Releasing a map

Mapping for FF The Basics Setting up Hammer Getting Started With Lua Releasing a map FF-specific Entities ff_minecart ff_miniturret info_ff_script info_ff_teamspawn path_mapguide trigger_ff_script trigger_ff_clip Lua location system Map Templates Basic Teamplay Capture the Flag Attack and Defend Invade and Defend Territory Control Hunted FF Lua Documentation Entity Typing Entity Collections Commands Buildables DamageInfo HUD Items Sounds and Messages Objective Icon Players Scheduling Menus Entity Functions Teams Utility Functions Data Saving Functions Callbacks Global info_ff_script trigger_ff_script Spawn turrets Spawn point control

Introduction

You've made a map, now you probably want people to play it, right?

Finishing touches

Before you compile, remember these finishing touches:

• Soundscapes
• Cubemaps
• location triggers
• path_mapguide
• info_intermission
• Show all visgroups in Hammer

• Compile with full vis, -final lighting, and HDR if you wish.
• Build your cubemaps.
• Bspzip files if you wish.

Files to include

Only the first three files are strictly needed, though all are recommended

• maps\mapname.bsp --the map
• maps\mapname.lua --The game script
• maps\mapname.res --A list of all files; used for downloading the map from servers
• maps\mapname.txt --A short description of the map
• materials\vgui\loadingscreen\mapname.vmt --loading screen material
• materials\vgui\loadingscreen\mapname.vtf --loading screen texture
• materials\vgui\maps\mapname\overview.vmt --overview material
• materials\vgui\maps\mapname\overview.vtf --overview texture
• materials\vgui\maps\mapname\interest.vmt --point-of-interest material
• materials\vgui\maps\mapname\interest.vtf --point-of-interest texture

Finally, include any custom textures, models, sounds, etc. your map uses--unless you've used bspzip.

Zip it up

Pack all your files for easy distribution. .zip and .rar are popular compression formats. If you include the directory structure as listed above, users can simply unzip the archive into their FortressForever folder, and they will be ready to go.

Host it

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