Some questions about wads Created 16 years ago2008-08-04 17:52:04 UTC by CactusJack

Ok before I start asking, I know there's already topics about this sort of thing, I just want to get it flat down from when you start a map, Ok.

First off, does the wad location you use for hammer crucial? Because when I used sounds I noticed that if you didn't use sounds from cstrike/sound and used it from say your desktop, the person would not dl the sound. So does this matter in hammer?

If what I asked above is true, than if I am running a hlds server and I want a friend to play with me, would the .wad dir be better as valve\HLServer\cstrike or as "account"\counterstrike\cstrike

Also I read somewhere that declaring your wad in a .res file in your maps folder will tell the client to dl the extra .wad, is this true?

I had more questions, but I am not thinking too clearly atm, so i will add any additional ones I can think of. Thank you for reading, I hope you can help.

1) Your wads MUST be in the cstrike folder
2) valve\HLServer\cstrike
3) Not necessary unless you use an http download server.

Ok, I have hammer set to use the wad in hlserver/cstrike. My Server is running, and a friend just tried to join it, he was able to get the sounds and the bsp, but not the .wad. Could it have anything to do with the fact im compiling with Wad auto detect on(Nems)? Ive tried adding -wadinclude <C:\Program Files\Valve\HLServer\cstrike\W.wad> as an additional param in csg, but all it does is give me a compile error, Error: ReadSurfs (line 20241): 4849 > g_numplanes. This goes away if i don't use additional params. Any ideas?

Do you have a .res file?
Put a .res file (basically a txt file but res extension) and name it exactly like the map. In it put the locations of the files you want to be downloaded with the .bsp