PS: I have only tested this (so far) on a Windows TF2 "client" (where I typically smoke-test a new TF2 map before uploading it to a "dedicated server" - typically Linux-based). However, I have never encountered this issue before.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 7:18 PM Mecha Weasel <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been doing this for years with custom maps: > * Compile the map as usual. > * Create a map-specific CFG file for it (i.e. same basefile name as the > BSP + .cfg). > * Use the lump-editor in VIDE or similar utility to embed the .CFG file > into the .BSP in the /cfg virtual folder. > * Basically the same process as embedding map-specific .TXT files, > materials/textures (.VMTs and .VTFs, custom sound files, etc. > > However, I noticed today that when I fired-up TF2 to do a test-run of a > new map, that it said (at runtime) that it couldn't find the map-specific > CFG file? Sure enough, none of the settings I normally include in that > map-specific CFG file were being set (such as tf_allow_player_use 1). > > Not sure when this started, but I did verify that the .CFG file *IS* > definitely included in the .BSP file. I am not having other issues with > custom textures/materials and/or sounds. They are all displaying and > playing correctly. > > So, I went back and ran some other maps I have compiled and distributed > previously, and had been working, and noticed they are now exhibiting the > same symptom. > > Did Valve make some change to how it finds/executes map-specific CFG > files? RECENTLY? > > I am not sure when this symptom first started. > But, I just noticed it TODAY. > > Anybody else having / noticed similar issues? > > Thanks! > > -- > ------------------------------ > > +------------------------------+ > | [F+M] Freaks & Misfits: | > | ___ ___ | > | | _| _____ __ __ |_ | | > | | | | ___|_ | \/ | | | | > | | | | |_ _| |_| . . | | | | > | | | | _|_ _| |\/| | | | | > | | | | | |_| | | | | | | | > | | |_ \_| \_| |_/ _| | | > | |___| |___| | > +------------------------------+ > | Steam-Community: | > | FreaksMisfits | > | Web-Site: | > | FreaksMisfits.club | > | E-Mail: | > | [email protected] | > +------------------------------+ > > ------------------------------ > -- ------------------------------ +------------------------------+ | [F+M] Freaks & Misfits: | | ___ ___ | | | _| _____ __ __ |_ | | | | | | ___|_ | \/ | | | | | | | | |_ _| |_| . . | | | | | | | | _|_ _| |\/| | | | | | | | | | |_| | | | | | | | | | |_ \_| \_| |_/ _| | | | |___| |___| | +------------------------------+ | Steam-Community: | | FreaksMisfits | | Web-Site: | | FreaksMisfits.club | | E-Mail: | | [email protected] | +------------------------------+ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/
