by BAAWRI GAAND » Aug 2, 2006 @ 11:34am
You have encountered one of the easiest to fix error messages in Quake.
The problem is simple, Quake cannot find your pak0.pak and pak1.pak files.
1. Make sure that quake\id1 folder contains your pak files.
2. Check your Start-In folder to make sure it starts in Quake
3. Make sure your Quake executables are in the folder that also contains the id1 folder and that the id1 folder contains the pak files.
4. Double check your Windows short-cut.
5. If you are running Linux and presumably Mac OS/X, you have a case sensitive operating system. Is the "id1" folders spelled in all lower case? Are the "pak0.pak" and "pak1.pak" files spelled in all lower case?
Double check #1 thru #5 a couple of times. If the problem persists post in the Support Forum but one of the above should be the solution to the problem, assuming your pak files are not corrupted and are valid.