Missing maps: what to do!

[Daze]

TUTORIAL ON HOW TO ADD MISSING MAPS

Hopefully this will stop unneeded topics on missing maps!

if by any chance you enter one of our servers and find that you have a missing map and get disconnected, don't fear as this is easily remedied.

firstly, find the exact name of the map that's missing and either search on Google or [FPSB] (www.fpsbanana.com/maps)

when you download a map, it's compacted together with Winrar, if you don't have Winrar you cant open the file. Download Winrar for free here (http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4-10007677.html?tag=contentAux;cloud)

once you have found the offending map simply extract the .BSP file to:


C: --> Program Files --> Steam --> Steamapps --> (your steam name) --> Counter-Strike: Source --> cstrike --> Maps.



Step By Step Process

for instance if your trying to get on to the Escape server to play on this map called zm_atix_helicopter, your friend says the map is real good but every time you try to play on it it says "missing map disconnecting".

once you've downloaded the map from fpsbanana.com, using Winrar extract either to your desktop or right click on the .bsp file in Winrar and extract to the correct folder, both ways work fine and which ever suits you best.

I'm going to skip the actual downloading from fpsb and go straight into placing it in the right folder as that seems to be where most of the confusion is coming from.

1. Once your on your C: drive, click on Program Files then Steam

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2. Click on Steamapps

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3. Click on your steam name (Mine is 90daze08)

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4. Click on Counter-Strike: Source

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5. Click on cstrike

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6. Click on Maps

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7. Depending on which method you picked, either paste or extract the .bsp file into this folder

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Congratulations, you can now play the map.

Easy as pie..right?

[ert]

good tutorial! But it is very hard to find the map on the internet even if u google it.

[ert]

wat u guys should do is upload all the maps that r on ur servers to this website so players can easily download them. Some maps u guys hav r customized so the right 1 will not be on the internet likely.

[Daze]

every map I've had trouble with myself, I've downloaded off fpsbanana, it's such a good site and has pretty much every map you'll ever need!

[andre1028]

every map I've had trouble with myself, I've downloaded off fpsbanana, it's such a good site and has pretty much every map you'll ever need!

fpsbanana is kind of late on released in my opinion and the search bar isn't really good so the map get's digged into the pages.

[Justice...]

wat u guys should do is upload all the maps that r on ur servers to this website so players can easily download them. Some maps u guys hav r customized so the right 1 will not be on the internet likely.

I actually like that idea. You could make a link for each server, like Surf (click on surf) and you will get a list of all the surf maps the surf server has. Then you just download it. Dont know if it will be alot of work, but if you could do that i dont think the Missing map would be a big problem. :P Even with this tutorial, which i find easy to understand, many people dont.

[Daze]

every single map that I could not download via the server I've found on fpsbanana, If you search right you will find the map.

[Justice...]

every single map that I could not download via the server I've found on fpsbanana, If you search right you will find the map.

yea but you know ... there are some people often called 'noobs' or 'newbs' that dont know how to do things right.

[SpikedRocker]

wat u guys should do is upload all the maps that r on ur servers to this website so players can easily download them. Some maps u guys hav r customized so the right 1 will not be on the internet likely.

Just on one server we have over 100 maps. (We are working to reduce that) Ideally it would just be redundant to upload all those maps again. We think we were having issues with our fast downloads server and hoping the new one we are oging to fixes alot of peoples problems.

[Daze]

yea but you know ... there are some people often called 'noobs' or 'newbs' that dont know how to do things right.

That's what the tutorial is for, to show people how easy it is to do it.

[Justice...]

That's what the tutorial is for, to show people how easy it is to do it.

Yes. I know. It is easy. But there are some people who do not get it. For instance; Cyanide-M. He is my clanmates little brother. He didnt figure out anything.

and please dont get me wrong, the tutorial is awesome. Good job

[Axel]

I think this should be made a sticky thread, so it is easy to refer too than it slowly going down the thread list
Brilliant tutorial daZe
you're a genius!

[jeN]

Sticky'd.

[Daze]

Greatly appreciated.

[instakill]

i had this prob thx

[Micro]

We got a shit load of maps. Damn never realized it.

[Ámber]

I hat loads of this issues aswell, when i made some maps and wanted to play them lan with some friends they started to download and bumped on the Missing map error condition. I got tired of going on to skype and give them the maps, back to this tut. If your downloading maps from FPS.B or from some servers you might miss skins or so called textures / sounds that will ruine the download to be honest, the download is okay... but it isnt working correctly, So if let me say SG download a map called imadethismap ( just a random name ) and those makers used textures all this guys dont got, they'll download the map but will see an purple/black chessblock on the missing texture parts.


This is kinda lame cause that means the people that download also need to find the right textures, this takes ages before your finally finished.

So what to do if this will happen again on missing map.

By a missing map download the map extract it to the files that were given above this,
And you can play,

Missing textures?

Go to FPSbanana.com then go textures and start download the textures, put the textures within the map cstrike / materials

** Why we keep missing textures even if we downloaded the map from the server**

If your downloading an map from the server, you'll download the outlook without textures, he auto-randomize all your textures you already got.

**** LIES, cause if i sometimes download a map I get items *****

True , that is true... but if the textures are custom made and the server dont put them on the right place or the maker didnt put it good it will not function.

Conclusion :

Follow Daze his story, http://www.fpsbanana.com and search the site explain itself,
Missing items / textures sounds.. Same story

Good luck!

[Kirby2]

i haven't had this problem before and it recently came with the update, could that have been the factor?