[quake3] Pak Question

[Joerg Dietrich]

Dirk schrieb:
> Christopher Bunting wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I know about OpenArena and such but I was curious if anyone knows of a
>> stripped down pak file which includes only the needed files to load the
>> game, menus and such. Something that doesn't include maps, models or
>> anything related to actual game play.
>>
>> I had this thought recently since having a pak with the bare minimum of
>> files would make it easier to find what we need to change that base engine
>> textures, menus, hud and so on. Something like an io-engine.pk3 which would
>> load ioquake3, the menus and needed textures.
>>
>> Is there anything simular to this anywhere?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
> 
> Dunno... but If you use linux you could browse the pak (zip) file with
> midnight commander (mc) and delete everything that doesn't seem to be
> game or menu related and test... and so on... using mc would safe you
> the re-zip effort since it works on the zip.
> 
> The models of the players are used also in the setup menu where you
> choose the model of the player.
> 
> Dirk
I would do it the other way around.
Start with an empty pak0.pk3, start ioquake3,
have a look at the logfile and add the missing files.
And use the Quake 3 Arena QVMs. These have the menu structure
compiled in. Team Arena on the other hand uses scripted menus.

Joerg