Quake 4 setup problems

[SLLAB02]

I just bought Quake 4 and since I installed it, I got a big fat dialogue which at the end says "Error during initialization". I'll include the full message at the bottom of this post.

I've run it before on my computer, so I know my specs are good enough. Since this problem, I updated my Nvidia drivers and got what I believe to be the latest updates, and as a matter of fact the problem has gotten even worse: now when I used to get the dialogue, I get the all-too-familiar "So-and-so has a fatal error and needs to close. Sorry for the inconvenience."

Any help?

MY SPECS:
AMD Athlon 64, 3000+ | 1.81 GHz | 512 MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache
XP Home 2002






Winsock Initialized
Found interface: {2F3F92A0-AB4E-413F-A2FB-471326E787FE} NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller - 192.168.1.103/255.255.255.0
Sys_InitNetworking: adding loopback interface
engine using MMX & SSE & SSE2 for SIMD processing
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
enabled Denormals-Are-Zero mode
--------- Initializing File System ----------
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/game000.pk4 with checksum 0x9321cee4
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak001.pk4 with checksum 0xf2cbc998
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak002.pk4 with checksum 0x7f8d80d1
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak003.pk4 with checksum 0x1b57b207
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak004.pk4 with checksum 0x385aa578
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak005.pk4 with checksum 0x60d50a1d
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak006.pk4 with checksum 0x9099ed11
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak007.pk4 with checksum 0xaf301fff
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak008.pk4 with checksum 0x4ac6f6d9
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak009.pk4 with checksum 0x36030c7d
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak010.pk4 with checksum 0x4b80fbda
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak011.pk4 with checksum 0x8acf4cfa
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak012.pk4 with checksum 0xbe4120b0
Loaded pk4 C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/zpak_english.pk4 with checksum 0x5868f530
Current search path:
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/zpak_english.pk4 (3457 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak012.pk4 (1081 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak011.pk4 (5620 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak010.pk4 (5539 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak009.pk4 (1284 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak008.pk4 (1289 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak007.pk4 (1330 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak006.pk4 (1343 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak005.pk4 (1395 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak004.pk4 (2249 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak003.pk4 (1281 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak002.pk4 (313 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/pak001.pk4 (5837 files)
C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/game000.pk4 (2 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
Addon pk4s:
file system initialized.
---------------------------------------------
------------ Initializing Decls -------------
Loading guides.... 59 loaded
442ms to load 1071k of material
96ms to load 43k of skin
250ms to load 716k of sound
4ms to load 1k of materialType
522ms to load 2078k of lipSync
106ms to load 105k of playback
1856ms to load 1665k of effect
---------------------------------------------
Detected
1.81 GHz CPU
512 MB of System memory
128 MB of Video memory on an optimal video architecture

This system qualifies for Low quality.
-------- Initializing renderSystem ----------
using ARB renderSystem
renderSystem initialized.
---------------------------------------------
Found default language English with VO
632 strings read from strings/english_code.lang
1654 strings read from strings/english_guis.lang
5616 strings read from strings/english_lips.lang
6085 strings read from strings/english_maps.lang
Couldn't open journal files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec editor.cfg
couldn't exec Quake4Config.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
-------- Initializing Sound System ----------
sound system initialized.
---------------------------------------------
--------------- R_InitOpenGL ----------------
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...registered window class
...registered fake window class
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'opengl32' ): succeeded
...calling CDS: ok
...created window @ 0,0 (640x480)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...PIXELFORMAT 10 selected
...creating GL context: succeeded
...making context current: succeeded

