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Troubleshooting
If you've looked through this file and can't seem to get things working right please visit this website and report your trouble. We'll do our best to get you up and running: http://forums.wireheadstudios.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Server Admin Concerns Due to memory requirements within Quake 3, server performance will degrade over time unless the server is periodically restarted. Symptoms will include non-animating shaders, choppy item movement, and jerky animation. This is something internal to Quake 3, we've consulted with several server admins and even standard Quake 3 FFA games do this over time. Owing to Gen's larger memory requirements it tends to just happen sooner. It is a good idea to use an automated script such as Cron for linux or BSD, or the Task Scheduler for Windows based machines to facilitate an automatic restart of a dedicated server. For cleanest gameplay, once a day is recommended, preferably at a time when server activity would be at an absolute minimum. If you need assistance setting up this kind of setup please contact the Wirehead team and we'll be more than happy to help. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation issues If you have trouble installing .99d please pay attention to the following: Addon Installation Generations v 0.99d is
designed to be an addon installation to Generations v
0.99c. The list of game files needed to run Gen 99d is
below. Except for maps, you should not have any other
.pk3 files in your Generations folder after installation.
We encourage keeping maps in your baseq3 folder. Game Files This is the most important area of concern. These following files MUST be in your generations folder for .99c to work correctly: pak0_genv99c.pk3 This file was added to correct a shader bug that is known to affect one map but might affect others: stormatorfix.pk3 These are required but can be modified: autoexec.cfg motd.cfg The game will run without these, but they should still be in there. readmefirst.txt If any of the required files are missing Generations will not run properly. If you have these files and Generations is still not working properly then the following is recommended: First, make sure you still have the installation files for Generations 99c and for Generations 99d. rename your "generations" folder to "generations_backup" Install Generations v
0.99c Install any Generations mappacks you may have and the mappack fix. Start Generations. The version number should read 99d now. At this point refer back
to your "generations_backup" folder for any
config settings you wish to import and you should be
fine. If you're content everything is operating properly
you can remove your generations_backup folder. Punkbuster Press ~ to bring down
the console And you'll connect. To disable Punkbuster: Type: /pb_cl_disable <enter> And Punkbuster will be
disabled the NEXT time you load Generations Arena. You
CAN leave the punkbuster client enabled and connect to a
non-punkbuster server without any problems. Modem users
will experience a hitch when Punkbuster does a security
update, so you should take that into consideration if you
choose to leave the Punkbuster client enabled while
connected to a non-Punkbuster server. Unusual behavior Doom's Invulnerability
is blinding Previous versions of Generations did not support r_overbrightbits set higher than 0 due to the screen becoming blinding when using the Doom Warriors class and grabbing an invulnerability. This has been corrected, but it will cause a framerate drop at extremely high graphic settings depending on your card. If your screen goes completely white with the Doom invulnerability while using r_overbrightbits 1 or higher please doublecheck your Generations version to be sure it is .99d and not .99d or prior. If your framerate drops severely for any reason try lowering your graphics settings by a resolution, or experiment with FSAA and Anisotropic Filtering settings until you're satisfied that Generations is playable. Graphic detail concerns com_maxfps: The following settings are only recommended if your video card is a GeForce 2 ti or higher with 128 megs of vid ram on a 1+ GHz machine: r_roundimagesdown 0 r_picmip 0 r_swapinterval 1 FSAA and Anisotropic
filtering Most newer cards support
up to 4x FSAA and 8x Anisotropic filtering. Be advised
that setting either or both of these high at high
resolutions can and will cause severe rendering slowdowns
if the scene is flooded with dynamic lights on even a GF4
ti 4600 video card. If this happens try reducing
cg_dlightlevel to 2 or less and keeping cg_dlighttype to
either 0 or 1. Game Crashes Be sure you have enough
memory and that your COM_HUNKMEGS setting is high enough.
Please refer to the Generations Arena manual for
instructions on how to set this. Also try the above
procedure. If Generations 99c crashes for any other
reason we want to hear about it, with as much information
about what caused the crash as possible. Known issues:
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