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No ending

Garompa 19 Dec 2022 23:23

game_end is missing on last map

Re: No ending

Varhansen 20 Dec 2022 02:09

OK I've just fixed it. Thanks. i re-linked the Google Drive link on the map pack page

Last edited on 20 Dec 2022 02:11 by Varhansen Show more

Crash

w00tguy123 20 Dec 2022 10:26

I get a crash on the 2nd map, probably because some model files are missing (hgruntpig01-03).

+ Missing files

Missing file "sound/C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Sven Co-op/svencoop/sound/duke/dukegroovy2.wav" referenced in:
dn3d1.bsp —> "beamupgroovy_1" (ambient_generic)
dn3d1.bsp —> "beamupgroovy_3" (ambient_generic)
2 more…

Missing file "sound/duke/dukegroovy2.wav" referenced in:
dn3d1.bsp —> "" (trigger_once)
dn3d1.bsp —> "beamupgroovy_2" (ambient_generic)

Missing file "sound/duke/gameover.wav" referenced in:
dn3d1.bsp —> "gameover" (ambient_generic)

Missing file "sound/weapons/pistol_deploy.wav" referenced in:
dn3d1.bsp —> "" (weapon_9mmhandgun) —> models/varhansen/v_pistol.mdl

Missing file "sound/weapons/pistol_reload.wav" referenced in:
dn3d1.bsp —> "" (weapon_9mmhandgun) —> models/varhansen/v_pistol.mdl

Missing file "models/varhansen/hgruntpig01.mdl" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntpig.mdl

Missing file "models/varhansen/hgruntpig02.mdl" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntpig.mdl

Missing file "models/varhansen/hgruntpig03.mdl" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntpig.mdl

Missing file "sound/ambience/chainlink.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/ambience/sleaz.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (ambient_generic)

Missing file "sound/ambience/sleaz2.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (ambient_generic)

Missing file "sound/ambience/windy.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (ambient_generic)

Missing file "sound/common/body_knee.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/common/body_plunger.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/common/body_roll.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/common/body_scream1.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/common/body_scream2.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/common/body_scream3.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/common/body_scream4.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/common/body_zipdrop.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/common/body_ziploop.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/weapons/melee_whoosh1.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "sound/weapons/melee_whoosh2.wav" referenced in:
dn3d2.bsp —> "" (monster_human_grunt) —> models/varhansen/hgruntcovenant.mdl

Missing file "gfx/env/cliff2bk.tga" referenced in:
dn3d4_1.bsp —> "Map Properties" (worldspawn)

Missing file "gfx/env/cliff2dn.tga" referenced in:
dn3d4_1.bsp —> "Map Properties" (worldspawn)

Missing file "gfx/env/cliff2ft.tga" referenced in:
dn3d4_1.bsp —> "Map Properties" (worldspawn)

Missing file "gfx/env/cliff2lf.tga" referenced in:
dn3d4_1.bsp —> "Map Properties" (worldspawn)

Missing file "gfx/env/cliff2rt.tga" referenced in:
dn3d4_1.bsp —> "Map Properties" (worldspawn)

Missing file "gfx/env/cliff2up.tga" referenced in:
dn3d4_1.bsp —> "Map Properties" (worldspawn)

Missing file "sound/ambience/Earthquake1.wav" referenced in:
dn3d5.bsp —> "bigquake2sfx_1" (ambient_generic)
dn3d5.bsp —> "bigquake2sfx_2" (ambient_generic)
dn3d5.bsp —> "bigquake2sfx_3" (ambient_generic)

Missing file "sound/duke/dukeseeyounhell.wav" referenced in:
dn3d5_2.bsp —> "aliendoor3" (ambient_generic)

Re: Crash

Garompa 20 Dec 2022 18:13

also, there are 2 maps that either are not being used or are causing problems since they changelevel 1 second upon starting. This creates unwanted loading times for servers

Re: Crash

Varhansen 22 Dec 2022 05:44

@w00tguy123 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V2a8PvgrSCFeBjRQwy0ICrLXyazjE1hI/view?usp=share_link
This hgruntpig.mdl should work i think..

Re: Crash

w00tguy123 24 Dec 2022 19:43

Yeah, that fixed the crash. However, if the model was edited then it should have a different name, or else players who downloaded the old version won't get this new one. Those players will still crash and not see any error message.

Edit: might not be a problem actually, I think the server crashed before anyone could download the model.
Edit2: some players did get the old model.

Last edited on 26 Dec 2022 18:31 by w00tguy123 Show more

Re: Crash

Varhansen 24 Dec 2022 19:57

sorry, i'm not sure what you mean by 'edited'. it was a .mdl i downloaded from goldsrc warehouse i think, and renamed to hgruntpig was the only change i made. maybe i should have kept the original name

Re: Crash

Garompa 25 Dec 2022 06:43

Small story. Many years ago when sven co-op was still just a mod for half-life, some models often were split into model files "xxx.mdl", texture files "xxxT.mdl" and sequence files "xxx01.mdl" "xxx02.mdl" 3, 4 etc… This was old technology even back then and merging all those files meant having the files and recompiling the model.
Having one of those files missing made the game crash.
At some point in history, merging all those files together into just the single .mdl was implemented, and today we have tools like the Half Life Asset Manager that can just merge those by just saving the .mdl, without having to recompile the entire model.

