Error starting game, need help.

(herp) #1

Ok, so i start ETQW and i get a error saying:

“Couldn’t load fs.chk”

then this in the console:

ETQW 1.5.12642.33243 win-x86 May 2 2008 12:22:22
2494 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3
2 logical CPUs
2 physical CPUs
HT not available
2032 MB System Memory
256 MB Video Memory
Initializing performance queries
Winsock Initialized
Found interface: {35F39F31-9C48-4F03-948F-9EC43223D6DD} Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20) - 10.0.0.1/255.255.255.0
Sys_InitNetworking: adding loopback interface
ETQW using MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 for SIMD processing
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
enabled Denormals-Are-Zero mode
------ Initializing File System ------
Current search path:
C:\Users\log in\Documents\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars/base
C:\Users\log in\AppData\Local\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars/base
C:\QwakeWars/base
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
Addon pk4s:
file system initialized.

fs_basepath = C:\QwakeWars
fs_savepath = C:\Users\log in\AppData\Local\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars
fs_userpath = C:\Users\log in\Documents\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars
fs_cdpath =
fs_devpath = C:\Users\log in\AppData\Local\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars

FATAL ERROR: Couldn’t load fs.chk

--------------- BSE Shutdown ----------------

Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
…releasing DC
…shutting down QGL
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Shutting down performance queries
Couldn’t load fs.chk

Any help with this please?

(DrFunkenstein) #2

There’s an interesting line in the console output (near the end):

fs_basepath = C:\Users\log in\Desktop\QwakeWars (Broken)

Perhaps you should reinstall the game.

Dr. Funkenstein

(Donnovan) #3

Seens you instaled the game in your desktop window. Do you have a “QuakeWars” folder in your desktop?

Try to install in a different folder, may be something like “C:\Quake Wars” or use the path the game installer sugest.

If you dont want to re-install, you can try to move this folder, on the desktop, to another place, and then try to run the game again.

(herp) #4

Thanks but,
Moving the folder to C:/ or C:/program files does not fix this, and reinstalling the game is not an option for me as i do not have the installer.

I was looking for “fs.chk” i’m not sure what the .chk file is, but i cannot find it.

Also, this game was not installed on my computer, it’s played off a USB, for portable game play.
I know it works, i’ve ran ETQW on other PCs and Macs bultibooting PCs, just copyed it to my hard drive.

(murka) #5

Well, fs_basepath should be pointing to where ever the game files are. If it’s on a usb stick then like “F:\ETQW” or w/e. Tho playing it off a usb stick will increase the loading times tremendeously.

(herp) #6

I’ve found that a few of my files got lost while copying them, the files are:

game000.pk4
game001.pk4
game002.pk4
pak000.pk4 - pk008.pk4
public.cfg
usergroups.dat
usergroups.example
zpak_english000.pk4 - zpak_english003.pk4

I need the right location for these files, anyone know?
thank you.

(holod) #7

the game is on that path
C:\Program Files (x86)\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars
These files are in folder “base” of the game
C:\Program Files (x86)\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base

(herp) #8

Thanks, that worked but now:

ETQW 1.5.12642.33243 win-x86 May 2 2008 12:22:22
2494 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3
2 logical CPUs
2 physical CPUs
HT not available
2032 MB System Memory
256 MB Video Memory
Initializing performance queries
Winsock Initialized
Found interface: {35F39F31-9C48-4F03-948F-9EC43223D6DD} Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20) - 10.0.0.1/255.255.255.0
Sys_InitNetworking: adding loopback interface
ETQW using MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 for SIMD processing
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
enabled Denormals-Are-Zero mode
------ Initializing File System ------
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\game000.pk4 with checksum 0x3efd73a5
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\game001.pk4 with checksum 0xa02f1c18
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\game002.pk4 with checksum 0x87457e61
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak000.pk4 with checksum 0x442eb08b
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak001.pk4 with checksum 0x10e16e6
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak002.pk4 with checksum 0x8dbe7353
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak003.pk4 with checksum 0x99dfcabb
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak004.pk4 with checksum 0x7e49f838
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak005.pk4 with checksum 0x5ccc7213
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak006.pk4 with checksum 0x9edf1b7d
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak007.pk4 with checksum 0x74a1a2f
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak008.pk4 with checksum 0x71a93b80
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\zpak_english000.pk4 with checksum 0x977c7bd0
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\zpak_english001.pk4 with checksum 0x6583cd8
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\zpak_english002.pk4 with checksum 0x8dc70e3d
Loaded pk4 C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\zpak_english003.pk4 with checksum 0xc2d7ed49
Current search path:
C:\Users\log in\Documents\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars/base
C:\Users\log in\AppData\Local\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars/base
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars/base
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\zpak_english003.pk4 (7 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\zpak_english002.pk4 (117 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\zpak_english001.pk4 (9 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\zpak_english000.pk4 (1018 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak008.pk4 (1496 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak007.pk4 (1510 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak006.pk4 (3 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak005.pk4 (2172 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak004.pk4 (72 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak003.pk4 (1133 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak002.pk4 (1637 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak001.pk4 (1067 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\pak000.pk4 (9350 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\game002.pk4 (3 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\game001.pk4 (11 files)
C:\Users\log in\Desktop\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\game000.pk4 (3 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
Addon pk4s:
file system initialized.

