Quake4 problem.

[xJ0k3Rx]

Listen, I know I'm gonna get a lot of hate posts because this is a quake 1 forum, but i need some help. When i go into quake4, it says loading game then it just closes! Any help?

[R00k]

Hmm, that's pretty vague and could be a number of issues.

Did it work before? Did you buy this or warez it? What is your computer specs?
I'm not fully verse in q4 commandline debug output but check for an error.log of some sorts in the q4 folder. Did you make any recent changes in your config?

if anything maybe go here instead: Quake 4 - RavenGames.com Forums that's THE quake4 place for answers.

here's something i found on that forum

Create a shortcut, and add: "+set logfile 2" onto the end of the target line (after the quotes, without any quotes around it), and run that.

This'll create a qconsole.log file which will contain the real error message that you're interested in.

look in /quake4/CrashReports/ for the qconsole.log or any .txt file there.

[xJ0k3Rx]

alright thanks ill try tht

[xJ0k3Rx]

log file 'qconsole.log' opened on Mon Aug 02 18:27:04 2010

Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/game000.pk4 with checksum 0xb3abe28c
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/game100.pk4 with checksum 0x74b379d9
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/game200.pk4 with checksum 0xa3c810d9
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak013.pk4 with checksum 0x6ad67f40
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak014.pk4 with checksum 0xee51cd59
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak015.pk4 with checksum 0xf5bf4e0c
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak016.pk4 with checksum 0x2196f58c
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak017.pk4 with checksum 0x91118a35
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak018.pk4 with checksum 0x98a14f03
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak019.pk4 with checksum 0xbc82ac79
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak020.pk4 with checksum 0xce74cda5
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak021.pk4 with checksum 0x2ba6e70c
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak022.pk4 with checksum 0x4e390eec
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/q4cmp_pak001.pk4 with checksum 0xd0813943
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/zpak_english_01.pk4 with checksum 0xd9f04b8b
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/zpak_english_02.pk4 with checksum 0x9dbd91fd
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/zpak_english_03.pk4 with checksum 0x2eb6ad8
Loaded pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/zpak_english_04.pk4 with checksum 0xd3fefaa1
Addon pk4 E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/q4cmp_pak001.pk4 with checksum 0xd0813943 is on addon list
Current search path:
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/zpak_english_04.pk4 (3 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/zpak_english_03.pk4 (4 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/zpak_english_02.pk4 (21 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/zpak_english_01.pk4 (1 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak022.pk4 (14 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak021.pk4 (89 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak020.pk4 (11 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak019.pk4 (1206 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak018.pk4 (3 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak017.pk4 (3 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak016.pk4 (193 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak015.pk4 (34 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak014.pk4 (552 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak013.pk4 (239 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/game200.pk4 (9 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/game100.pk4 (2 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/game000.pk4 (2 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
Addon pk4s:
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/q4cmp_pak001.pk4 (119 files)
file system initialized.
---------------------------------------------
------------ Initializing Decls -------------
Loading guides.... 55 loaded
193ms to load 243k of material
15ms to load 4k of skin
356ms to load 378k of sound
2ms to load 0k of materialType
1120ms to load 2889k of lipSync
2ms to load 0k of playback
110ms to load 25k of effect
---------------------------------------------
-------- Initializing renderSystem ----------
Spawning back end thread...
...SMP not available
using ARB renderSystem
renderSystem initialized.
---------------------------------------------
Found default language English with VO
.... found additional language 'french' without VO
.... found additional language 'italian' without VO
.... found additional language 'spanish' without VO
696 strings read from strings/english_code.lang
1794 strings read from strings/english_guis.lang
1797 strings read from strings/english_mappack.lang
2273 strings read from strings/english_maps.lang
3 strings read from strings/french_mappack.lang
3 strings read from strings/italian_mappack.lang
3 strings read from strings/spanish_mappack.lang
Couldn't open journal files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec editor.cfg
couldn't exec Quake4Config.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
-------- Initializing Sound System ----------
sound system initialized.
---------------------------------------------
--------------- R_InitOpenGL ----------------
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...registered window class
...registered fake window class
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'opengl32' ): succeeded
setting to: 640 480
...calling CDS: ok
...created window @ 0,0 (640x480)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...PIXELFORMAT 2 selected
...creating GL context: succeeded
...making context current: succeeded

