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Rugnir
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How to make challenge maps?

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I have a map i wish to put into a scenario. it is a 5 player map, and the 4 cpu will all team against you but with less oil each in their base. the map works in wz, but how do i get it into the challenges folder? I can see it but what needs to be done to convert the map across? i have tried savegam and FlaME's Campaign Compiler, but both have proved fruitless.
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Re: How to make challenge maps?

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Currently it is as follows:
  • Write a challenge file. It's an ini file in /challenges/ (you can see built-in challenges as an example, they're quite intuitive).
  • Merge this file into the map (the way you make map-mods).
  • Ask people to install your map as a mod (as they install mods).
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Re: How to make challenge maps?

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Thanks
is this the /challenges folder in the my documents or the install or somewhere else?
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Re: How to make challenge maps?

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It's in physfs.

Built-in challenges are loaded to physfs from the /challenges/ folder of the mp.wz zip archive.
Your challenges are loaded to physfs from the /challenges/ folder (which you'd need to create) of your map, which is also a zip archive.

See also the sticky post.