Quake and Dark places help

[QuakerState]

Hi new to the forums, i see that people use this place for DP help so i figured id ask.

First off here are my system specs im assuming i shud be able to run any pack max Anisotropic filter with 1920x1080 16x9 res,

Video card - Nvidia gtx 470
cpu - intel e8500 duo core
8gb ddr2 ram ocz 1066mhz i think...
1000 watt PSU
XP pro 64bit SP2


my first try, i downloaded a torrent with quake + Dp and tenebrae (older version of dp) prepacked with rygels high resolution pak, i deleted that and replaced it with the ulta high res pak added, Romi's rtlights file for Quake and started it up, thought eveything was fine until i turned up the resolution to 1920x1080 and maxed the Anisotropic filter, it all looks GREAT but runs very slow then fast, then slow ect, i figured it was due to not being properly setup.

my second try i just tried to start it all from scratch
made a quake Dir then added the id1 folder with PAK0.PAK and PAK1.PAK.
added Dp to quake dir
added Romi's rtlights to id1 dir
added rygels ultra high resolution pak to id1 dir
extracted QRP_item_textures_v.0.73_dp.pk3.7z to id1 dir
extracted QRP_map_textures_v.1.00.pk3.7z to id1 dir

Then i launch it and ammo/grenades look like multicolored blobs or similar to a gift
so i figure im doing something wrong or not doing something
can some1 help me plz?
and can some1 confirm that my pc can run this maxed? or do i need more?(im not saying my pc is beefy but i can run crysis on high 1680x1050 60fps so i figured i could run this)
thanks for reading

[Baker]

Hi new to the forums, i see that people use this place for DP help so i figured id ask.

First off here are my system specs im assuming i shud be able to run any pack max Anisotropic filter with 1920x1080 16x9 res,

Video card - Nvidia gtx 470
cpu - intel e8500 duo core
8gb ddr2 ram ocz 1066mhz i think...
1000 watt PSU
XP pro 64bit SP2


my first try, i downloaded a torrent with quake + Dp and tenebrae (older version of dp) prepacked with rygels high resolution pak, i deleted that and replaced it with the ulta high res pak added, Romi's rtlights file for Quake and started it up, thought eveything was fine until i turned up the resolution to 1920x1080 and maxed the Anisotropic filter, it all looks GREAT but runs very slow then fast, then slow ect, i figured it was due to not being properly setup.

my second try i just tried to start it all from scratch
made a quake Dir then added the id1 folder with PAK0.PAK and PAK1.PAK.
added Dp to quake dir
added Romi's rtlights to id1 dir
added rygels ultra high resolution pak to id1 dir
extracted QRP_item_textures_v.0.73_dp.pk3.7z to id1 dir
extracted QRP_map_textures_v.1.00.pk3.7z to id1 dir

Then i launch it and ammo/grenades look like multicolored blobs or similar to a gift
so i figure im doing something wrong or not doing something
can some1 help me plz?
and can some1 confirm that my pc can run this maxed? or do i need more?(im not saying my pc is beefy but i can run crysis on high 1680x1050 60fps so i figured i could run this)
thanks for reading

You can't mix remodel and texture packs together that are not meant to be used together by design.

Likely, you have a replacement texture meant for say "Model X" but you have a model pack using "Model Y".

Texture packs and remodel packs do not mix well together, unfortunately. Maybe someday some model md5 code will be in replacement textures to assure that the texture and model match ... but that isn't the world we've got today.

[Seven]

First of all,

you downloaded Quake via a torrent ?
So you dont own it and ask for help ?
You should pay 9 Dollars for it.

Listen to what Baker said !

Delete Rygels pack or Delete QRP�s packs.
Both ways will lead to satisfaction.
Both packs contain replacements for the same things.

[QuakerState]

I DO OWN QUAKE, just because i downloaded a pre packed dark places doesn't mean i dont own quake.

ok so just use rygel textures with the Romi's rtlights?if so, i get this after launching and going to the menu(btw there are still those multi colured blobs it)

you have reached this menu due to missing or unlocatable content/data


my geuss is that the dark places isn't finding rygels ultra high res texture or im not adding something to shortcuttodarkplaces.exe target line, but i dont know for sure? what is it?

also i have QUAKE REFORGED Quake Monster Pack - High Version

can i use that with rygels high res textures?

[LambentHammerBurst]

Rygels Ultra pack is corrupted. Use the High instead.

[Disco]

Your system will run it fine but DP can bring your system to a crawl with all the pretties turned on and everything maxed out.

[QuakerState]

Sweet it worked great
AA 32
AF 16
1920x1080
and everyhting else i could find to make it look better and it looks mighty pretty, but i had a few more questions about dark places
How do i start a dedicated server, ive made the server.cfg, but not sure how to make a dedicated server shortcut,

Also i have another pc, with less specs than the one i am using now, any suggestions for a decent looking quake port?
its got
agp..lol ati radeon x1650 video card
2.2ghz cpu
1gb of ram
i tried to use dark places with it but the water looked like the sky, and it was running at a very low fps.

Thanks again for the help.

[sb306]

I always enjoyed JoeQuake before I got hooked on trying to run DP maxed out. Qrack came from JoeQuake(or something along those lines). So either one should run well and look nice.

[QuakerState]

Cool thanks ill give it a try, also i was gonna ask, are all of rygels tex packs somewhat buggy? asking because in chapter 3 ep5 or 6 i think one of the later ones, it is so buggy its unplayable the frames drop so bad its like im playing in a server halfway across the world, if it helps there are jump tunnels that you fly through, QRP tex pak runs fine though, just wondering.....

[osjclatchford]

e3m5-wind tunnels? it lags like hell on mine too, the same on e1m8-ziggaraut vertigo (low-gravity one) Its to do with the lighting/norms I think...