------------ Input Initialization -----------
Initializing DirectInput...
mouse: DirectInput initialized.
keyboard: DirectInput initialized.
---------------------------------------------
...initializing QAL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'OpenAL32.dll' ): failed
sound: STEREO
...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
...using GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_add
X..GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two not found
...using GL_NV_blend_square
...using GL_ARB_texture_compression
...using GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
...using GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
maxTextureAnisotropy: 16.000000
...using GL_1.4_texture_lod_bias
X..GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette not found
...using GL_EXT_draw_range_elements
...using GL_EXT_blend_minmax
X..GL_NV_float_buffer not found
...using GL_EXT_texture3D
...using GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
X..GL_NV_register_combiners not found
X..NV_vertex_program not found
X..GL_EXT_stencil_two_side not found
...using GL_ATI_separate_stencil
...using GL_ATI_fragment_shader
...using GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
...using GL_ARB_vertex_program
...using GL_ARB_fragment_program
...using GL_ARB_shader_objects
...using GL_ARB_fragment_shader
...using GL_ARB_vertex_shader
...using GL_ARB_shading_language_100
X..EXT_depth_bounds_test not found
---------------- R_NV20_Init ----------------
Not available.
----------------- R200_Init -----------------
GL_NUM_FRAGMENT_REGISTERS_ATI: 6
GL_NUM_FRAGMENT_CONSTANTS_ATI: 8
GL_NUM_PASSES_ATI: 2
GL_NUM_INSTRUCTIONS_PER_PASS_ATI: 8
GL_NUM_INSTRUCTIONS_TOTAL_ATI: 16
GL_COLOR_ALPHA_PAIRING_ATI: 1
GL_NUM_LOOPBACK_COMPONENTS_ATI: 3
GL_NUM_INPUT_INTERPOLATOR_COMPONENTS_ATI: 3
FPROG_FAST_PATH
---------------------
---------------- R_ARB2_Init ----------------
Available.
---------------------------------------------
------------ R_ReloadARBPrograms ------------
glprogs/test.vfp: File not found
glprogs/test.vfp: File not found
glprogs/interaction.vfp: File not found
glprogs/interaction.vfp: File not found
glprogs/bumpyEnvironment.vfp: File not found
glprogs/bumpyEnvironment.vfp: File not found
glprogs/ambientLight.vfp: File not found
glprogs/ambientLight.vfp: File not found
glprogs/SimpleInteraction.vfp: File not found
glprogs/SimpleInteraction.vfp: File not found
glprogs/md5rInteraction4.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rInteraction1.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rInteraction.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rSimple4.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rSimple1.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rSimple.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rStdTex4.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rStdTex1.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rStdTex.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rSkyBox4.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rSkyBox1.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rSkyBox.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rEnvNormal4.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rEnvNormal1.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rEnvNormal.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rEnvReflect4.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rEnvReflect1.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rEnvReflect.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rEnvBump4.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rEnvBump1.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rEnvBump.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rShadow4.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rShadow1.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rShadow.vp: File not found
glprogs/md5rBasicFog4.vp
glprogs/md5rBasicFog1.vp
glprogs/md5rBasicFog.vp
glprogs/shadow.vp: File not found
glprogs/R200_interaction.vp
glprogs/nv20_bumpAndLight.vp: File not found
glprogs/nv20_diffuseColor.vp: File not found
glprogs/nv20_specularColor.vp: File not found
glprogs/nv20_diffuseAndSpecularColor.vp: File not found
glprogs/environment.vfp: File not found
glprogs/environment.vfp: File not found
glprogs/arbVP_glasswarp.txt: File not found
glprogs/arbFP_glasswarp.txt: File not found
---------------------------------------------
using ARB_vertex_buffer_object memory
using ARB2 renderSystem
reloading lights/defaultpointlight.
reloading lights/defaultprojectedlight.
reloading lights/muzzleflash.
reloading gfx/guis/mainmenu/splash.
reloading gfx/guis/soundmeter/audiobg.
reloading gfx/guis/white.
reloading gfx/guis/guicursor_arrow.
reloading gfx/guis/guicursor_hand.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbarh.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbarv.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbar_thumb.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbar_right.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbar_left.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbar_up.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbar_down.
reloading fonts/english/bigchars.
Could not register font fonts/chain [fonts/english/chain]
found DLL in pak file: E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/game000.pk4/gamex86.dll
copy gamex86.dll to E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/gamex86.dll
game using MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 for SIMD processing
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
enabled Denormals-Are-Zero mode
------------- Initializing Game -------------
gamename: baseQUAKE4-1
gamedate: Jun 15 2007
270ms to load 118k of entityDef
3ms to load 0k of articulatedFigure
Initializing event system
...531 event definitions
Initializing class hierarchy
...247 classes, 299484 bytes for event callbacks
Initializing scripts
Error ERP_DROP: Couldn't load scripts/main.script

------------ Game Map Shutdown --------------
---------------------------------------------
********************
ERROR: Couldn't load scripts/main.script

********************
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL ): success
crashed! writing report out to E:\Games\Quake 4\CrashReports\8_2\18_27_Quake4_1.4.2.dmp and exiting.

[golden_boy]

Dunno why that script file would be missing - borked install?

Ask at doom3world.org, they know these games well.

[Spike]

E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak022.pk4 (14 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak021.pk4 (89 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak020.pk4 (11 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak019.pk4 (1206 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak018.pk4 (3 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak017.pk4 (3 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak016.pk4 (193 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak015.pk4 (34 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak014.pk4 (552 files)
E:/Games/Quake 4/q4base/pak013.pk4 (239 files)

what happened to pak000.pk4 through pak012.pk4?

[Wolv]

Did you even BUY it!? PIRATE.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Did you even BUY it!? PIRATE.

Buy shit? Wow what world u livin in.

[metchsteekle]

AARRRG, ther be scurvy in me timbers!

[R00k]

scripts/main.script is in pak010.pk4, reinstall.
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