I haven't tried putting missioncycles in $TF2/, but I do know after
testing that putting it in $TF2/custom/<any name>/ works.
On 4/28/2013 12:01 PM, Rudy Bleeker wrote:
With the steampipe update for Team Fortress 2 just around the corner,
I would like to ask where our custom MvM mission cycle files should be
located in the new directory tree. I can't find the default
tf_mvm_missioncycle.res anymore which I hoped to use as a reference, I
assume it's been packed in one of the VPK files. Since the mapcycle
and motd files have been moved in this update, I was wondering if the
same was the case for our custom MvM mission cycle files.
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Mike Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
First we have a Con Command that will let you specify your own mission cycle
file "tf_mvm_missioncyclefile myfile.res"
where the default .res file is tf_mvm_missioncycle.res that is located in
the tf directory.
You can use this con command to set custom missioncycle files for each
server instance.
For how a mission cycle file works
Example contents of missioncycle.res file
-------------------------
"tf_mvm_missioncycle.res"
{
"categories" "2"
"1"
{
"count" "3"
"1"
{
"map" "mvm_decoy"
"popfile" "mvm_decoy"
}
"2"
{
"map" "mvm_coaltown"
"popfile" "mvm_coaltown"
}
"3"
{
"map" "mvm_mannworks"
"popfile" "mvm_mannworks"
}
}
"2"
{
"count" "3"
"1"
{
"map" "mvm_decoy"
"popfile"
"mvm_decoy_expert1"
}
"2"
{
"map" "mvm_coaltown"
"popfile"
"mvm_coaltown_expert1"
}
"3"
{
"map" "mvm_mannworks"
"popfile"
"mvm_mannworks_expert1"
}
}
}
-------------------------
format of the file:
"file name" - Name of the res file
{
"categories" "Number" - Number of Categories, by default
this corresponds to the number of difficulties
"Category Index" - Numerical Index of this category,
numbered in order starting at 1
{
"Mission Count" "Number" - Number of
missions in this category
"Mission Index" - Numerical Index of this
mission, numbered in order starting at 1
{
"map" "mapname" - Name of
the mvm map without the extension
"popfile" "popfilename" -
Name of the popfile without the extension
}
}
}
When a mission is completed the game looks at the missioncycle file and
looks for the current map / mission pair.
If it's found it then loads the next mission in that category, cycling back
to the first one if it's the last one in that category.
If the map / mission is not found, it simply restarts the current mission.
This behavior at the end is probably what’s causing some bizarre issues with
custom maps and popfiles. If a custom map is loaded and does not contain a
default popfile [Ie playing map mvm_decoy.bsp the game expects to load a
popfile of mvm_decoy.pop] the previous popfile will remain loaded.
Finishing this mission will just simply restart this “bad” combination.
Similarly if a custom popfile is loaded (via con commands or vote) the
server will seemingly be stuck on that particular combination until a vote
or server command is issued.
This default behavior seems undesirable and we’ll change it to load the next
well known mission from the missioncycle file
- Mike Lee
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Hi,
Unless I'm missing something, nothing in that article explains how to have
an unofficial MvM server rotate through a series of different maps with
appropriate popfiles.
tf_mvm_missioncycle.res appears to have changed in today's patch, but I'm
still unsure how to tell a TF2 server to use a specific mission cycle.
Also, that file appears to be per install, not per server instance, which is
surprising considering all other configuration files are per-instance.
The only information I can find by searching the archive of this list is
this statement before MvM was released by Fletcher that the file was self
explanatory. I've asked this question on this list a few times and so far
we've been unable to find the actual answer.
Regards,
Brendan.
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