I wanted a friend of mine to test out my map with me, for the first time. I tried using UGX Installer and ZM installer alternatively. I followed each direction carefully to make my map into an exe, and when my friend installed it, he went into the Mods menu in WaW and my map doesn't show up.

Any advice?

Test the .exe on your own PC first?

I did, it worked fine

I used to have this problem and i dont know if it is yours, but the user i used on my computer wasnt an administrative, so i had to type the password for the admin user, but then it would go to the admins activision folder since all the users get it when installing, so if ur user is not an admin then it probably is your problem just make your user a admin and hit yes when asking for permission

Okay so here's the deal. It has to do something with the map name apparently. For example, in the launcher in the "build mod" tab the name says just "Mapname" in the list, and in the "compile level" tab, it shows up as "nazi_zombie_mn" ("mn" being the abbreviation for "Mapname") and in the Mod Specific Map list it shows up as "Mapname." And so when my friend tried to instal the map, it wouldnt even show up for either variation of the map name.

Is there anyway to fix this?

Ask him to check where he's/its installing it.

He's installing it in the mods folder in the AppData path

Did you zip the files inside your mods folder? Or the mods folder itself?

I zipped my mod.ff, mod.CSV,mod.arena, nazi_zombie_mp.ff, nazi_zombie_mp_patch.ff, Mapname.files, Mapname.iwd and used both UGX and ZM (not simultaneously) to create an exe, but the both give the same results.

Your suppose to zip the folder that has those files inside of them not the files inside the folder. That's why it isn't showing for your friend. Try zipping the folder then make the exe and it should work then.

Your suppose to zip the folder that has those files inside of them not the files inside the folder. That's why it isn't showing for your friend. Try zipping the folder then make the exe and it should work then.

but if I do that, won't my friends and those that I share the map with have access to the code and scripts and be able to change them?

but if I do that, won't my friends and those that I share the map with have access to the code and scripts and be able to change them?

All maps shared on this site, people have access to the codes and scripts and such(if they know how to get there). So to answer your question. Yes. But that's how you make an exe. You zip the folder with the contents inside it. Not the contents inside the folder itself.

All maps shared on this site, people have access to the codes and scripts and such(if they know how to get there). So to answer your question. Yes. But that's how you make an exe. You zip the folder with the contents inside it. Not the contents inside the folder itself.

thanks for the advice, I'll try that out and let you know what happens

Ok but keep in mind that I'm talking about your map mod folder(Nazi_zombie_mapname) to zip and not the actual mod folder itself

Ok but keep in mind that I'm talking about your map mod folder(Nazi_zombie_mapname) to zip and not the actual mod folder itself

okay you lost me....