------------ Input Initialization -----------
Initializing DirectInput...
mouse: DirectInput initialized.
keyboard: DirectInput initialized.
---------------------------------------------
...initializing QAL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'OpenAL32.dll' ): failed
sound: hardware reported unable to use multisound, defaulted to stereo
sound: STEREO
...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
...using GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_add
...using GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
...using GL_NV_blend_square
...using GL_ARB_texture_compression
...using GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
...using GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
maxTextureAnisotropy: 16.000000
...using GL_1.4_texture_lod_bias
X..GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette not found
...using GL_EXT_draw_range_elements
...using GL_EXT_blend_minmax
...using GL_NV_float_buffer
...using GL_EXT_texture3D
...using GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
...using GL_NV_register_combiners
...using NV_vertex_program
...using NV_fragment_program
...using GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
X..GL_ATI_fragment_shader not found
X..GL_ATI_text_fragment_shader not found
...using GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
...using GL_ARB_vertex_program
...using GL_ARB_fragment_program
...using GL_ARB_shader_objects
...using GL_ARB_fragment_shader
...using GL_ARB_vertex_shader
...using GL_ARB_shading_language_100
...using EXT_depth_bounds_test
---------------- R_NV20_Init ----------------
---------------------------------------------
----------------- R200_Init -----------------
Not available.
---------------- R_ARB2_Init ----------------
Available.
---------------------------------------------
------------ R_ReloadARBPrograms ------------
glprogs/test.vfp
glprogs/test.vfp
glprogs/interaction.vfp
glprogs/interaction.vfp
glprogs/bumpyEnvironment.vfp
glprogs/bumpyEnvironment.vfp
glprogs/ambientLight.vfp
glprogs/ambientLight.vfp
glprogs/SimpleInteraction.vfp
glprogs/SimpleInteraction.vfp
glprogs/md5rInteraction4.vp
glprogs/md5rInteraction1.vp
glprogs/md5rInteraction.vp
glprogs/md5rSimple4.vp
glprogs/md5rSimple1.vp
glprogs/md5rSimple.vp
glprogs/md5rStdTex4.vp
glprogs/md5rStdTex1.vp
glprogs/md5rStdTex.vp
glprogs/md5rSkyBox4.vp
glprogs/md5rSkyBox1.vp
glprogs/md5rSkyBox.vp
glprogs/md5rEnvNormal4.vp
glprogs/md5rEnvNormal1.vp
glprogs/md5rEnvNormal.vp
glprogs/md5rEnvReflect4.vp
glprogs/md5rEnvReflect1.vp
glprogs/md5rEnvReflect.vp
glprogs/md5rEnvBump4.vp
glprogs/md5rEnvBump1.vp
glprogs/md5rEnvBump.vp
glprogs/md5rShadow4.vp
glprogs/md5rShadow1.vp
glprogs/md5rShadow.vp
glprogs/md5rBasicFog4.vp
glprogs/md5rBasicFog1.vp
glprogs/md5rBasicFog.vp
glprogs/shadow.vp
glprogs/R200_interaction.vp
glprogs/nv20_bumpAndLight.vp
glprogs/nv20_diffuseColor.vp
glprogs/nv20_specularColor.vp
glprogs/nv20_diffuseAndSpecularColor.vp
glprogs/environment.vfp
glprogs/environment.vfp
glprogs/arbVP_glasswarp.txt
glprogs/arbFP_glasswarp.txt
glprogs/arbVP_depth.vp
glprogs/arbFP_depth.fp
glprogs/arbFP_depth_coc.fp
---------------------------------------------
using ARB_vertex_buffer_object memory
using ARB2 renderSystem
reloading textures/common/debuggraph.
reloading makeIntensity( gfx/lights/squarelight1a).
reloading gfx/lights/squarelight1.
reloading gfx/lights/round.
reloading gfx/guis/mainmenu/splash.
reloading gfx/2d/bigchars.
reloading gfx/guis/soundmeter/audiobg.
reloading gfx/guis/white.
reloading gfx/guis/guicursor_arrow.
reloading gfx/guis/guicursor_hand.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbarh.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbarv.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbar_thumb.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbar_right.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbar_left.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbar_up.
reloading gfx/guis/scrollbar_down.
found DLL in pak file: C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/game000.pk4/gamex86.dll
copy gamex86.dll to C:/Program Files/id Software/Quake 4/q4base/gamex86.dll
could not create destination file
********************
ERROR: DLL extraction to fs_savepath failed

********************
Error during initialization
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem

 

[The General]

Reinstall Quake 4 and reinstall your video drivers.

 

[SLLAB02]

Did.

Or do you mean use the disk for my video driver that came with my computer? Becuase I already reinstalled Quake 4, but I'll have to contact my manufacturer for the disks that came with my computer, are you saying that's what I should do?

 

[atomic tofu]

hey I don't know if it helps any but I downloaded the q4 demo earlier in the day, installed it a few ago and ran with some errors. Read around and thought because I was running Vista and it was wanting Opengl that that was my wall.

Had your same end string errors...

This was hitting the shortcut...on a whim I right cick the main exe, run as admin...and it works. Don't know why of course, prolly cooky coding

might give you some direction to go in

 

[SLLAB02]

thanks but now entirely different problems have arose. do me a favor and check my other thread....
http://www.computerforum.com/59540-corrupt-file-wont-allow-comp-startup.html