Could create map - how do I run it? :/

[Tribaal]

Hi folks.

Stupid question: I have made a test .bsp with Radiant, and now I would like to test it, but unfortunately I cannot find where the hell I'm supposed to stick my bsps so that OA picks them up...

I did put it in ~/.openarena/baseoa/maps/test.bsp , but then typing in "/devmap test" in OA's console returns an annoying file not found message... What am I doing wrong?

Help please, I really feel stupid

- trib'

[fromhell]

sv_pure 0

[Tribaal]

Hum I did, but unfortunately it doesn't change the problem

/sv_pure 0
/devmap test

maps/test.bsp cannot be found



How frustrating

- trib'

[Ferk]

I did put it in ~/.openarena/baseoa/maps/test.bsp

You should put it in your openarena/baseoa/maps/  folder ("openarena" instead of ".openarena")  I mean, the folder in which you installed the game, not the folder where the configuration files were created (~/.openarena)

[Tribaal]

OK I finally could access my map:

I had to create a .pk3 archive in my path, with my map in it. So basically it just wouldn't work if it was in a directory, but it works fine inside a .pk3...

By the way, it works either in ~/.openarena or in /usr/share/openarena (where the binaries are), as both are in OA's path.

You can check what you path is easily by issuing the "/path" command in the OA console.

I'm curious however, does this happends to me only, or do all linux users experience this problem? It's pretty weird really.

Thanks for your help folks, now I can get back to mapping

- trib'

[dmn_clown]

I have never had that problem, /sv_pure 0 followed with a /devmap craptastic.map has never failed for me with craptastic.map being in my ~/.openarena/baseoa/maps/ directory.

The only problem I've ran across and keep running across is video settings being lost on shutdown.   It is either an ioquake3 issue or an nVidia problem because it affects both Q3a and OA but until Debian Etch is released as stable I won't be able to test the latest nVidia drivers to see which.  Forcing the renderer to software mode seems to keep the settings saved...

[ratix]

OK I finally could access my map:

I had to create a .pk3 archive in my path, with my map in it. So basically it just wouldn't work if it was in a directory, but it works fine inside a .pk3...

By the way, it works either in ~/.openarena or in /usr/share/openarena (where the binaries are), as both are in OA's path.

You can check what you path is easily by issuing the "/path" command in the OA console.

I'm curious however, does this happends to me only, or do all linux users experience this problem? It's pretty weird really.

Thanks for your help folks, now I can get back to mapping

- trib'

You can either use sv_pure 0 and devmap <map> or you can zip your map into a pk3 and run it (without sv_pure 0 this time).