Those cool colomar and jagd "mission briefs" are pretty easy to do...Valve already has a cascade sheet done and all you need to do is create a html file named "<your map name>_english" and dump it into the \dod\resource\maphtml folder. If you want to add pictures you can place them anywhere you'd like and use the html file to find them...the default location is dod\materials\mapDesc

I've attached an example for an updated version of anvil that I'm working on. I'm not much of a html programmer so you guys can probably do much better. I also get that purple checkerbox pull down as well...not sure about that one...mebbie someone can figure it out.

It'd be nice to look at the objInfo.css for the class structure and maybe there wouldn't even need to be background colors and <3<3<3<3 for the tables... css is amazing.

The Pink Bits is only when your html is longer than 1 screen, if you keep your map description short you won't see it. Would be nice if Valve fixed that up tho.

Also a tip for people bspzipping thier maps. The html and any images referenced by the html cannot be included in the zipped bsp. Dod simply runs an internet explorer window inside the game so if the files are zipped inside the bsp, it can't access them and you'll get a typical IE file not found error.

Awesome, thanks FD!

I wonder, is it possible to create custom textures to replace the checkerboard scrollers? I find it a little annoying because it breakes consistency in the design.

Awesome, FD! Thank you.

I only get the checkerboard bar problem when I go to "run in a window mode".

You could also try the Teamselect menu in my version 7 HUD? It has a slightly bigger area for the map description that may help.

You don't need the whole hud, the Teamselect is separate in the Zip download version. (http://www.dodbits.com/downloads/Ver7/INsanes_Small_HUD_Ver_7.zip)

Just look for the "INsanes Teammenu Ver 7" in the download.

ok i have got the web sites to work as long as the html and images are stord on my local pc.

how do i pack the files into the the map so when a player joins the level, it will download with the map?

i managed to get all the images to come down just fine, but the html pages didnt come down with the map

As far as I know you can't pack them into the bsp...even the colomar and jagd pages are on your hard drive as decompressed files in their natural folders under your dod folder

ok so the only option i have then is forcing the users to download them when they connect to the server?
whats the best way to do that?