[Help]Adding New Maps

[NyteWolff]

I have searched among all the threads i could find and never saw a complete guide about adding new maps. I have attempted using prior releases as a guide and still ended up with an error. All servers start and run, you tele to the map, but it is all black with a bit of color swirls. If anyone can point me to a full guide, or can help me go over things, i would much appreciate it.

[XxFearReaperXx]

add all map files to your client.
add EXAMPLE FILE to your gamemap.ini in your client/ini folder
add EXAMPLE FILE to your gamemap.ini in your Game Server/ini folder
start up server and it will be accessible by the MapID you created when setting up the new map in your gamemap.ini
i.e.
1000=Cronus so /chgmap 1000 100 100
to add monsters to your new map cq_generator and add manually through there

[NyteWolff]

I did add the gamemap.ini info, also the ani/minimap, the map/map, the data/mimimap, and the puzzlesave..... still am lost as to what i might have missed

[idlemonkey]

depending on the maptype you may not be able to enter it with the chgmap comand ... just add a portal or teleporter to the relevant location and use it to enter your map

[NyteWolff]

As i am doing things from out of TQ clients, I am hand coding the DB side for cq_map myself, using a maptype that I have for a couple other maps such as Lost Land.

If need be I will freely post the changes/filenames that i edited... but again.... i would actually like to find a guide on how to do things myself instead of having someone else do it, as that does not teach me anything.


Thank You to those who take the time to read and comment.