i did everthing that it said to do to make a .pk3 file for my map, but i can not see it in sof2mp or in sof2 runner(thats what i use for my server).
It says that my file size when i open my map in radiant that it is 194KB that seems kind of small compared to the other map sizes i have seen and my map isnt that small.
I dont know if im missing something or forgeting something.
maybe somebody could walk me through it to make sure im doing everything ok thanks

Why dont you list down how you have done it then we can see what the problem is.... 194kb is mighty small.... is it a box??

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ok i made my map witch has one big room with 6 little rooms(that have it so u can only teleport to them) looking out from the top sides(snipe points) there are images and a pool in it, then leading to 2 hallways to 2 big rooms with 2statues and 6 barrels and like 30 tanks all objects. then 2more hallways to a big room. All rooms are really textured out, and a secret room with a table and chairs.

I was in radiant and saved the map as smokinsmap2 to sof2/smokinsmap2. Which i made all the folders that it tells me to make in the folder of smokinsmap2(in the tutorial on how to make a pk3 on this sight)in the script i wrote
{
map "smokinsmap2"
longname " smokins map 2"
type "dm tdm elim inf ctf"
}
and renamed it to smokinsmap2.arena
and i assume my shaders where already put in sof2/base/shaders

then i right click on smokinsmap2 and add to zip and when the first window pops up i delete .??? and change it to .pk3
file.
I then copy it to my base and it is only like 83kb. Then i tried to add all the folders in winzip for my map and it put it to 164kb.
That means i still lose 30 kb somewhere. I look at all the maps in my base folder and the smallest one i see is 300kb
so i think there might be something wrong.
I test my map by going into sof2mp and typing in /devmap smokinsmap2. I notice on the screen that it says warning for no shaders on some of the objects. I made shaders for my custom textures with quick shaders, but i cant find the some of the objects to load to make shaders for them.
sorry this is long, but then u might be able to tell what is wrong. thanks for your help.

sorry if this sounds stupid, but did you remember to compile the map?

Send me your .PK3 and I'll have a look if you want.

ok so i make sure i do this right.
In the tutorial on making a pk3 file it says put your compiled mp_test.bsp into the maps folder. Mine would be smokinsmap2.bsp
What i have done is when i save my map i save it too sof2/smokinsmap2
Let me know how to compile it cause i didnt see how in the tutorial.thanks
Some times i get the hard stuff, but not the easy stuff.lol

First of all, you’re map must be saved in the base\maps folder.
To compile the map for testing, I use “Q3Map2: (single) BSP –meta” the first time I compile my map. This is the quickest way to compile you’re map because it skips the “vis” and “lighting” stages.

Using “Q3Map2: (test) BSP –meta, -vis, -light -fast –filter” will give you better results, but takes a little longer.

yah i have always used the q3map2:single bsp-meta
now i tried the other one and i got
smokinsmap1.bak file
smokinsmap1(corel presentation 10 template)
smokinsmap1.bsp (this one is now 3,314kb)
smokinsmap1.srf

If u could mabye walk me through how to do the(the bsp file) add to winzip so i make sure i get it right. thanks for your quick response.

oh also i might have done the add to winzip wrong because i did it to the smokinsmap1.map(194kb) instead of the smokinsmap1.bsp(3,314kb).
when i do the test it also says couldnt find shaders for any of the objects i put in(like the statue, the only statue in sof2)i look for them in quick shader and cant find them.

i made the pk3 file by clicking on the folder smokinmap1 and right clicking---add to winzip. When the first window comes up i change the .zip to .pk3 and hit add that makes the pk3 file and the size is 753kb. The total of my folder was (3.69MB). I dont know if it is suppose to shrink like that. I also copied the pk3 to the sof2/base.
then i went to sof2runner and put my map on the server, then went into sof2mp and tried to get into my server, but it said couldnt load smokinsmap1.bsp. help please.