Ofp mp map filename convention

terox · July 4, 2002

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Multiplayer Map Filename Convention

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Introduction and aims

INFORMATION ONLY THREAD

Please dont start a discussion

The following filename convention is intended for global use Â within the OFP Community

Its aims are

1) To create an easily navigable and organised map listing system

2) To be simple and informative

3) To reduce multiple downloads of the same map from various server due to a small filename differences

4) To set a standard map filename for future mappers to use

(Thanks must go to)

Itchy, Kegetys, whisperFFW06, Â Lt_Damage, nierop, Â benu, zinco, JRMZ, Â oo7vet, Â KaRRiLLioN, eisa01, Goeth[kyllikki], Shrike, Â HellToupee, Â MadDogX, Â peanuckle_00, morteni55, [TNF]Steiner.

Special thanks goes too Skunk Monkey and joltan for their unrelenting vigilence throughout the 3 month discussion)

Important

Please only reply to the thread to state

1)Your name

2) Who you represent

and a basic statement eg "We support and use the convention"

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The discussion (19 pages of it) which is now closed can be found at the following link

Filename discussion

terox · July 4, 2002

Filename Template

Example of some filenames

ctf 24 riverdance v1

ctf@ 32 armourgheddon beta 1.1

c&h 30 one road v2

tdm 12 deathvalley beta 1.6

c&h@ 24 deliverence v1

c&h 24 efl malden v1

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ******** Â Subgroups Â ********

The filename has been split up into the following subgroups

MAP TYPE Â Player Limit Â MAPNAME Â VERSION

Â Â ctf Â Â Â Â 10 Â Â Â Â tigerland Â Â v1

= ctf 10 tigerland v1

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ******** Â MAP TYPE Â ********

The following abbreviations are to be used

a&d Â - Â (Attack & defend)

co Â Â - Â (Cooperative)

combi - Â (Combination of c&h and ctf

ctf Â Â - Â (Capture the Flag)

ctfr Â Â - Â (Reverse capture the flag)

c&h Â Â - Â (Capture and hold)

cti Â Â - Â (Capture the island )(Combination of rts and c&h)

rc Â Â Â - Â (Race)

sc - (Sector Control)

tdm Â - Â (Team Deathmatch)

dm Â Â - Â (Death Match)

ff Â Â Â - Â (Flagfight)

tff Â Â Â - Â (Team Flag Fight)

e&e Â Â - Â (Escape & Evasion)

rts Â Â - Â (Real Time Strategy)

misc Â - Â (Miscellaneous) not belonging to a map type)

@ Â Â Â - Â DENOTES ADDON USED

If the map uses any addons at all, in addition to the BIS standard addons that came with the various patches, the Tag "@" is to be attached to the end of the maptype abbreviation

eg Â ctf@

eg Â c&h@

eg Â co@

I will try to keep this updated as further map types evolve

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ******** Â PLAYER LIMIT Â ********

This should simply be the maximum player limit only

not 2_22, just simply 22

(If the player limit is less than 10, then the number should be preceded with a 0

eg, Â 07, Â 09 etc

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ******** Â MAP NAME Â ********

LEAGUE MAPS

If the map is an official league map, then the name itself should be preceded by the league tag

Example of a Euroleague tag

efl

and incorporated into the name

c&h 24 efl nogova v1

(DO NOT Â alter the filename of official league maps, Â approach the league, explain about this convention, and if they are willing to support the convention, they will release new maps with the altered names)

Map name in general

Ideally the name should not include the creators tag, a server tag or anything else that would clutter it up.

This type of information can and should be added to the briefing html file by the mapmaker

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ******** Â Version Â ********

Existing Maps

Any mapnames that already have existing version numbers, should be left in their original state, no modifications should be made to them or a version number added to them, if none exist. The only exception is of moving them to the correct location, eg the last subgroup location)

New Maps

The following system is recommended not compulsory

Lets look at the development of a map from beta to finished version

1) Map released onto a server for first time to beta test

ctf@ 32 swampland beta 1.00

2) A few bugs removed and map uploaded again

ctf@ 32 swampland beta 1.01

3) A few more improvements

ctf@ 32 swampland beta 1.02

4) A few more improvements

ctf@ 32 swampland beta 1.03

5) Beta 1.3 is bug free and finished

so its renamed and becomes

ctf@ 32 swampland v1.0

6) A new game patch is released, with some extra weapons

the map maker upgrades his map

ctf@ 32 swampland beta 2.00

7) No bugs are evident, and it becomes a finished version

Its renamed

ctf@ 32 swampland v2.0

8) Somebody decides to hack the map and change some things

(simply add a letter or tag to the end of the version number so we know its is not of original origins)

ctf@ 32 swampland beta 1.0 zeus

or

ctf@ 32 swampland beta 1.0(z)

something to non conform to the recommended version number, to indicate it is not an original mapmaker release

and an additional note by the mapmaker in the briefing file

In General

1) Leave exisiting version numbers intact

2) Use beta 1.0 (To maximum of 2 decimal place) for beta maps

3) Use v1 (to 2 decimal places maximum) for a finished map version

4) For a major map version jump, increase the number before the decimal

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Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ******** Â General Guidelines Â ********

