Originally posted by fozz
DOOM 0.02 win-x86 Jul 23 2002
...detecting CPU, found Intel Pentium III
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:\Documents and Settings\brown\Desktop\Doom_III/base

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idPacketServer::Kill: server thread not active
idRenderer::Shutdown()
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...shutting down QGL
==== Game Shutdown ====
==== Map Shutdown ====
Clearing targets
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Shutdown event system
...not started
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Couldn't load default.cfg


this is the error inside the box if it helps
I've had the same problem with Quake 3, whether it's related or not i don't know. But are you trying to launch the game from a desktop shortcut? I know it sounds weird, but i created a short cut for quake 3 and it gave the same error, weird eh? But if you run the executable from it's folder in explorer it worked for me. It may be because i didn't actually 'install' quake the normal way, the same would apply for doom3 as its not actually installed, as mentioned earlier it just runs live.
when it loads, bring down the console window and type the map of your choice:

map e3/e3_1
map e3/e3_2
map e3/e3_3

I think that's it, my memory isn't the best - it's been a while.


-Mark