please help Created 20 years ago2004-06-24 16:15:52 UTC by goingloopy

i have just got hammer and i have followed all of andy's set up guide and in the beginning exactly but it won't let me load up the map it says 'Map not found on server.' i have cs versions 1.5 and 1.6 but i configured it on 1.5 because of the tutorial says thats wot it is for. So if anyone can help me with what i am doing wrong it would be most appreciated

dont start mapping for cs, start off with hl. if you map hl first, you get a better understanding of how the hl engine works and then can move to a modification such as cs. also steam can be pretty screwy with maps, so if you use it, i dont know what to do. if you have WON, then make sure the .bsp is in the maps folder inside the MOD directory e.g half life/valve/maps for half life and half life/dmc/maps for deathmatch classic.

When you get this error, it means you've either not set everything up right, or your map isn't compiling due to a problem. Check the "compile process" window, the grey one that appears. Read it. If you see any errors, look for them on this page.

If there aren't any errors, check all your setup options in Hammer. Try and find the BSP and copy it manually into SteamAppsyourem@ilcounter-strikecstrikemaps if necessary.

thnx very much....so i follow the help with the programme for hl?

right i hav some screenies to show u my configs and what i have made but i don't know how to upload the piccys on the forums

Uh... I think so. Not sure what you mean.

how do i upload pictures?

my image doesn't have an url

You'll have to put it on the web somewhere. Get a free host from www.clickherefree.com.

www.imageshack.us tbh (750kb limit, infinitely free hosting - support it today )

your map isn't found on the server for these reasons:
1. you have it in the wrong directory (try counter strike/cstrike/maps)
2. you haven't typed the name of the map correctly into the console (try loading it through: New Game in the steam cs menu)
3. you have placed the yourmapname.rmf into the cstrike/maps folder in the hope that maps don't need to be compiled to run (try compiling the rmf. get zhlt Batch Compiler [zoner's half-life tools] and set it up right, export your rmf to a map file (in Hammer: File / Export to Map) and Run it in zhlt.)
Or set up your configs right in Hammer's Tools / Options.. / Build Programs menu. and press F9 to test your map.

good luck and keep 'em coming

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i have a website...but i have now started to try mapping on hl as seventh monkey sed but when i have set it all up properly and made a basic map.....gordon, light, dead barney (lol) in a cube, i press f9 and the loading screen for hl loads up and then nowt happens is stays on that

and also i have it configured for cs and when it loads up it says, 'cannot confile map' map not found on server

sorry i meant wot ministeve sed about hl

Your compile settings are wrong. Check them. Change them. If you're really stuck, post screenshots or details.

wot r the compile settings?

Build Programs, Game Configurations. Read the tutorials on Settings Up Hammer.

ok i have my error log here could u help with this?

** Executing...
** Command: Change Directory
** Parameters: C:SierraHalf-Life

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:SierraCounter-Strikecstrikemapstest.map" "C:SierraHalf-Lifevalvemapstest.map"

** Executing...
** Command: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1TOOLSQCSG.EXE
** Parameters: "C:SierraHalf-Lifevalvemapstest"

qcsg.exe v2.8 (Jan 31 2000)
-- qcsg --
entering C:SierraHalf-Lifevalvemapstest.map

********** ERROR **********
missing '[ in texturedef

** Executing...
** Command: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1TOOLSQBSP2.EXE
** Parameters: "C:SierraHalf-Lifevalvemapstest"

qbsp2.exe v2.2 (Dec 28 1998)
-- qbsp2 --

********** ERROR **********
Can't open C:SierraHalf-Lifevalvemapstest.p0

** Executing...
** Command: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1TOOLSVIS.EXE
** Parameters: "C:SierraHalf-Lifevalvemapstest"

vis.exe v1.3 (Dec 30 1998)
-- vis --
1 thread(s)

********** ERROR **********
Error opening C:SierraHalf-Lifevalvemapstest.bsp: No such file or directory

** Executing...
** Command: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1TOOLSQRAD.EXE
** Parameters: "C:SierraHalf-Lifevalvemapstest"

qrad.exe v 1.5 (Apr 6 2000)
--- Radiosity --
1 threads
[Reading texlights from 'C:PROGRAM FILESVALVE HAMMER EDITORTOOLSlights.rad']
[1 texlights parsed from 'C:PROGRAM FILESVALVE HAMMER EDITORTOOLSlights.rad']

********** ERROR **********
Error opening C:SierraHalf-Lifevalvemapstest.bsp: No such file or directory

** Executing...
** Command: C:SIERRAHALF-L~1HL.EXE
** Parameters: -dev -console +map "test"

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missing [ in texturedef

The 'missing [ in texturedef' message can be caused several ways:
One or more faces has no texture, or the texturename is just made up of spaces. Check for problems in WC 3.3/Hammer should detect them as 'invalid texture' messages.
The texture name on one or more faces has a space in the middle of the name somehow (Textures are not allowed to have spaces in their names)
You are using Worldcraft 2.0 or 2.1, and the worldspawn has a key/value of "mapversion" "220" If so, remove it.
A Worldcraft 3.3 map was imported into WC 2.1 or 2.2, same problem as above.
A Worldcraft 3.3 map was imported into Quark, also the same problem
The map is in Worldcraft 3.3's .map format, but the "mapversion" "220" is MISSING from the worldspawn (this is really rare).

USE ZONER'S TOOLS. SEE THE LINKS PAGE.

the loading screen for hl loads up

Do you have the console on? If not, run hl.exe with -dev -console.

i have the console on and i have no textures on my map for now

Well apply them. You can't have untextured faces.

well it says on the tutorial just press f9 and u shu be in a pink room :S

it won't let me add the textures how do i do it?

Holy s### i have done it thnx for all your help.... thnk u soo much

right now what is the entity for a breakable box?

sorry for writing another one but when i load up my map (YEY :D) everything works nice and dandy but....i have no ammo indicator or health, is it some thin gi have done wrong

That would be the enigmatically-named func_breakable.

To get the HUD, don't run the game from Hammer. Start CS, then start hosting a LAN game.

ok... but i have no func entities what have i done wrong now?

sorry i forgot to say i am using hl to map for now but i downloaded a map and that had all the hud even if i played it through hammer

In the settings you most select the FGD file. You can find it on ex: C:Valvehammereditorfgd(the game)hl.fgd.

wha??? i have done that i can get my maps to work..its just i don't have the func entities

Perhaps you try to insert a point-based entity and you can't find the func entities in that list? That's right. Func entities are brush-based, e.g. you'll have to turn a brush (or a couple of brushes) into an entity. Then you'll get the brush-based entity list, wich contains the func entities (and some more too)...

ahh thnx

right another thing...how do you make those things that launch u out?

Seventh-Monkey, I apologize for being so abrupt in my post last week... you were right.

@loopy: I think you're looking for trigger_push

Rad: no prob.

k thnx

ok i have a made a funny little crappy map.. how do i upload it?

The Submit Map link in the Mapping Vault seems to be a good place to start...

lol i mean do u have to zip it or summing? and say which textures?

Read the instructions... it's all written out...

And I suppose when you have to browse for a ZIP file you have to have your map in that zip file...

As for textures, when you didn't use anything that wasn't already included in Half-Life, then you only need to put your .bsp in the zip file. That's all.

well....i can't zip, so i guess i can't upload my maps :

get winzip. its free.

wha?? winzip ain't free