The hgruntpig.mdl is actually a very old Gunman Chronicles pirate enemy model. And being that old it needed those extra files that were missing.
The sane thing today is to use Half Life Asset Manager HLAM, and merge all those files together by just saving the .mdl after opening it, then delete the extra files.
These extra files sometimes can create problems in the game and are an unoptimized method for loading the model, as far as i know.

Now, you can just replace the file on your map files, repack it and reupload. Then replace this page's download link, no worries. This is how maps are updated here.

Re: Crash

Varhansen 26 Dec 2022 19:58

ahh ok interesting. i've opened/saved it with HLAM and re-uploaded/re-linked with that mdl now. i had renamed it with pig because i was going to alter the textures to try and make it appear with a pig-face, then try to alter their SFX to use the baby volitgore instead of human grunts, but hadn't got to it.

2 pages

Garompa 20 Dec 2022 18:11

Please keep your map updated on this page. I have merged what you posted on the mappack page so later that one can be removed by an admin, so we don't have duplicate pages.
Its not written anywhere but mappack pages are used for mappacks which are maps, usually from different authors or the same author, put together in one .zip that were intended to exist individually of each other but for reasons they were uploaded together.
Uploading the same thing twice just duplicates the page. In this case its better to keep only the map page since individual map and connected map series (your case) are considered as a single unit and not a mappack.

Re: 2 pages

Varhansen 22 Dec 2022 16:55

OK.. i'm still learning how to use this wiki.. apparently w00tguy123 says there is a missing hgruntpig01-03.mdl, i'm not sure how to upload that here, now that it's posted. Also, I was using the deathrowtrans.bsp map as a loader for dn3d3 because i was getting crashes when changing from dn3d2 to dn3d3. i read that if sequential levels differ too much in geometry, loading from 1 to the next could cause crashes. so i made deathrowtrans.bsp to act as a "geometry loader" so to speak. but that was before I started using Sven Co-Op instead of OP4

Re: 2 pages

Garompa 23 Dec 2022 16:04

Don't worry. We use sven co-op specific tools you may not know yet, like this https://github.com/wootguy/resguy to check for file errors before packing the map into a .zip
Put your map and this badboy into a random folder and run it to check for any missing files. You will have to manually recover the files though.
This also creates .res files automatically which are used for servers to tell clients which files to download and must be packed with the maps.

Re: 2 pages

Varhansen 24 Dec 2022 20:18

oh thats cool thanks i'll keep it on hand

Note to Author

Outerbeast 02 Jan 2023 20:09

Avoid putting spaces in the map archive filename, use a _ instead. Spaces could lead to funky business later on.
Cheers

good maps

djezusDjonez 14 Jan 2023 02:24

very fun, nice maps 5/5 i hope you will make episode 2

SV BOY 24 Jan 2023 17:05

the maps do not provide .res files meaning that any server hosting this would leave the players dissapoitned due to files not being trannsfered to the players

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SV BOY 24 Jan 2023 17:26

i uploaded the fixed zip file with the .res files generated with resguy, however, your map also has a lot of files missing which you may forgot to include

Missing file "sound/C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Sven Co-op/svencoop/sound/duke/dukegroovy2.wav" < more of a mapping error!
Missing file "sound/duke/dukegroovy2.wav"
Missing file "sound/duke/gameover.wav"
Missing file "sound/weapons/pistol_deploy.wav"
Missing file "sound/weapons/pistol_reload.wav"
Test finished. 47 files found. 5 files missing. 43 files skipped.

Missing file "sound/ambience/chainlink.wav"
Missing file "sound/ambience/sleaz.wav"
Missing file "sound/ambience/sleaz2.wav"
Missing file "sound/ambience/windy.wav"
Missing file "sound/bandit/bandit_footdrag.wav"
Missing file "sound/bandit/bandit_run_stepleft.wav"
Missing file "sound/bandit/bandit_run_stepright.wav"
Missing file "sound/bandit/bandit_walkcasual_stepleft.wav"
Missing file "sound/common/body_plunger.wav"
Missing file "sound/common/body_roll.wav"
Missing file "sound/common/body_scream1.wav"
Missing file "sound/common/body_scream2.wav"
Missing file "sound/common/body_scream3.wav"
Missing file "sound/common/body_scream4.wav"
Missing file "sound/weapons/melee_whoosh1.wav"
Missing file "sound/weapons/melee_whoosh2.wav"
Test finished. 45 files found. 18 files missing. 45 files skipped.

Generating .res file for maps/dn3d3_sub.bsp

Test finished. 6 files found. 0 files missing. 11 files skipped.

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Generating .res file for maps/dn3d3_trans.bsp
No .res file needed. Map uses default content only.
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Missing file "sound/ambience/Earthquake1.wav"
Missing file "sound/duke/dukeseeyounhell.wav"

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Last edited on 24 Jan 2023 17:27 by SV BOY Show more

SV BOY 26 Jan 2023 13:35

oh w00tguy already showed the missing files before

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Varhansen 28 Jan 2023 02:43

thanks, these are my first group of maps i've made so i guess i didn't pack them up 100% correct. i didn't even know what resguy was or what a .res file did. some of those missing .wav are actually just my error of typing wrong directory in the .wav location for a few entities. i need to go find them

SV BOY 28 Jan 2023 14:47

its alrighty

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dlotti 02 Feb 2023 17:40

Just found this wiki in google) It is nice to see that DN 3D is still non-forgettable but HL1 engine is too old for me to touch it) Anyway good luck!

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