How to share new maps
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I have a completed map that I would like to share with the community, but I don't know how to do that. Is there a step by step guide to uploading custom maps?
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Frostion has a step by step post but I can't find it right now. You can try asking him using the @Frostion
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https://github.com/triplea-maps/Project/wiki if you are willing to risk your sanity. I'm not sure if it's even up to date, but even when it was, it wasn't too smooth. As for Frostion, I haven't seen him online in a while.
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@beornthebold I maintain my own site in parallel with the GitHub site. Please send me the file or a link. I have many files that not available elsewhere. I have been converting mods from the old version of the game. Check out my scenario list.
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Nice list you maintain.
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https://github.com/triplea-maps/Project/wiki is up to date - but perhaps not easy to follow. Anyone can create a github repo, once you have that you can push files there and they can be downloaded (instructions at: https://github.com/triplea-maps/Project/wiki/Map-Makers:-Create-a-new-map)
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I am trying to follow Frostion's guide, but at certain points I am lost. For example, the guide states:
"Note that all of your specific map’s files must be located in a folder called map, and that this folder is located in a folder with the map’s name."
However, that is not the case either for my map nor any others I have downloaded. The folders within my map's name are baseTiles, dice, flags, games, temp, territoryEffects, and units. The xml file is in the games folder.
Do I just ignore the statement that they MUST be located in a folder called map, or move them there, or what?
@LaFayette, those links you provided all go to a 404 error.
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@beornthebold you also might find this program easier to use once the map is finished.
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@beornthebold It should look like the POS2 folder structure: https://github.com/triplea-maps/the_pact_of_steel
Example: <YOUR_MAP_NAME>/map/games/*.xml
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@BeorntheBold
It is possible for you, on your local PC, to play your own map even if it is not located in a “map” directory within your “map name” directory. You can play something like this:
C:\Users\FunnyGuy\triplea\downloadedMaps\iron_war\games\ iron_war.xmlBut because you want to upload your map to github, you should have your files like this (and you can still play it locally):
C:\Users\FunnyGuy\triplea\downloadedMaps\iron_war\map\games\iron_war.xmlThis is because the place where you upload needs the “map” directory before the files. You can see this “map” directory in the link @redrum posted, and also you can see it within the zip files of your local PC’s downloadedMaps directory.
EDIT: And it is not ALL your map's single files that must be under the map directory, it is the whole file structure. I might have to rephrase this in the guide
(Please somebody stop me if I am telling something that is not true
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@BeorntheBold if you can get the map repo: https://github.com/BeornTheBold/another_world, to have all needed files (looking something like: https://github.com/triplea-maps/the_pact_of_steel), then map admins can take it from there.
Let us know how it goes @BeorntheBold
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