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Quake 3 reinstall

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Dantoo

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I have a friend who is about to reinstall Quake 3. His machine occasionally seems to "lose" the keyboard and mouse during a game. The game continues on but he has no controls.

Which files/folders should he preserve to keep his history intact for after the reinstall?

Thanks in advance. 😀
 
what exactly do you mean by history? if you mean your config file with all the video settings key binds etc, save q3config.cfg. if you have any mods, make sure you save the folder they are in [ ie Rocket arena is default c:\program files\quake iii arena\arena\ ]. and any custom maps/skins/models you may have are in the q3 baseq3 directory. hope this helps.
 
You can play Quake3 directly from the Quake3 directory. All settings are in the baseq3 folder, q3config.cfg (as mentioned in the previous post) has all binds thrown in there. There shouldn't be a problem with the reinstall.
 
Thanks Guys (fancy meeting you here) 🙂

The settings he wants to save are his player profile and progress or scores etc..
I told him that they would be stored in one or two files which he could copy for safekeeping, but I didn't know which ones. My experience with games has been that they generally preserve such files on an uninstall/reinstall but he doesn't want to risk it. He has had a lot of wins at Nightmare or somesuch.

Thanks again 🙂
 
"all that stuff is kept in q3config.cfg"

that is not true. the key bindings and the other game settings are in the q3config.cfg file, but the save characters (scores, frags, levels, etc.) are not.

does anyone know how to backup the saved progress of a character? I hate having to replay all the maps everytime I reinstall Windows and thus Quake3Arena...

thanks.
 
but the save characters (scores, frags, levels, etc.) are not.

Err, yes they are. The config file saves everything.
 
ok... at least I cannot find the saved information in the q3config.cfg file. where is it, specifically, so I know what to backup? I have my own custom saved key bindings, scripts and settings, so I don't need the whole q3config.cfg file.

thanks.

btw: anyone know the command to set trilinear filtering? I know pretty much all the other commands, but this one is escaping me.

edit: I still don't know how to set trilinear filtering, but I did find all the saved game stuff in the q3config.cfg file, like you guys told me... here's exactly the commands you need to save, complete with my current saved settings and also my interpretation of their meanings:

seta g_spScores1 "" //levels completed with bot skill level 1: I can win
seta g_spScores2 "" //levels completed with bot skill level 2: Bring it on
seta g_spScores3 "" //levels completed with bot skill level 3: Hurt me plenty
seta g_spScores4 "\l24\1\l0\1\l1\1\l2\1\l3\1\l4\1\l5\1\l6\1" //levels completed with bot skill level 4: Hardcore
seta g_spScores5 "" //levels completed with bot skill level 5: Nightmare!
seta g_spAwards "\a5\1\a2\18\a4\166" //a5\#=perfect;a2\#=excellent;a4\#=frags
seta g_spVideos "\tier1\1\tier2\1" //tier level?
seta g_spSkill "4" //current bot skill level
 
so I don't need the whole q3config.cfg file.

Eh? What's so difficult about saving the entire config file? Why are you even bothering to look where things are saved? Just save the whole thing.

btw: anyone know the command to set trilinear filtering?

In the video options there's a "Filter Quality" setting. By default it's set to Bilinear, but you can change it to Trilinear
 
I don't want to save the whole file as I have my own custom settings file that I change from time to time. granted, the q3config.cfg file is made from the game's most recently used settings, so copying the whole thing isn't bad for most people I suppose. for me, I just want specific parts to save for later. I like reading the q3config.cfg file as I can understand the commands better and know what works for me and what doesn't. also, I like to compare my play settings with others, like the config files from the bind: arena, so I can find out new, different ways to play.

as for trilinear filtering: I meant the console command so I can add it to my settings file and not have to go into the menu after I load the game and before I actually play a map to change it.
 
I meant the console command so I can add it to my settings file and not have to go into the menu after I load the game and before I actually play a map to change it.

Well why don't you enable it, check the config file to see what's changed and then add that line to your config?
 
I have. several times. this is the one command that I care about that I cannot figure out. I've been through the q3config.cfg file line by line and I still don't know what changes. damn...
 
Check if this line changes:

seta r_textureMode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST"

I can't be bothered trying it.
 
BFG10K, you are da man! sort of... here's what I found out:

seta r_textureMode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST" //bilinear texture filter: default
seta r_textureMode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR" //trilinear texture filter

thanks, mate. now my custom settings.cfg file is complete. for now! 🙂
 
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