General set up

1)A space must exist between each subgroup

2) lower case must be used for linux compatibility

3) It is the admins responsibility to modify map names on his server

4) No deviation from the convention sub groups "maptype or player limit" should be allowed under any circumstances

5) BIS maps that are installed during game installation are required in their original format when upgrading with new patches (Deal with these how you see fit)

If you are going to rename them, then keep a backup copy in a folder for easy re-installation

6) Under no circumstances are underscores to be used

ADDONS

As previously stated, the "@" tag is to be added to the end of the maptype subgroup to indicate that the map uses an additional addon to that of the standard BIS addons that come with the various patches.

Any addon that a server supports and is included in their server maps, should be available in a server "Map Pack" and should not have a tag added to the filename by the server admin.

If the mapmaker has added something to the "MAPNAME" subgroup, then it should be left there

LINUX

1) lower case has been used as standard, for linux compatibility

2) Spaces If spaces in the filename are causing a problem for your md5 scripts their is a workaround for it

"The md5 thing": Unix uses spaces as separators for lists. Using spaces in filenames breaks many scripting possibilities as space separated lists don't work anymore.

There is a way of getting around some of those limitations by using xargs. Printing ONE script that does something with md5sum would not help much. People have to take care and not use space separated lists in their scripting and use filename globbing and find -print0 and xargs whenever possible/needed.

Here is one example :

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

md5sum *.pbo | sort | uniq -d --check-chars=33 | cut -f 3- -d " " | xargs -i mv \{\} dup/\{\}

which moves duplicate maps to a folder called dup.

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Below is a screenshot of the finished system as seen in the map selection screen

************image here************

(Need to ask the admins on this server to upload a jpeg of the screenshot, so that it is always available for view)

The discussion (19 pages of it) which is now closed can be found at the following link

Filename discussion

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Edited 24/3/03

Added map types

ctfr ....(Reverse CTF, where you assault the enemy flag with your flag)

combi ....(Combination of c&h and ctf)

Edited 26/4/03

Added map types

sc ....(Sector Control)

terox · July 4, 2002

IMPORTANT

To avoid typo mistakes and future proof this thread, rather than copy this thread into your own forums, please simply place a link to this thread

IMPORTANT

The following link is a thread which lists the names of mapmakers whose maps they dont want renaming

Vilolation of their requests may lead to legal proceedings!

Dont change these filenames

IMPORTANT

Any future maps that are submitted to the following servers for upload, are submitted with the knowledge that if required the map filename will be changed to follow the convention naming scheme

terox · July 4, 2002

Representing

Zeus Server (62.146.60.190:2302)

T3 very fast Linux server

and

Zeus Addon Server (62.146.60.190:2500)

Including Sebnam and Winter Kolguyev)

and a Teamspeak2 server on (62.146.60.190)

are happy to follow the convention to the letter

Skunk Monkey · August 21, 2002

Representing SES - Suicide Euro Squad

We have adopted the file name system and hope that many of the servers out there will do the same, the more servers "sign up" to use this sytem the more effective the system will be.

Thankyou for all your hard work.

Lt_Dan_Sweden · March 17, 2002

Representing IM -=[sWEC]=- server

We have adopted the file name system. Thanks to SES we got a flying start on the renaming process (they have their complete MPMission map, zipped, on their homepage). We will gradually implement the new name convention on the other 100's of maps and of course all new ones.

An idea; to have a 1-2 GByte FTP area for server admins to share renamed maps and thereby avoid doublework. Anyone who can provide that?

-=[sWEC]=-Lt_Dan_Sweden

WWW.SWEC.CJB.NET

2.4@2,7 GHz, DDR at 383 MHz, LINUX

62.119.194.204:2302

You can add swecserver.cjb.net to your HOSTS.TXT file in your OFP root.

-TNF-Steiner · January 15, 2003

Representing TNF Squad Server and Euro Flashpoint League.

We have adopted the filename convention

TNF Squad Server: 212.246.235.202:2302

theavonlady · July 4, 2001

Representing The IDF Squad, we have adopted the MP map filenaming convention.

Goeth · February 28, 2002

Representing LDD Kyllikki Squad, we have adopted the filename convention also.

nyles · October 17, 2001

Representing -[uTw]- united Teamwork, we are in the process of adopting the filename convention. Â

HK (HunterKiller) · May 12, 2002

Representing , Devolution Squad Â we are also in the process of adopting the filename convention.

-CoD- Duke Sin · February 20, 2003

Dear OFP-Gamers,

my Name is Duke Sin, I am League Admin of the Operation Flashpoint Ladder in the ESL (www.esl-europe.net) one of the biggest OFP - Leagues in Europe.

