Company of Heroes custom maps.....

[StevieP]

A few mates and I have gone through all the maps on CoH and fancy trying some of the user made maps that are available! Thing is we are not sure exactly how to install them! (Despite some instructions!) Can anyone tell me what files need to go where in order to play on a custom map?
There seems to be a .sga file which goes in the ww2/scenario folder but I am not sure if anything else has to be put anywhere else!?

Can anyone help me with this?

Cheers, StevieP

 

[Rimsy]

its a bit of a balls ache since there are two different map types. generally I put all maps i download into both:
c:\users\*name*\my documents\my games\company of heroes\ww2\scenarios
and
[steam location] \steam apps\common\company of heroes\ww2\data\scenarios\mp

 

[StevieP]

Thanks for the reply!

So is the .sga file all I need?? Occasionally, when I download a map, it come with some other files such as screenshots or a .sgb file - is there any preference as to which is best?
Also, is there any way to check before a game whether the map has victory point contol points?

Thanks.......

StevieP

 

[tom91x91]

also make sure to add -dev at the end of the shortcut in properties, i think they only appear in the map list with dev mode enabled.

 

[StevieP]

I tried a couple of maps last night and view showed up without adding -dev to anything!?! I am playing it through Steam so what shortcut needs changing??

Thanks, StevieP

 

[tom91x91]

ah not sure then, they never showed up for me although i have the old unpatched version of the game, and after looking up how to enable custom maps it said add the -dev to the shortcut. Might just be the old version then.