OpenArena crashed one day and I lost all my single player info, had to re-enter my name and such, and now the in game messages (talking, who ate who's rocket, etc) aren't displayed.
also when i press 't' to talk, i can't see what i am writing, but i can send it.
everything (who got railed, banter, my comments, etc) still shows in the console.
i lurked around for a similar problem, but either i suck at searching, or there isn't one.
Thanks for looking even if you can't help.
I also get this problem, sometimes when I have too many mods I end up losing all my player info, watch the mods you allow to your game, some are very dangerous. and also if you fiddle with data in your OA file
Mods are never safe