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[dor666]

Hi,

I had no issues compiling, but I get following messagebox when I try launch game:

I would like to play demo. Do I need to change anything in source/project?

[kondrak]

This error indicates missing game data files which are not included with the source code due to their size.
By default, the built executable ends up in Quake2 folder - make sure there's a baseq2 folder inside it with all necessary data paks - see the zip file on release page, it has everything you'll need.

[kondrak]

(I should probably update the README to be more specific about it. :) )

[dor666]

Thanks for quick reply. It works fine.
I misunderstood package with repository in README :)
Then I started to search for "DEMO" defines in sources and tried to tweak it :).

[tojestzart]

Witam, mam paka0 oryginalnego z 97 roku w folderze baseq2, odpalając przez 2-wu klik wysypuje "Error during initialization".
testowane na vkquake2-1.4.0_win64.zip, win7x64
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podmieniłem wszystkie pliki z archiwum .zip i działa

[idchlife]

@kondrak for some reason error persists...

any idea how to overcome it?

[aculotarpa]

Same here

[mjr4077au]

Normally this happens when you extract an updated vkQuake2 over the top of your existing install and it replaces retail PAK files with demo ones. I sort of wish vkQuake2 didn't come with the demo content for this reason as I've been caught out before.

[idchlife]

@aculotarpa it helps starting quake2 from terminal instead of gui. It runs from there

[tojestzart]

@idchlife exe must be on top level, always, not in ctf folder, it doesnt see pak0.pak which must be in baseq2 folder 3. you dont have mod specific .dll/.so file so you wont run mod
@aculotarpa

[aculotarpa]

@aculotarpa it helps starting quake2 from terminal instead of gui. It runs from there

Thank you @idchlife , it worked!