.pk3 problem

Master-Of-Fungus-Foo-D · Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:02 pm

well if you have a mac and the pk3 doesnt have the .min file, the map weont work on macs.. w/o the maps .min, macs cant play it..

Balr14 · Post by **Balr14** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:06 pm

The PC version of MOHAA will create a default min file if one does not exist, so the game is happy. The Mac executable will not, so it won't start.

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 6:57 pm

well if you have a mac and the pk3 doesnt have the .min file, the map weont work on macs.. w/o the maps .min, macs cant play it.

The PC version of MOHAA will create a default min file if one does not exist, so the game is happy. The Mac executable will not, so it won't start.

obviously, i wanted to know why the .min file is even really needed, why cant Macs do without? as i stated, i thought it was just data for the loading bar.

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:29 pm

lizardkid wrote:obviously, i wanted to know why the .min file is even really needed, why cant Macs do without? as i stated, i thought it was just data for the loading bar.

Well, it is as it is. Maybe the engine is looking for the min file during startup and crashes if it doesn't find it. Whatever, put it in ur pk3 and things are fine

If u really wanted to know, you will have to write to EA, maybe they can tell u the reason

[D.o.G]FaDe2BlAcK · Post by **[D.o.G]FaDe2BlAcK** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 12:23 am

ok um, im still having problems. this time its a map a friend requested. its called crossfire_paintball. again, people i send it to have it in there main folders. but it simply does not work. the script im using is a VERY basic script. i have the .bsp, .min etc. could i send it to someone (through e-mail) to fix it?

Mj · Post by Mj » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:03 am

Does it have a playerstart? lol

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:08 am

lizardkid wrote:why is this? i thought the .min file was jsut the loading bar.

No idea, but this one smells BUG a long way.

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:14 am

this last map, well it does work fine here. what is "does not work"?

[D.o.G]FaDe2BlAcK · Post by **[D.o.G]FaDe2BlAcK** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 3:47 pm

Mj wrote:Does it have a playerstart? lol

yes, it has 3.

and to answer your question wako, what i mean by "does not work," is that when people look in their maplist on MOH:AA console they do not see it. And when i tried 2 load the map, the player that i gave the map to couldnt get into the server even though he had the pk3 in his main.

wacko wrote:this last map, well it does work fine here. what is "does not work"?

does that mean it worked for you?

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:56 pm

yes, it worked: i foun the map in the list, selected it, launched it and walked around.

if ur friends dont see it, they either dont start a FFA or TDM game or didnt put the pk3 file where it belongs: in mohaa/main just where the stock pk3 files are.
Were u able to play a LAN DM match with ur friends in a stock map?

Btw, u put some files in ur pk3 that arent neccessary: u dont need the vis, prt and bak file. just bsp, min and the scr files.

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:06 pm

As i have two PCs here, I could even start a server on one PC and join the game on the other.
But u seem to have set only 1 info_deathmatch startpoint? Because the second player spawned on top of the 1st

Put atleast one DM spawnpoint in each corner of ur map...

[D.o.G]FaDe2BlAcK · Post by **[D.o.G]FaDe2BlAcK** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:22 pm

thx for telling me that. ive learned so much from this site. thx for all your help. its nice to know that people can help me whenever i have a mapping problem