----- Initializing Decls -----
Decompressing the global token cache…3566Kb

couldn’t exec ‘etqwconfig.cfg’
execing ‘localization/english/defaultbinds.cfg’
couldn’t exec ‘etqwbinds.cfg’
couldn’t exec ‘autoexec.cfg’
Vendor:8086 Device:29C2
Detected
2 2.49 GHz CPU
2032 MB of System memory
256 MB of Video memory on an optimal video architecture

This system qualifies for High quality!
execing ‘specs/highspec.dat’
execing ‘specs/highspec_cpu.dat’
execing ‘specs/highspec_gamedetail.dat’
execing ‘specs/highspec_gpu.dat’
execing ‘specs/highspec_gpudetail.dat’
execing ‘specs/highspec_lighting.dat’
execing ‘specs/highspec_foliage.dat’
Vendor:8086 Device:29C2
execing ‘specs/highspec_foliage.dat’
Failed to open server license code file for reading.
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
…calling LoadLibrary( ‘wtsapi32.dll’ ): succeeded
…initializing Windows Terminal Server API
…registered window class
…registered fake window class
…calling LoadLibrary( ‘opengl32’ ): succeeded
…initializing QGL
X…WGL_ARB_multisample not found
X…WGL_NV_multisample_coverage not found
------- Initializing renderSystem --------
----- R_InitOpenGL -----
…using GL_ARB_multitexture
…using GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
X…GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two not found
…using GL_ARB_texture_compression
…using GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
…using GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
maxTextureAnisotropy: 4.000000
…using GL_1.4_texture_lod_bias
X…GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette not found
…using GL_EXT_texture3D
X…GL_EXT_texture_rectangle not found
X…GL_ARB_texture_rectangle not found
…using GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
…using GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
…using GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
…using GL_ARB_vertex_program
…using GL_ARB_fragment_program
X…GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test not found
X…GL_ARB_point_sprite not found
X…GL_ARB_occlusion_query not found
X…GL_EXT_framebuffer_object not found
X…GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil not found
…using GL_EXT_blend_minmax
X…GL_ARB_multisample not found
X…GL_ARB_shader_objects not found
X…GL_ARB_vertex_shader not found
X…GL_ARB_fragment_shader not found
X…GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow not found
…using GL_ARB_shadow
…using GL_ARB_depth_texture
X…GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters not found

ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features: GL_ARB_texture_rectangle or GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_occlusion_query

--------------- BSE Shutdown ----------------

Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
…releasing DC
…destroying window
…resetting display
…shutting down QGL
…unloading OpenGL DLL
…unloading Windows Terminal Server API DLL
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Shutting down performance queries
Error during initialization

So do i need a better graphics card or is there something else i can do?

(light_sh4v0r) #9

Which videocard do you have?

(herp) #10

A Intel G33/G31 Express i think.
i’m not to good with pc components (other than mother boards and cooling systems)

(holod) #11

I think it will not run on this graphics card.
This is a laptop?
in this topic is the config of Murka
http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21714
try to download an LOW configuration, from its config.
write to file “autoexec.cfg”

(Gradis) #12

i dont think it will run at all on the intel graphics.

(Breo) #13

Lol @ log if you got a Intel graphics card

This system qualifies for High quality!

(Nail) #14

not sure, it has shader 2 and opengl 1.5, maybe just try update drivers from intel instead of windows