Problem using certain maps in custom campaign

pow · Post by **pow** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:31 pm

I got a problem which I can't get solved. Whenever I try to add a map to my custom campaign which contains a _ the campaign won't work. For example the map Industry which is called ind_beta4.pk3 wont work just as any other map with a _ in it. Should I rename these maps before I can use them in a custom campaign?

Regards

tdg_sparky · Post by **tdg_sparky** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:35 pm

Are you creating the campaign with an automated campaign-maker or manually?

pow · Post by **pow** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:39 pm

manually, until now all have worked just fine. I had a ten map and a eight map campaign using caen and some other maps. No problems there. As soon as adding a map with _ all stops to work.....removing the map from the .campaign (rezip and rename as pk3), placing it in etmain, uploading it to the server where I keep maps and stuff for clients to download and all works fine again.

Badhabit · Post by **Badhabit** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:32 pm

I have a few campaigns with _ in the map name and they all work fine

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&#123;
	name			"RTCW Maps"
	shortname		"cmpgn_rtcw"
	description		"-=RTCW Maps=-*Welcome to the*&#123;Zer0&#125; House Servers.*Remember this is our house*and you are our guests.*Rules&#58;*>Spawn Camping is aloud*>Intentional TKing will*   not be tolerated*WEB&#58;www.zer0-clan.com*Rotation is&#58; *Base*Beach*Ice*Tram*Village * * * * "
	maps			"tc_base;et_beach;et_ice;tram_et;et_village"
	mapTC			374 374
	type			"wolfmp"
&#125;

hiro · Post by **hiro** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:07 am

You may already be doing this but be sure to write your campaign script in a text/code editor rather than in notepad.

pow · Post by **pow** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:13 am

I am indeed, I use Linux so the scripting is done in nano

KingJackaL · Post by **KingJackaL** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:32 pm

Yeah, I have campaigns with 'et_beach' and 'et_ice' that work fine.

Are you sure your capitalization is good? Some map makers don't pay a lot of heed to conventions, and may use UPPERCASE letters in their .bsp names. If so, make sure you match case.

pow · Post by **pow** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:39 pm

Well it seems that it is not the maps. I pressed escape whenever I saw the campaign wasn't loading so I could check anythng else. This time I just loaded Fueldump and went to see what I could do as ref. Well, I can pick all the maps (including maps with an _ in it's name) and from campaign I can pick the stand ones but my own campaign is not showing.....I'm lost. Just to make sure there are no errors I'll post my .campaign here:

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&#123;
name "9 maps"
shortname "cmpgn_zzfcustom"
description "www..nl public&#58;*9 map campaign.**All welcome, have fun. No greifing, laming or spamming spawns.**ETpro map scripts in use! Can dynamite back door on 
battery & spawn in garage on Fueldump.**Maps&#58;*Fueldump, Oasis, Railgun, Caen, Radar, Marrakech Streets, Battery, Industry, Goldrush"
maps "fueldump;oasis;railgun;caen;radar;et_mor;battery;ind_beta4;goldrush"
mapTC 374 374
type "wolfmp"
&#125;

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:05 pm

Be certain you have all of the maps the campaign references on the client you're using to test; the campaign may not be shown otherwise.

pow · Post by **pow** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:10 pm

Wel, the campaign works...seems that it didn't like Fueldump as a starting map for some reason. Only problem left is that not all clients are showing the 9 maps during boot or any server info I wrote to go with it.

deej · Post by **deej** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:01 am

That happens when the client doesn't have all maps in the rotation on his system yet.

Feature request: in such a case at least show the descriptive text? Possible?

pow · Post by **pow** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:01 am

Aha! Thanx for clearing that up! Would indeed be nice if that would be changed in the future!

Thanx

tdg_sparky · Post by **tdg_sparky** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:44 pm

I would recommend just getting an automatic campaign maker. There are plenty of free ones available out there. I use the one by Pharaohs and it hasnt failed me yet. I have not experienced any problems with the maps that have underlines in them.

pow · Post by **pow** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 12:46 am

There are no problems left tfg_sparky. Turns out I was using a wrong starting map for the campaign. I guess I prefer to make my own campaigns, onces you know how its quite simple actually.
I will have a look at an auto maker, for making more different campaigns it might be faster.

Thanx

tdg_sparky · Post by **tdg_sparky** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 9:29 am

What does the first map in the campaign have to do with it? Tell me your list in the order tha it wasnt working and I'll try it just to see if it really matters or not. I'm curious.