problem: others can't join custom maps


(Daetur) #1

so I made a custom map and put all the necessary files into the mymap.pk4 file
which is located in the …/base directory (where all the other pk4’s are)

now I send my pk4 file to a friend so we can test it in multiplayer.
so I start the server and it works just fine, the map is listed in the menu and
even has a nice screenshot of the map at the loading screen. My friend then
tries to join me but gets ‘1 missing media pak file’ (I assume thats the one I send him),
but we checked it and it is indeed in the correct folder of his game. So just to make
sure everything is alright I told him to open up a server and let me try joining.
So he did and opening the server was working there very well too (so the file can’t
have been missing or misplaced).
If we remove the custom pk4 file we can play the multiplayer maps that are with the
game without having that problem. But we want to try our selfmade maps too.

So have you experienced similar problems? or can you point out what I forgot or
what I did wrong? Make sure to help me out then …

Thanks


(Zombie13) #2

have you edited any game files that came with doom3?


(Daetur) #3

no, else I wouldn’t be able to run MP-maps that came with Doom3 either,
it says 1 media pak is missing as soon as I add my custom pk4 file

did you get a custom map to work with players joining you?


(Zombie13) #4

no, but other people have tried my map and it worked fine in mp, not sure what your problem is, can I have some more info please?

Zombie