Actually we change our Mappack and we discuss to join the filename - convention. This would be a big step because our Maps are played a big percentage at the dedicated servers all over europe.

Our League try to make Operation - Flashpoint more save against Cheats. For this problem we have some Programs which need to check the filename with "underlines" in Place of "spaces" so if we do the filenames like this :

"c&h_24_-esl-_malden_v1"

We will join the convention.

Seeing your answers soon

Greetz

[CoD] Duke Sin

ESL-Liga-Admin

European Electronic Sports League

nyles · October 17, 2001

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Terox @ Feb. 01 2003,11:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">LINUX

1) lower case has been used as standard, for linux compatibility

2) Spaces If spaces in the filename are causing a problem for your md5 scripts their is a workaround for it

"The md5 thing": Unix uses spaces as separators for lists. Using spaces in filenames breaks many scripting possibilities as space separated lists don't work anymore.

There is a way of getting around some of those limitations by using xargs. Printing ONE script that does something with md5sum would not help much. People have to take care and not use space separated lists in their scripting and use filename globbing and find -print0 and xargs whenever possible/needed.

Here is one example :

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

md5sum *.pbo | sort | uniq -d --check-chars=33 | cut -f 3- -d " " | xargs -i mv \{\} dup/\{\}

which moves duplicate maps to a folder called dup.

Hey Sin, the tool used in the ESL is based on md5 right?

Perhaps this workaround will already do, and still allow you to use spaces in the map names. Show this to one of your coders. They might come up with something.

It would be great to have yet another big league join the party.

EDIT:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Terox @ Feb. 01 2003,11:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">

6) Under no circumstances are underscores to be used

If you absolutly have to, please use normal hyphens to seperate the segements in the map syntax.

[VS-UK]Col.Makkie[HQ/12Para] · February 22, 2003

Representing [VS-UK]12th Brigade, we will be adopting the new naming convention.

Cheers

Makkie

Skunk Monkey · August 21, 2002

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote ([CoD] Duke Sin @ Feb. 21 2003,10:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">so if we do the filenames like this :

"c&h_24_-esl-_malden_v1"

We will join the convention.

Unfrortunatley we discussed the format for 3 months and tried to get everyone involved with the discussion. The time for Discussion has ended and the format is agreed upon. I hope the md5 workaround works for you.

You can see the 3 month discussion as an old thread to see why we ended up with this system

Holden · August 14, 2001

The Combat Zone Network and the OFP Gaming Ladder are adopting the filename convention guidelines.

Holden

TCZ Administration

http://www.thecombatzone.net

Softegg · September 18, 2001

i know, this should not be the place for more discussions, but:

the reason, why the underscore is necessary is not the md5-problem, it is because the '#debug checkfile'-command dont support blanks in filenames.

'#debug checkfile filename' can be used to confirm that all connected players are using the same version of the checked file (maybe the map-file). check this forum for detailed information about the '#debug checkfile'-command.

joltan · February 23, 2002

uhm, isn't that done by default? I mean if you don't have the same version of a map OFP will download and use the mission from the server. OFP doesn't just use the filename to determine if two missions are identical, but uses some kind of checksum. So what's the point in checking this again?

Softegg · September 18, 2001

there is a way, you can use a different map-file with the same file-name and ofp dont care about it.

maybe, a map contains a 'setviewdistance 1000'-command. but you can alter your map-file and enhance the viewdistance to i.e. 5000. some other advantages can also be added in your map-file and this is only executed at your computer.

only with the '#debug checkfile'-command you can check and confirm that all connected players are really using the same map-file.

joltan · February 23, 2002

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Softegg @ Mar. 12 2003,12:37)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">there is a way, you can use a different map-file with the same file-name and ofp dont care about it.

Hav you reported that to BIS? This sounds like a bad exploit of a bug...

Softegg · September 18, 2001

yes, and the response and solution of BIS is the '#debug checkfile'-command.

terox · July 4, 2002

This is new to me, i thought the check file was simply checking configs and cpp files. If this isnt the case its very possible for folks to cheat using a modified map then. Â I will have to test this by having two maps of the same filename with a slightly different data content.

If what you are saying is correct i shouldnt be dloading the different version.

It seems odd though, because no matter how small the data change in the pbo file, the filesize will change, even if only by a byte

Will report back with findings

Softegg · September 18, 2001

Representing [THC] The Hard Core, we are in the process of adopting the filename convention.

/EDIT

work done.

haunted · March 10, 2003

Hi, Haunted representing [uKA] United Kingdom Army.

We just got our server and will be happy to adopt the covention, however none of us are map makers and I don't have a clue on how to change the file name without editiing the file etc. Call me a map making n00b if you like, but if someone could reach me on msn - king_carey69@hotmail.com and give me some tips on editing etc it would be a massive help, cheers lads and lasses.

nyles · October 17, 2001

Just rename the file in the windows explorer and upload it to the server ftp.

Ofp mp map filename convention

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