Packaging maps and files

[gstv87]

Hello, mappers!
I've just registered here after seeing the TF2 workshop endorses/supports you (?) and I'm getting fed up with their broken bureaucracy.
I have a bunch of files to upload... MVM maps, their navs, their population files, etc, all in their final versions and already tested.
What directory protocol is required for packaging?

 

[nesman]

I'm getting fed up with their broken bureaucracy

What?

I have a bunch of files to upload..

I'm assuming these are your maps and not someone else's.

What directory protocol is required for packaging

For MvM maps I'm not sure since it has things like nav files and population files. Packing a map, ie when you put custom textures/models into a map, can be done using compilepal.

 

[gstv87]

What?

not having a dedicated sub-section for uploading required files such as navs or populations, or packing them into the very BSP, and forcing people to upload under another release, as another file, under different policies.
overly complicated for what it is.

I'm assuming these are your maps and not someone else's.

yes, all mine.
mostly based on Valve's own, with a lot of fixing.

For MvM maps I'm not sure since it has things like nav files and population files. Packing a map, ie when you put custom textures/models into a map, can be done using compilepal.

I just eyeballed it and packed them under \tf retaining paths.
seems to be the norm for various other authors.

 

[nesman]

Well we do something similar for version control. The game actually works like that as well, if you have a map (pl_badwater) already downloaded to your computer and the person updates it, it will cause a version conflict. Basically the game tries to join with map pl_badwater(v1) but the server is running pl_badwater(v2), because you have a different version, it drops your connection. This is entirely out of everyone's control unless the map is in the game, then valve can force a update to your game files. SO it's not a dumb policy per say, it's just how things work in this game.