.Map :: MoHAA Mapping

hi guys...i made a map and when i try playing it it doesn't and goes back to the mmain menu..help plzzzzzzzz

This may sound like a stupid question, but: Have you compiled your MAP file into a BSP file?

Here is a good starter turorial b.t.w.: /t.php?id=90

yes i did

Do you have a player->info->playerstart in your map????

launch your game, and type this in the console before you load your map-

logfile 1

Then, try to launch your map. After it crashes, open up your main folder (it will be your mainta for SH, or maintt if you were using Breakthrough) and look for a text document called qconsole.txt inside. The errors that caused your map to crash will be inside that. Go ahead and post it if you don't understand what it means.

Also if you open up your console after the map crashes it might say what error it was, The one error I had one time was a door that leaked.

Also you might want to take out all the other pk3s out of your mainta or main folder, especailly any sound mods.

echo_rancid wrote:Also if you open up your console after the map crashes it might say what error it was, The one error I had one time was a door that leaked.

this is what axion suggested .but instead of opening the console ,all of the console text is saved in the qconsole.txt file .

as far as i know there are 3 common reasons y the map should crash while loading .
1-u try to run a spearhead or breakthrough map on mohaa (sometimes crashes)
2-u forgot to put a player->info->playerstart in ur map (be sure to put light)
3-ur .bsp file was corrupted by something .

however i dont think a mapping error (like the door) could cause something like that .

M&M wrote:

echo_rancid wrote:Also if you open up your console after the map crashes it might say what error it was, The one error I had one time was a door that leaked.

this is what axion suggested .but instead of opening the console ,all of the console text is saved in the qconsole.txt file .

True but, you can see the specific error without having the log. I did have a door leak that crashed my map but this might be a different scenario too.

I would check for any leaks too...use pointfile and if it says leak in the compile you need to fix that.

Let us know what was the problem.

The main reasons to use "logfile 1" is:
1) that when a lot is written to the log, it only holds a limited amount of lines, and the first lines written is deleted. This is avoided when writing everything to disk.
2) Its easy to copy/paste the error here and ask for help

Bjarne BZR wrote:The main reasons to use "logfile 1" is:
Its easy to copy/paste the error here and ask for help

Very good point, didn't even think of that.

More than likely you did forget your info>player>start.

Btw, the door leaking would not cause the map to crash, or a regular leak at that, but a more serious error.

i had a func_door that i tried to bind to a lift, this would cause the game to crash to the main menu.

yeah that might do it

i also had a rotating door where i misplaced the origin and caused a crash .but this crash was in the compiler itself ,whenever i try 2 compile i get a BSOD at the end of compilation until i fixed it .then it worked fine .
when i tried the compiled file afer the crash it would crash the game the same way .

I had a rotating door that crashed the game. I think it was caused by duplicating the door from an existing one. The wierd thing was that it originally worked but must have gotten corrupted somehow. I blew it away and rebuilt it from scratch and I had no problem after that.