Server Not Downloading Map

DEADscottDEADscott Join Date: 2003-03-29 Member: 15022Members, Constellation
in General Server Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">When downloading this map from my server</div> Hi, I got a map that we want to run on our server, its called ns_easycheese. It has 3 files, a .bsp, .wpt and a .wad file. On our server I put the .wad file in my hl/ns folder, the .bsp and .wpt file went into the hl/ns/maps folder. When clients download it from our server they get a "could not open .wad file" warning. What did I do wrong? Thanks for your help!
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  • Eternal_BlissEternal_Bliss Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7633Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    AFAIK you cannot download a .wad from a server ;/
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  • PetitMortePetitMorte Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7232Members
    Sure you can. You just need to add it in a .res file.

    create a plain text file in your maps directory called ns_easycheese.res. in that file, put everything that you want the people playing to download. ie:

    maps/ns_easycheese.bsp
    maps/ns_easycheese.wpt
    ns_easycheese.wad

    that should do it!
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  • ArkaineArkaine Join Date: 2002-07-12 Member: 914Members
    If you're using Windows...

    Windows defaults to hiding file extensions, so if you save a text file called "ns_easycheese.res" it'll add on the ".txt" to make "ns_easycheese.res.txt." So if you use Notepad, Save AS...and put it in quotes, like this:
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->"ns_easycheese.res"<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    The quotes say save it just the way it's written.
    I'm sorry if I've insulted your intellect if you already knew that, but if you didn't know, this will save you future troubles. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DEADscottDEADscott Join Date: 2003-03-29 Member: 15022Members, Constellation
    Thank you, it works now. Sharing your knowledge with me will never insult my intellect. I am using windows and I did not know that about notepad. Thanks again!
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