Map rotation - how to stop.

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I am new to Q3 and Excessive Plus, and need a bit of help with a problem.

I have the latest version of Ex. Plus, and want to know how to stop the map changing at the end of each game when I play single player and when I use my pc as a server.

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EVOL.GLUON
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Map rotation - how to stop.

Go to your Quake/excessiveplus folder and look for file named rotation.txt. Here u can write a list of maps (wich u have installed) to rotate.

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Map rotation - how to stop.

Thanks for the reply.

But what I want to do is to STOP the map rotation. I want to be able to have the same map playing over again.

And does anyone know where I can find clear and simple instructions on how to change the settings in the game? I have looked at the manual for Ex. Plus, but it makes no sense to me as I do not have any previous experience with changing the games settings.

[MR.]GibletGrinder
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This thread should have posted in the Server Setup & Administration section. Map rotaion has been asked many times and has had many answers. However I see that reading the other threads might have proven to be a boring chore.

I suggest you read this tread http://forums.excessiveplus.net/viewtopic.php?t=884 before you read the rest of this post, do not concern yourself with mouse settings that is discussed in the thread. Look at the settings that are postedby St Anger & EVOL.IZ, it will help you to understand the manual & what I have explained below.

There are several ways to create a map rotation. In your case you just want to play the same map everytime.
You can create a map rotation by editing your Server.cfg file. This file can be named anything you want but it is the basic setting for your server, even for a single player game. It must be placed in the Quake III Arena\baseq3 folder. This file contains all settings for weapons, connection, and more. At the bottom of this file I would add these lines:

set d1 "map q3ctf1 ; set nextmap vstr d1"
vstr d1

Normally you would have nextmap set to d2,d3,d4...etc. In your case setting nextmap to vstr d1 will ensure that you play the same map everytime.

This setting can aslo be used on the rotation.txt that was explained earlier by EVOL.GLUON. Just make a .txt file called rotation and put the same map settings as mentioned earlier. The rotation file must be placed in the Quake III Arena\excessiveplus folder. However on the Server.cfg you must add the line:

set xp_rotation "rotation.txt"

This way, the .cfg file will know what to look for. the xp refers to the Excessiveplus folder in Quake III Arena. Just like the xp_crontab, xp_motd, etc...

Everything in quake3 is trial & error. How much are you really dedicated to learning? If you still do not understand, don't give up...keep trying until you do understand. The worse you can do is have a messed up setting go public on a "xp_dedicated" server and everyone makes fun of ya after playing. Be sure yours is for a "xp_singleplayer" game. Winking

Here are additional sites that will help you.
http://www.3dgw.com/guides/q3a/ Look for map rotation
http://www.3dgw.com/guides/q3a/index.php3?page=configs.htm

Once you are done reading, apply what you have learned to E+ and enjoy.

CHEERS MATE :mrgreen:

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If you want to stop the rotation just delete all maps from the "rotation.txt".

[MR.]Stollo
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E+ Config Editor is nearly finished. Im still working on weapon's configuration section. I think that it should be finished in some 2 days Big grin When it will be ready for download ill let you know and give a link. But you should remember that this will be a beta version...

Real men always attack from behind Winking

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Map rotation - how to stop.

Same map all the time?
Have only that map in rotation.txt...
I think this was Gluons idea too.

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// this will be executed before each map
timelimit: 20
fraglimit: 40
g_gametype: 0

q3dm17

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I think it still will 'reload' when finnished though ...

Bättre pissa i stuprännan än stupa i pissrännan !

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Map rotation - how to stop.

Thanks everyone for your replies.

I solved the problem by moving the rotation.txt file out of the E+ folder.