ok i have my common folder for gradiant at the following location: C:\Program Files\Call of Duty\uo and it is still zipped but my friend has it like this for gradiant and his works fine. i downloaded the "setting up the editor" vid but that didnt help at all and i have tried reinstalling gradiant and that didnt help either. i threw the commons folder in numerous places and tried it and it still didnt work. i have also asked one of my other mapping friends and he dont kno either. this is a real head scratcher. so does anyone have any suggestions as to wut i should try?

commons?
or do you mean collmaps?

follow this tutorial and you wont have any problems....

unless you are trying to map from the Game of The Year Edition or the Deluxe Edition...in which case i suggest you rename now
also check that the .gam settings actually reflect where you have installed the game to

uh no i mean wut i said, commons. its a thing im gradiant and radiant. it holds the caulk testures and ladder textures for my map. i think if u dont use caulk then when i throw nades and put a gun down for a different gun they will turn invisible. so i will have to re-texture my map (which is no big deal) i am just building it then i will make it caulk then bak to its texture of my choice but every time i try to open my commons it crashes

~claps hands~ good job at waisting my time, now i have 3 xmodel folders, when i said common i meant common not callmaps. hell i dont even kno wut those are and i dont think they fuckin matter. geesh ~sighs~ this is not helping any.

if you are using the proper mapping tool (graydiant) and have the editor set up properly (including adjusting your .gam settings if installed to a directory other than the default) then there is no need for further extraction or addition of files...
what exactly you are talking about requiring a "common" zip file is perhaps not what you are asking...but it isnt helping define your problem
if you wish to be facetious with your responses then i will discontinue attempting to resolve your issue

well sry bout that. but i just dont kno y they dont work. i have it all set up properly and stuff. i have it all in the right folders and everything. hell i even unzipped it and it still didnt work and yes the program is in the default area. yers i bet work. wut do u have all yer stuff in and i will change it to that. like where is yer gradiant at and where do u have yer commons at?

First off, make sure that since you are going to reinstall everything (COD, COD:UO, Graydiant), that after you uninstall what you have already that you check and delete the Call of Duty folder (if it still remains! This happens alot). Then make sure you install in this order...

1) COD

2) COD:UO

------Install these if you want to upgrade COD to the latest patch--------
3) COD patch 1.5

4) COD:UO patch 1.51
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--------If you want the new textures in the mappack install this--------
5) COD:UO Mappack
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6) CODTools (Graydiant).

just install to the default directories

then follow the setting up the editor tutorials

If you do this then it will work as you want it to!

thing is, i did install them in that order but i have 1.41 cod patch and 1.51 uo. so i guess there just not gonna ever work for me. thanks for trying. they might work on my aurora alx in a long time from now that i get it.