I am having trouble trying to get a . arena script to work.
{
map "Rylockfacility"
longname "Rylock Impirial Base"
type "duel powerduel"
}
it is named Rylockfacility.arena
and in the scripts folder, but it doesn't work, so i put all the files of my map into a pk3 and put the pk3 in the base folder, but still nothing! I need help getting this done, please.
I have to get my map sent in to a contest that ends soon.
im sure it is but is the .bsp file the same name as the .arena?
I like to put some extras but I dont know what their for, I just see others do it.
example:
{
map "blah_blah"
longname "blah blah"
bots "luke"
fraglimit "21"
type "ffa duel"
}
First off, why it doesn't work? It's not on the map list, it doesn't load, where is the problem?
Are you able to load your map with "map Rylockfacility" from the game console? Maybe you've got the sv_pure set to 1?
If not, then maybe you should change
map "Rylockfacility"
to
map "rylockfacility"
in your .arena file.
Finally you can make a test pk3 with rylockfacility.arena:
{
map "mp/duel1"
longname "Arena Test"
type "duel powerduel"
}
and test if it works.
still didn't work
ok... I am suposed to rename my map rylock (no capitle R)
I didn't do that... but I can load it in the consle.
I copied that script you made
{
map "mp/duel1"
longname "Arena Test"
type "duel powerduel"
}
but am I suposed to make the first one "MP/duel1" ?
I did all that (sept the name change) but it didn't show up, and am I suposed to put the pk3 in the base folder?
It works on my system even without the pk3.
Maybe you don't have a correct pk3, incorrect tree or something. How did you do it?.
Put your .arena file into scripts directory and start the game. You level must be on the list - I assume you're checking in on the duel's list.
yes! I am checking all game lists!
I make a map, test it a few times through devmap as i am building it, ad bot suport, make sure it works, switch info/player_deathmatch with info/player duel and the rest. make the .arena script, test, doesn't show uo, compile as a final, test still doesn't show up.
Ok then what about is it yourmap.arena.txt ? If you've got hide extensions off it'll be .txt if you created a .txt file and renamed it.
oh yeah, make sure your making it in notepad, wordpad or microsoft word ar anything else wont work
Microsoft Word not the best choice, stick to notepad whenever possible.
wade... not in scripts, but in the pk3 it said .arena.txt
I can't change it, and whenever I move the other ok3 in it changes it from
Rylockfacility.arena
tText Document
1 KB
to
Rylockfacility.arena.
txt
when I save it the .arena, at the bottom, there is a thing that says Encoding, do I do something with that?
it hasfour selections
ANSI
Unicode
Unicode Big endian
UTF-8
Type in "Rylockfacility.arena" including the quotation marks and it won't add the .txt ending. Or if you know DOS you can use that to rename it, or if you know how to turn off hide file extensions in Windows, do that.
what i usually do it nick someone elses .arena and just change the stuff i want
or i think i did 'save as' in notepad and changed the drop down thing to 'all file types' then did 'mapname.arena'
I tryed that wade, opened it. saved it as "Rylockfacility.arena"
but the file didn't show them, I moved it into the pk3 anyways, but it still changed to to .txt at the end.
I tryed renaming the file instead, but it won't let me add the ""
No one has mentioned it yet. I looked for it but did not see it. On the second line after saving it as myname.arena........did you save as all files? If you save it as text it will not work obviously. Save it as all files.;)
wait!... wade I just noticed... when I saved with the "" it didn't save over the txt! it made a new file, and the file is an arena file, not a txt! I put that in the pk3 tryed it out and int he dule list there was
Rylock IMP facility! but.. I havn't given it a level shot yet, and its pic was that of bespin court yard! I loaded it, but it loaded bespin courtyard... hmm...
:EDIT: If I remove the arena script from the script's folder and the BSP from the base folder it no longer shows up in the game directory, so the PK3 must not work. If I place the BSP back and the arena back it shows up as I said before.
:EDIT: again... I got the pk3 to work, instead of the script in the scripts folder, but I still have the problem where is shows bespin courtyard levelshot, and loads bespi courtyard, and I have a level shot now.
my thread droped way down the page... posting to keep alive, cause I still need help before the 12th!
see above post
have you left your arena file to say map "mp/duel1". If so that's why :p That line needs to point to your BSP.
ROFL
some things in life are just that simple arn't they?
one more bug now, its in duel directory, I loaded it, but it couldn't find a spawn point...
I have no info/player_deathmatches
I have 2 info_player_duel
1 info/player_duel1
and 2 info/player_duel2
but it can't find a spawn point!
yeah, I can never get those to work, so I always end up using a couple of info_player_starts, would that work?
isn't that a SP spawn point?
I dont know, it works fine in mp for me