Hello,
I have a huge collection of old UMS maps, but unfortunately after the introduction of the latest patches (1.15 and 1.16, perhaps even earlier ones) a lot of them tend not to work.
There seem to be at least 2 bugs:
-players cant join
-players can join, but cannot download the map
Im not completely sure what causes those bugs. Due to trail and error I figured out that color codes in map name and description sometimes make it impossible to join the game. When the characters are removed the maps seem to start working again.
Unfortunately, I have no idea how to repair some other maps. Removing the colour codes from the map names does not help. Either the players cannot join, nor they do not download the map. Do you have any ideas what to do?
In addition I can unprotect most of the older maps, unfortunately the strings often get fucked this way (I use os unprotector) - is there some new tool.
btw. I repaired Worms 1.83 this way, thus "creating" version 1.84
it can be found here:
http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTZuUWVxU1BnYVBIRGc9PQI contacted the author and he did not have the original, thus I had to recreate a lot of the strings
Anyway, do you know how to repair other maps? What can cause them not to work?
None.
Players can't join? -> make sure that Ports are open [port 6112]
Is there a symbol like "+" in the map-name/title? if yes; remove that symbol. It stucks the DL.
and anyway... reasons for old map can be that for exampl stacked names doesn't work in maptitle anylonger (or force-color)
it was fixed by a patch. Remove them to play it again.
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It's most probably because colored and/or stacked force titles.
Players can't join? -> make sure that Ports are open [port 6112]
Is there a symbol like "+" in the map-name/title? if yes; remove that symbol. It stucks the DL.
and anyway... reasons for old map can be that for exampl stacked names doesn't work in maptitle anylonger (or force-color)
it was fixed by a patch. Remove them to play it again.
thanks, I have removed all the colours from both the forces and map description, but didnt know that the "&" signs are not allowed too. The newer the patches the worse.. I wish it was possible to stack again
None.
You can still stack text and unit names, but sadly no forces or map names.
None.
I do stuff and thingies... Try widening and reducing the number of small nooks and crannies to correct the problem.
It's most probably because colored and/or stacked force titles.
AfaIk, that things are just ignored in the multiplayer lobby. Only the filename and map title will prevent people from joining.
The file name shouldn't cause a problem, if you can create it the filename isn't a problem, it's the map title that causes most of the unjoinable problems.
None.
It was the filename. Apparently the "&" sign was causing the problem (it didnt in the previous patches).
I've deleted the color codes from the map description and forces before posting here. Hopefully no other things cause such problems.
None.
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If you want to fix map names but the map is protected, you
could unprotect the map, fix the description, and optionally reprotect the map, but I would recommend using Angelfarto's SCMU program instead. It allows you to edit the map name without actually unprotecting the map.
http://www.staredit.net/files/696/I just added this because you said you have "a huge collection" of old maps.
