how to play a map i created

[yuri]

hi all,
i am a begineer in mapping and i use mohradiant ..
i just want to know what to do after saving a map i created i a format (.map) in order to play it ..
can any one help ??

[BatteryAziz]

use mbuilder (unpack in MOHAATools folder so you can always find it).

Set the game directory (...\MOHAA\), compiler dir (...\MOHAATools\) and map source dir (where u save your maps).

Next, set BSP Options to (without quotes) "-blocksize 0", VIS Options to "-fast" and LIGHT Options to "-final -bounce 0"

Don't forget to set some ambientlight and sunlight in your map, and an info_player_start and you're good to go to hit that Build Map! button in mbuilder.

Next you end up with some files in your map source dir (a .bsp and .vis file and either a .lin or .prt file). You only need the .bsp file. The cleanest way to load your map in MOHAA is to use PakScape. (unpack this to MOHAATools\ as well). Open pakscape, make a new folder "maps". in maps\ make a new folder "dm" (or "obj" if your map is objective based). drag/paste the .bsp file you created with mbuilder to maps\dm in pakscape, and save as mymap.pk3 and put that .pk3 file in your MOHAA\main folder. your map should now show up in mohaa under deathmatch and team-deathmatch as your filename.bsp.

for all the other stuff regarding loading screens, scripting, custom textures etc simply do a google search ending with " site:map.moh-central.net" and you'll get a bunch of tutorials or forum entries. that's how i learned most of it!

good luck

[yuri]

thanks for your reply ..

i did every thing u said but i ended up with a windows batch file after hitting the bulid map bottom !

can u help me with this please

[BatteryAziz]

you gotta select your .map file and then hit Build Map. if it's still not working post screenshots of your settings maybe i can spot the error

[yuri]

i do select a .map file,
i attached a snapshot of the mbuilder screen

[yuri]

and that's what i get when i click the build map bottom.. this cmd file

[BatteryAziz]

don't use your main folder to store your .map files. make for example a mohaatools\maps\ folders. also can you post a screenshot of the entity info of your map's worldspawn in radiant. when you load your map, select your skybox and hit 'n'. this brings up the entity window.

[BatteryAziz]

also notice how it says "unrecognized parameter: of" which is the "of" of your game dir path. it shouldnt be spelled out like that, instead the path should look something like this:

C:\PROGRA~2\EAGAME~1\MOHAA

so in your case try E:\GAMES\MADEL~1 for game dir and C:\PROGRA~2\EAGAME~1\MOHAAT~1\Maps for maps

[yuri]

ok i changed the map source dir. but nothing happend

[BatteryAziz]

1. try the other stuff too i think it's most likely a path problem. maybe try to change your "madel of honor" folder to "mohaa" so there are no spaces in the path name.

2. also select (shift+click)the skybox then hit N. you doesn't seem like you have anything selected. it should say key/value: classname/worldspawn . if you want some base light to boot enter ambientlight/40 40 40

3. is entdefs.pk3 in your main folder?

4. post ss of your preferences in mohradiant there could be something off (ill have to mirror it with mine)

[yuri]

ok i changed the folder name to mohaa,
what's a skybox ?
yes the entdefs.pk3 is in the game's main folder
here is a snapshot of my preference

[BatteryAziz]

this is what it should look like



also i suggest you go through some of the tutorials e.g. /tutorials.php?category=Mappers because without the right settings you're going to run into all kinds of issues.

it's best if you make a skybox around the thing that you built. a skybox is where you build all of your stuff in. what you do is make a cube bigger than the size of your map, drag it in place to surround everything and hit the Hollow button (top left, it's the square with a dotted square inside of it, between CSG Substract and XYZ). this makes the big cube hollow consisting of 6 side-brushes.
if you type "utility" into the texture search box, you'll get some clips, nodraw, caulk, sky textures etc. now give these skybox brushes some sky texture..

[yuri]

well i can't thank u enough, i'm very grateful
i followed ur instructions and it worked,
but yet i have a small problem, when i make a brush and set it's function to ladder it disappears in the game but i can still climb it ..
can u help me with that ?

[BatteryAziz]

great! glad it helped

as for ladders, here's the tutorial

/t.php?id=39

basically what you do is make the ladder you want to climb, and then make a new brush with the transparant ladder texture (search "utility", it's pink and says ladder). make your ladder brush twice as thick as the ladder that you built, put it over the ladder itself and let it stick out a bit at the top. you let the thick side of the ladder brush stick out where you'd want to climb. now make this ladder brush func -> ladder , then bring up the entity window and hit one of the angle buttons to which direction you should hit "use" ingame (east, north west, south angle = 0, 90, 180, 270 respectively).

[yuri]

yeah it worked thanks a lot

do u think i can ask further question if i have'em ?