Patching q3config.cfg |
Okay, first off, let's go to your baseq3 directory under your main Quake3 directory. For Windows newbies, a directory is the same
as a "folder". The whole key here to restoring your previous gamestate is that the point release should back up your q3config.cfg file as "q3config.oldtxt".
Whew, thank our lucky stars for that, right? It's just a matter of knowing what to copy over. I would not
recommend renaming this oldtxt file back to your main config, because I tried this and Q3 simply
overwrites it and this time you could be screwed for good. If the point release did not happen to backup your config,
then things become a little more interesting, but don't give up. With the information below, it's simple enough to just manually edit
the file to get back your settings as close as memory will allow. One note here, the new point release config and the original config are not completely compatible, so you'll want to modify or copy and paste the pertinent portions of your old config to the new one rather than just rename the whole thing. It's worthy to note here that one of the benefits of the new config is that the CD Key is no longer there, but in a separate file. So, without further ado, let's crack that q3config.oldtxt or q3config.cfg file open in notepad. I wouldn't recommend using wordpad, no telling what an editor capable of more than straight ASCII might do to that file. Never use formattting of any kind in the q3config.cfg. |
Layout of the q3config.cfg file:The 3 settings we are looking for are:
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1) TIERS:seta g_spVideos "\tier1\1\tier2\1\tier3\1\tier4\1\tier5\1\tier6\1"
"seta g_spVideos" is the header for the videos, referred to here as "tiers", and each tier viewed or "unlocked" is listed here. The \1 after the tier number indicates that the introductory cinematic for that tier has been viewed/unlocked, and thus can also now be viewed from the main menu. This also implies that you have completed the previous tier in it's entirety. Note that uncompleted tiers simply don't appear in the q3config.cfg at all. In the above example, tiers 7 and 8 have yet to be unlocked. So, if the current tier you were on before installing the point release was tier 3, then you would have seta g_spVideos "\tier1\1\tier2\1\1tier3\1"
in that part of the file. Although there are only 7 tiers in the game, with the final level against Xaero comprising the entire tier, the tier8 video refers to the ending cinematic once you have defeated Xaero. |
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Here's the breakdown of the level numbers and their corresponding maps:
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Last, but by no means least, backup your new q3config.cfg file !! Back it up as any name you like, anywhere you like, but back it up! Should disaster strike again, this time, you'll be prepared. Also, I'd like to thank Scott Grenney from BarrysWorld SAS for mirroring this site as well- this page can be found at
http://guides.barrysworld.com/quake3/Patching_Configs.shtml |
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