (/usr/local/games/quake2). I've also
tried to run Quake2 from $HOME using "/usr/local/games/quake2/quake2
+set basedir /usr/local/games/quake2". Still get the same message. I
didn't notice earlier, but I also get another error, "ERROR: Couldn't
open demos/demo1.dm2"
Thanks,
Rick

Post by Brendan Burns
Rick,
Are you in the <path-to-quake-goes-here/quake2/ directory?
If not, you may need to add +set basedir
<path-to-quake-goes-here>/quake2/ to your startup command.
eg quake2 +set basedir /usr/local/games/quake2
hth
--brendan

Post by Rick Knight
I just installed Release 0.15 on my notebook PC at work and
downloaded the Quake2 demo. I followed the instructions for
installing Quake2 demo data. When I try to run Q2 I get stuck at
the Q2 console with this error messages "Error: Couldn't load
maps/base1.bsp". I can go into the menu and change settings, but I
can't get the game to play? What do I need to do to fix this error?
Thanks,
Rick Knight

[Ryan C. Gordon]

Post by Brendan Burns
Are you in the <path-to-quake-goes-here/quake2/ directory?

Someone should rip the code from PhysicsFS that calculates the "base dir"
from where the binary is being run. I assume that Quake 2 does the usual
id thing and (incorrectly) calls the Current Working Directory the
basedir.

(Actually, someone should just put PhysicsFS support into Quake 2 so you
can use compressed pakfiles...it already supports Quake2 pakfiles.)

--ryan.

[zakk]

Post by Ryan C. Gordon

Post by Brendan Burns
Are you in the <path-to-quake-goes-here/quake2/ directory?

Someone should rip the code from PhysicsFS that calculates the "base dir"
from where the binary is being run. I assume that Quake 2 does the usual
id thing and (incorrectly) calls the Current Working Directory the
basedir.
(Actually, someone should just put PhysicsFS support into Quake 2 so you
can use compressed pakfiles...it already supports Quake2 pakfiles.)
--ryan.

People should be using the demo installer anyway, after I make one :-)