For some reason I can't get any of the sprites or models to work in my custommaps. If i run a map that has a model or sprite I get the message "ModNumForName: couldn't find C:/.../day of defeat." Whenever i place an ambient_generic the map just freezes up when its loading and it wont work. I use steam so i had to download the server files. If anyone can help me i would appreciate it. thanks

Sounds like you have got the CUSTOM models and stuff in the wrong folders. Can you give some idea as to where you have put them.

What do you mean by "so i had to download the server files"?

If you mean the standard stuff availble in the Dedicated Server download, then you don't need to actully place them in your steam folder. You just have to reference them properly.

Something like this for example:

c:/HLServer/dod/maps
c:/HLServer/dod/sounds ...
c:/HLServer/dod/models ...

As long as you change your paths in Hammer it will be fine.

Using the Server Files is a bit tricky but you will at least have all the latest wads models and sounds available to you without using other peoples software and asking for people to extract them and provide a download link to them.

yes the stuff i used was in the Dedicated Server download and i tried to use them without moving them but it still wont work. it might be something i do in hammer. i use an env_model, select the model and thats it. if theres something im doing wrong or not doing then i dont know what it is. thanks.

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http://www.glumchops.co.uk/images/tuts/config.jpg

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http://www.glumchops.co.uk/images/tuts/config_build.jpg

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http://www.glumchops.co.uk/images/tuts/config_wad.jpg

I use this Hammer set up and my maps run fine under Steam. I don't RUN the map from Hammer and it's best to use the Advanced Compiler set up if you do.

4)
http://www.glumchops.co.uk/images/tuts/runmap.jpg

Some one on VERC Collective has got Hammer to compile and run under Steam but I'm having problems with it still.

Let me know what you get.

Worked perfectly. I guess I forgot to fill in all those fields because I don't use the Hammer compiler either (if it was all that there was, I probably wouldn't map at all). Nem's batch compiler is easier. Thanks for all your help.

np

Don't forget to update your HLDS, to make sure you've got the latest files.