Map file not working =(

[7Priest7]

Greetings

After spending so much time creating and attempting to repair this I still fail to see the problem...

Here is the map

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE Resource SYSTEM "map-0.2.8_beta3.dtd">
<Resource type="aamap" name="cross" version="0.1" author="7Priest7@forums" commisioner="GOD" category="cross/polygon/regular">
	<Map version="0.2.8">
		<!-- A Cross Shaped Map -->

		<World>
			<Field>
				<Axes number="4" />

				<Spawn	x="150"	y="50"	xdir="0" ydir="1"	/>
				<Spawn	x="50"	y="150"	xdir="1" ydir="0"	/>
				<Spawn	x="250"	y="150"	xdir="-1" ydir="-0"	/>
				<Spawn	x="150"	y="350"	xdir="-0" ydir="-1"	/>

				<Wall>
					<Point	x="100"	y="0"	/>
					<Point	x="200"	y="0"	/>
					<Point	x="200"	y="100" />
					<Point	x="300"	y="100" />
					<Point	x="300"	y="200" />
					<Point	x="200"	y="200" />
					<Point	x="200"	y="400" />
					<Point	x="100"	y="400" />
					<Point	x="100"	y="200" />
					<Point	x="0"		y="200" />
					<Point	x="0"		y="100" />
					<Point	x="100" 	y="100" />
					<Point	x="100" 	y="0" />
				</Wall>
			</Field>
		</World>
	</Map>
</Resource>

Then the line I use to attempt to call it is
MAP_FILE 7Priest7/cross-0.1.xml(http://www.blessed-armagetron.co.cc/cross-0.1.xml)


Thanks in advance for any effort made to assist me =)

[sinewav]

Hello and welcome to the ArmagetronAd forums.

Map making is a little complicated at first so don't be discouraged. Look over this one more time carefully. I see a few problems with your map, and the way you call it with MAP_FILE...

• 7Priest7/cross-0.1.xml(http://www.blessed-armagetron.co.cc/cross-0.1.xml)

Your resource tag should have these properties instead:

• author="7Priest7"
  category="cross">

In your map, remove the @forums. Resource date is case-sensitive too, so keep that in mind. Also, try not to use hyphens and underscores in your map names as this can sometimes be a problem. Also remove "/polygon/regular" from category. Finally, the category commissioner isn't supported in all versions of Arma (I think), so just remove it completely (/me makes a lame joke about god being unnecessary).

According to your current MAP_FILE setting, Arma is looking for a map named "cross" in a folder named "7Priest7". This means you've left your category out of the path (which should "cross").


Change this to: MAP_FILE 7Priest7/cross/cross-0.1.xml

And use this:

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<Resource type="aamap" name="cross" version="0.1" author="7priest7" category="cross">

To get this...

[7Priest7]

Thanks sinewav for the help! <3
I did what the your post said...

The URL of the XML is http://www.blessed-armagetron.co.cc/7pr ... .aamap.xml
^ Just so I don't have to spam forums with the map code again.

And I changed the call to
MAP_FILE 7priest7/cross/cross-0.1.aamap.xml
RESOURCE_REPOSITORY_SERVER http://www.blessed-armagetron.co.cc/

However when I try to join server...
The server log echos this

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[0] Resource 7priest7/cross/cross-0.1.aamap.xml not found in cache. Downloading it, please be patient...
[0] Downloading http://www.blessed-armagetron.co.cc/7priest7/cross/cross-0.1.aamap.xml ...
[0] ERROR: Return value 403 != 200.
[0] Downloading http://resource.armagetronad.net/resource/7priest7/cross/cross-0.1.aamap.xml ...
[0] ERROR: ctxt is NULL
[0] Map load failure:
[0] The map 7priest7/cross/cross-0.1.aamap.xml could not be loaded or parsed; please check your configuration and the log.

Which is sadly the exact same error it was echoing before I did the above...

Anything else I need to do? (Sorry for being so fail)

[sinewav]

Hmm, this is a little outside my level of experience. But don't worry, someone will be along shortly to help out.

The Arma server you are running in on this machine (http://www.blessed-armagetron.co.cc/) or are you running the server from your home computer and using the website as a resource repository?

[Jonathan]

[0] Resource 7priest7/cross/cross-0.1.aamap.xml not found in cache. Downloading it, please be patient...
[0] Downloading http://www.blessed-armagetron.co.cc/7pr ... .aamap.xml ...
[0] ERROR: Return value 403 != 200.

Your web server denies Armagetron access because Arma doesn't have a user agent. If I replicate Arma's access I get a 403. If I add a "User-Agent: whatever" header it gives me the file. So fix the server.

[7Priest7]

[0] Resource 7priest7/cross/cross-0.1.aamap.xml not found in cache. Downloading it, please be patient...
[0] Downloading http://www.blessed-armagetron.co.cc/7pr ... .aamap.xml ...
[0] ERROR: Return value 403 != 200.

Your web server denies Armagetron access because Arma doesn't have a user agent. If I replicate Arma's access I get a 403. If I add a "User-Agent: whatever" header it gives me the file. So fix the server.

Thanks...
IDK If I can do this on Byet however now I know the problem...
Worse case scenario, I can use "HTTP File Server" on my laptop (which I leave on almost 24/7 anyways) to serve the map file...

[Tank Program]

Maybe we should add a user agent to Armagetron?

[AI-team]

Yes and also link the armagetronad:// protocol to Armagetron and make it work on windows ;D

[Z-Man]

Maybe we should add a user agent to Armagetron?

How? We're using libcurl, I don't think that has an option for that. If I'm wrong, knock yourself out, shouldn't be too hard. We're only calling it from two places, the resource fetcher and the authentication.

[Jonathan]

Try CURLOPT_USERAGENT if you feel Arma needs one.

[Tank Program]

Hopefully I will remember to do this over Christmas when I've got time. I think it would be complete with how we've used other bits of the HTTP protocol.