1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

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OCNZBloodDonor
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1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

Post by OCNZBloodDonor »

I was wondering if someone could point out where i went wrong with my .pk3 ? Also any constructive criticism on the map itself as well would be fine, :)

Ive searched though the forums, and google'd alot, and cant see any obvious reason it doesnt show in the menu :confused:


http://blooddonor.orconhosting.net.nz/q ... quared.pk3 is the file... its 191 KB now
Last edited by OCNZBloodDonor on Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:20 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: 1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

Post by Eraser »

Get rid of the "single" gametype in your gametypes list in the .arena file. That should fix it (at least, it did here)
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Re: 1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

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ahhh excellent, that worked perfect... now to get the screenshot to work :) (only has q3 icon)


link is updated to working pk3... icon just doesnt work now, and its alot smaller :)
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Re: 1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

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ahhh doh... somethings wrong, i click play and nothing happens
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Re: 1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

Post by deqer »

Map names cannot be more than 16 characters in length. You want to rename your .map/.bsp to ocffa1.bsp

Once you do this, and rename your levelshot file to match, everything will work.
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Re: 1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

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ahh thanks deqer, makes sense...
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Re: 1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

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Ok, i changed the sky (renamed all the files and rebuilt the .pk3 file to http://blooddonor.orconhosting.net.nz/q ... ocffa1.pk3 and now it doesnt show up, and i must be looking too closely at it for too long as i cant see why
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Re: 1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

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Perhaps double check your .arena file.

Right now it shows:

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{
map             "bloodbathsquared"
bots            "Angel Biker Bitterman Daemia"
longname        "Blood Bath Squared"
fraglimit       "30"
type            " ffa single"
}
1) Remove space before "ffa"
2) Change map value to filename.
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Re: 1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

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thanks deqer, looks like it added it again when i compiled it
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Re: 1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

Post by OCNZBloodDonor »

Awesome!!! i owe you a beer or something, works and seems ok :)
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Re: 1st map, tried to make a .pk3 and it doesnt show?

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http://blooddonor.orconhosting.net.nz/q ... ocffa1.zip is now working, :)
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