[cod] Custom Maps

[Evans, James C (N-HiTec Associates)]

You are actually both correct.  It doesn't have anything to do with the
number of maps you are running.  It has to do with the length of the
filenames.  COD2 creates an info string of all the .iwd's running on the
server.  If this string exceeds 1024 characters in length, it will crash
the server, or cause a iwd/sum mismatch error because the info string is
truncated instead of being a complete listing of the files running on
the server.  Having multiple mods and/or maps  and using the fs_game
function compounds the problem.  I have played with this many times.
And everytime the same thing.  When the info string exceeds 1024
characters, bam....nothing but problems.

My suggestion....combine all your custom maps and mods into 1 or 2
.iwd's (if possible) with minumum filename lengths.  It will make your
download a lot larger, but will remove the iwd/sum mismatch error due to
filename lengths.  

Until we get a patch that will allow dvars to contain more that 1024
characters, we will continue to see this problem.  It has been
extensively discussed at iwnation.  So this isn't a linux only problem.
It is a problem with the game engine itself. 

Regards....


-----Original Message-----
From: John Konings [mailto:trigg3r at sz-clan.nl] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 8:52 AM
To: cod at icculus.org
Cc: cod at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [cod] Custom Maps


No thats not true

Running 8,9 custom levels now.

Have made several mappacks max.4 but works like a sharm

check it out 80.69.78.163:28963

:)

Rgds





> There are several that will run, however you cannot run more than 4 at

> a time, otherwise it will crash the server.
>
> I have running on our server:
>
> mp_industry
> mp_borisovka
> mp_newvillers
>
> and the two new maps released by IW. mp_rhine & mp_harbor.
>
>
>
>>
>> From: "Michelle E" <michelle_s4f at hotmail.co.uk>
>> Date: 2006/05/02 Tue AM 08:20:10 EDT
>> To: cod at icculus.org
>> Subject: [cod] Custom Maps
>>
>> Has anyone found any custom maps that run on Linux servers...the ones

>> i have tried keep crashing the servers and giving script errors...any

>> help would be appricated..
>>
>> Thanx
>> Michelle
>>
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