Using Custom Maps with rc4

[ed]

I am running a server on unix dedicated 2.8rc4, It works fine if I use one of the default maps but if i try to use my own maps (which work fine on a different server running rc3) I get the following message:

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Incorrect File Path: The resource file loaded from "ed/fortress/mad_fortress-0.0.2-aamap.xml" wants to be at "ed/fortress/mad_fortress-0.0.2.aamap.xml". Possible resolutions:
a) If you are not the author of the resource, you should move it to the right place given above and adapt the reference pointing to it.
b) If you are the author and want the file to stay where it is, you can modify its <Resource> tag so it wants to be where you put it. Consult the documentation on how to do that.

The first couple of lines of mad_fortress-0.0.2-aamap.xml reads

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<!DOCTYPE Resource SYSTEM "AATeam/map-0.2.8.0_rc4.dtd">
<Resource type="aamap" author="ed" name="mad_fortress" version="0.0.2" category="fortress">

        <Map version="0.2.8">

I have copied the map file to:

The settings file reads:

MAP_FILE ed/fortress/mad_fortress-0.0.2-aamap.xml

RESOURCE_REPOSITORY_SERVER http://plantpeanuts.co.uk/resource/

The map file is stored at: http://plantpeanuts.co.uk/resource/ed/f ... -aamap.xml

I have copied it on the server to:
/usr/local/share/games/armagetronad-dedicated/resource/included/ed/fortress

Maybe I'm making a simple mistake, I'm pretty sure this setup works on my rc3 server. Any help much appreciated.

[Z-Man]

Sorry, some server admins were a bit sloppy when choosing the location of their files, that's why we're now (starting with rc4) have to enforce it, or there will be collisions in users' caches with bizarre bug reports resulting.

In your case, that is overkill. All the system wants you to do is to rename your map from fortress-0.0.2-aamap.xml to fortress-0.0.2.aamap.xml and to adapt your filepath. Just a dash to a dot.

Sorry for the inconvenience, had we discovered the problem earlier, we'd have first made it a warning. Or made it so that the file path is corrected for the clients and the server keeps the file where it is.

[ed]

Thank you kindly.
Knew it would be simple, didn't spot the difference between the 2. They're the same!
Hours I spent with different configurations. All I needed was to replace a dash with a dot. Doh!

[Tank Program]

That dash and dot can make a lot of difference. Take morse code for exame...

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.... .  .-.. .-.. ---
-... .- .-.. .-.. ...

A few slips in timing and concentration takes you from "hello" to "balls." Quite a bit of a difference!