After all the compiling steps, I click to play the game. It opens with the screen and says my maps name, then all the sudden it opens up the map backlot and makes me play that instead. How do I fix this?

A map will abort to the default map of Backlot if the required assets for the gametype aren't correctly placed. This could be either objective assets for gametypes such as DOM SAB or SD, or correct number of spawns for the other gametypes.

As far as spawns are concerned, you must have at least:

1 x world spawn (known as an intermission spawn)
2 x start spawns for each team
2 x normal spawns (e.g. 2 x mp_tdm_spawn)

If you made the map for a gametype other than dm it will try to load it as dm when you click run map. just add a single dm spawn point just for testing purposes and see if this resolves it.

sherlokpwnz writes...

Actually the Default spawns are TDM or otherwise in COD4 called "WAR" just like DemonSeed writes.

The map will not work without TDM spawns. I don't ever remember it trying to load DM when I click runmap. In fact, I never add DM spawns until nearing the end of building my maps because they are not needed. It would be like adding SD spawns while your building your map.

His problem is most likely TDM spawns. Sometimes I forget the global intermission, and my map still loads, but if I try to join spectator, then the map basically crashes.

The only time I ever had my map switch to Backlot, is because My TDM spawns were not true.

You only need:

mp_tdm_spawn
mp_tdm_spawn_axis_start
mp_tdm_spawn_allies_start

If you have these, and your map still changes to Backlot, then make sure you do not have an error in your BSP build. Because it would mean your map is not updating.

thanks to all of you. you have been a great help.

thanks lol i had same problem trying to figure out how to fix for about a week now thanks ;)