Hi guys thanks for your help!

DARKHALO2K: I took your advice and loaded all of the pk3 files (22 in total). The app now takes about 5 seconds longer to crash. Although those 5 seconds are spent on a black screen, they give me hope. I'm considering this a step in the right direction.

Vato: Good ideas. 1. checked my file path in the menu and it is correct. 2. I think the patch may be what I need, but that's giving me some trouble. See, I own a Mac so to get the game files I used WINE (runs windows programs in OSX) to run Steam for windows. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time using WINE to install the update, basically WINE's compatibility is shoddy and confusing to work out.

So that's where I'm at. Thank you both for your ideas, I feel like we're getting closer. My apologies that I'm just responding now, work got a little crazy this week.

Any pointers moving forward are greatly appreciated!