What I am experiencing now is unlogical problems due to what would appear to be bad programming.

If anyone knows a solution PLEASE SAY, as I am truly losing my temper with these tools, fast.

I made my map, in BETA stage, compiled it and it run 100% fine on my computer, the loadscreen, minimap, everything fine. I get it uploaded to a server for beta testing, I spot a few bugs, fix them in Radiant, recompile it making no changes to ANY other file and load the map only for it to crash saying it cannot find the loadscreen. THERE IS ABSOLUTLY NO REASON WHATSOEVER. The loadscreen images are in the CORRECT positions and it worked fine on the BETA and since no changes have been made to it, why would it not find it. If it's not the loadscreen error it's a minimap error, again stating it can't find the image file. Why is it that one time it will compile and it will find it, the next time it won't. I did have this same issue with my BETA map. I could run the map fine on mine as I stated above, yet my second PC came up with the same error (when running from .ff files and .iwd) I fixed this by simply recompiling. WHY ARE THE TOOLS SO TEMPORAMENTAL IN COMPILING? Now it's not even running the map from source files. I am trying to not to get frustrated but it is extrememly hard when I have a map that people seemed to like, and they can't play the final version because your tools don't want to find files that are in the right places. Please, I am not trying to be rude but you must see my frustration. I changed absolutly NOTHING other than open the map, edit, save and recompile and now it just crashes. I have tried redeleting the .ff files and .d3d9bsp files etc but it just will not load now. I have this map and a sequel to a very popular map :[GOB]:Rats waiting. It's just so frustrating and makes NO SENSE why it will not find the loadscreen, even from source files.


Please, anyone have any suggestions.

JackC



Here is the screen if it helps....




http://i30.tinypic.com/33p4mmw.jpg



edited on Feb. 2, 2008 07:56 am by jackc1990

Rebuild your .iwd file or if you are just running the map on your machine with the tools try rebuilding the loadscreen.iwi.

Tried rebuilding it, no luck. Still crashes. I have installed 1.5 patch but surely it wouldn't make any difference....

Please, any other suggestions mate?

I had the same thing for my map after I installed 1.5 patch for my game, I just recreated the mp_loadscreen again and it was fine.

Ok this is just getting ridiculous

I completely uninstalled the tools, (saved my .map files and .gsc's) reloaded in all the tools starting from scratch, loaded in my map, worked fine, I done the minimap, saved as an .iwi, converted the assets, added it into my .csv loaded and it won't find the compass image.


It's just not finding any image at all.

I've tried remaking the image altogether, remaking .csv's, .gsc's and it just refuses.... what else can I do apart from just call it day.

edited on Feb. 2, 2008 12:49 pm by jackc1990

This is a 1.5 patch error as far as I'm concerned.

Oh god, no offense to IW but do they actually TEST their software.

I mean as far as I am concerned I am not missing anything:


http://i28.tinypic.com/4fv0iv.jpg



I highlighted everything to do with the compass. It's in my assets, my images, my .gsc, yet it still doesn't find it. I think I will just reinstall 1.4 for the time being. Jesus christ IW.


(Wow, I need to chill out LMAO but you must be able to see where I'm coming from)

btw I do have a .fx and .vision files. I just moved them out onto my desktop and effectively started from scratch just to see if they were at fault but it MUST be 1.5 causing it.

I am also having this problem. So if anyone has solution I would like to hear it.

What the hell! I ran map last night everything worked fine. I could run map from tools with minimap. so i gave it to couple buddies . while i updated to new patch crosing my fingures that it wouldnt effect anything. then i hosted servor and i couldnt even connect says couldnt load minimap so ive been trying everything. just thought huh ill check map out through tools now i cant even do that gets same error. NIce patch id say

I have this problem, but I haven't even downloaded the 1.5 patch cause of the problems I've been hearing about it, so I don't think the problem is with the patch.

I tested my map locally from the compiler and it worked fine, loadscreen and minmap. So I moved all associated files out of my CoD4 directory and packaged the map like I would for distribution to check there was no problems, but when i try and run my map I get that error.

I have 2 .csv files for my map but I'm not sure if this is right.

ignore	code_post_gfx_mp		
ignore	common_mp		
ignore	localized_code_post_gfx_mp		
ignore	localized_common_mp		
col_map_mp	maps/mp/mp_shipment2.d3dbsp		
rawfile	maps/mp/mp_shipment2.gsc		
impactfx	mp_shipment2		
sound	common	mp_shipment2	!all_mp
sound	generic	mp_shipment2	!all_mp
sound	voiceovers	mp_shipment2	!all_mp
sound	multiplayer	mp_shipment2	!all_mp
xmodel	body_mp_usmc_specops		
xmodel	head_mp_usmc_tactical_mich_stripes_nomex		
xmodel	body_mp_usmc_sniper		
xmodel	head_mp_usmc_tactical_baseball_cap		
xmodel	body_mp_usmc_recon		
xmodel	head_mp_usmc_nomex		
xmodel	body_mp_usmc_assault		
xmodel	head_mp_usmc_tactical_mich		
xmodel	body_mp_usmc_support		
xmodel	head_mp_usmc_shaved_head		
xmodel	body_mp_arab_regular_cqb		
xmodel	head_mp_arab_regular_headwrap		
xmodel	viewhands_desert_opfor		
xmodel	body_mp_arab_regular_sniper		
xmodel	head_mp_arab_regular_sadiq		
xmodel	body_mp_arab_regular_engineer		
xmodel	head_mp_arab_regular_ski_mask		
xmodel	body_mp_arab_regular_assault		
xmodel	head_mp_arab_regular_suren		
xmodel	body_mp_arab_regular_support		
xmodel	head_mp_arab_regular_asad		
rawfile	maps/mp/mp_shipment2_fx.gsc		
rawfile	maps/createfx/mp_shipment2_fx.gsc		
rawfile	vision/mp_shipment2.vision		
rawfile	minimap.cfg		
rawfile	server_map.cfg		
rawfile	language.cfg		
material	compass_map_mp_shipment2		
include	mptypes_urban		

and the second one which was created when i created the loadscreen. I wasn't sure if this was included in the load.ff though.

Don't know if this is causing the error for me, but I would still like to know if you are meant to have 2 .csv files.

Cheers