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Category:	CoD 4 Level Design CoD 4 mapping and level design.
Moderators:	foyleman, rEdrUmMDK, Foxhound, Rasta, StrYdeR, The_Caretaker, batistablr, playername, Welshy

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Topic: This may be the single dumbest question ever

infinet

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Thursday, Apr. 10, 2008 08:07 pm
But how the heck do I load a custom map I downloaded from this or any site? Seriously... I created a folder called usermaps and within each folder I have maps with 2 FF's and an IWD. I fire the game up, and go to Mods and ModWarefare and neither have any custom maps, just the default IW ones. I went to 2 different websites explaining how to do it (both drastically different) and neither worked. Why does everything have to be so unessecarily tough with this, or maybe I'm just slow... either way, I am frustrated. Is there a tutorial on how to easily and successfully load custom maps? Sorry for the tone, I'm a little frustrated after finally finishing my map

Wrecks

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Thursday, Apr. 10, 2008 08:14 pm
The current version (1.5) has an issue with the file that adds the map to the map list. You will need to start it manually. Hit the ~ key and type "map mp_whatever" and it should load.

kmabigtime

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Thursday, Apr. 10, 2008 08:50 pm
also, put your mapname.iwd in the mod folder that are running the map from.... It will load TDM unless first open console & specify gametype.. "/g_gametype ctf" <~~example

Wrecks

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Thursday, Apr. 10, 2008 09:07 pm
kmabigtime writes... Quote: also, put your mapname.iwd in the mod folder that are running the map from.... It will load TDM unless first open console & specify gametype.. "/g_gametype ctf" <~~example actually the iwds should run fine from the map folder with the ffs.

infinet

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Friday, Apr. 11, 2008 02:29 pm
Wrecks writes... Quote: The current version (1.5) has an issue with the file that adds the map to the map list. You will need to start it manually. Hit the ~ key and type "map mp_whatever" and it should load. Did that and nothing happened. From the main menu, I brought up the command line and put that in... zip. The only maps that were brought up was test and my map i was working on. None of the ones I downloaded.

NovemberDobby

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Friday, Apr. 11, 2008 02:34 pm
So you're running a mod first?

infinet

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Friday, Apr. 11, 2008 02:40 pm
NovemberDobby writes... Quote: So you're running a mod first? All I've wanted to do is run some maps that I downloaded from this site. I have no mods (just a few maps from here, my own and the default IW ones) It will also let me know if i packaged my own map correctly before I upload them or share them with my friends. edited on Apr. 11, 2008 02:41 pm by infinet

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Friday, Apr. 11, 2008 03:08 pm
You have to be running a mod before you try any custom maps. You can even run a blank one, just make a new folder in cod4\mods. Then launch it from the mod menu.

infinet

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Friday, Apr. 11, 2008 03:16 pm
NovemberDobby writes... Quote: You have to be running a mod before you try any custom maps. You can even run a blank one, just make a new folder in cod4\mods. Then launch it from the mod menu. I see, I'll do that but how do I run a blank one? Do I need to create one first? I go to the main menu, click Mods; then Modwarefare and after that, I'm a little lost... thanks for the help

illram

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Category: CoD 4 Level Design Posted: Friday, Apr. 11, 2008 03:38 pm
The game comes with a mod: modwarfare. Use that to run your maps if you don't have any others. The readmes of the maps you downloaded should tell you what to do with them. You should have a directory called \usermaps in your COD4 directory; in that directory you should have directories matching the names of the map files you downloaded. For example, if you have a file called "mp_test.ff", create a directory in usermaps called mp_test. (Name it after the file with the .ff at the end, not the .zip you downloaded). Then unzip your maps that you downloaded into their corresponding directories, placing all the files in each archive within the corresponding directory. E.g. \usermaps\mp_test\<--- mp_test.ff, mp_test_load.ff and mp_test.iwd go in here. Open COD4. Load the mod "modwarfare." Type ~ to bring down the console and type map mp_yourmapname. Ta Da! edited on Apr. 11, 2008 03:45 pm by illram edited on Apr. 11, 2008 03:47 pm by illram