So, I wanted to explore the DLC maps ( I have 1 and 2 ) using my own server. All I thought this would take was a slight change to the levelrotation.xml file like so :



When I connect to my own server on my own LAN and vote for one of the above maps everything looks OK with the map preview image, but when the lobby countdown is finished and the server is ready to start the game I get this error :

"
ATTENTION

The installed map version is different to the version used on this server.
Please visit the Crymod website to download the correct version
"

This makes no sense because I'm able to connect and play on ranked and unranked servers with the same official DLC maps, but my own server, which has access to my own purchased DLC material thinks there's a mismatch?

Does anyone know what's going on?

Thanks,

jdb2

What kind of server do you use? Because you cant start the original maps on a home dedicated server at all...

It's a home server.



What do you mean by "original maps?" All the other official Crysis 2 non-DLC maps ( ie. Skyline, City Hall etc. ) can be used on a home dedicated server -- I've verified it myself.

jdb2

Idea: Both DLC packs are bugged.

I have both of them since their launch and never been able to play on my own computer. I had and still have that very the same error all the time while trying to connect to any DLC server. However I played a couple of times on my brothers' computer with my account. Don't know why. Contacted EA, they've forwarded the issue to Crytek, Crytek answered me that they are aware of the situation and would solve it. But as you know there never has been a patch and issue never solved.

I am getting this and similar errors in my server.log :



Seems my server can't "find" the map yet the Crysis2.exe client can even though they're both running on the same machine and using the same Crysis install.

jdb2

Thanks for the answer. I was hoping there was a fix, but since this is Crytek/EA... :/

jdb2

I can confirm the DLCs definitely will not run on the unranked Dedicated Server download. I too contacted Crytek about this but never did get a straight answer from them.

In all likelyhood, they probably wrote the DLCs to ONLY work with RANKED server providers as a sales tool for them.

if you want to explore them use this map pack: https://twitter.com/maximumC2

Or if you got the original maps on your hdd type "map cw2_tanker" into the console.

Thanks for the link. :)



I have the original DLC map packs, 1 and 2, but I've already tried that and it didn't work, that is if you're talking about the server console. Typing the command into the client console seems to do something -- it looks to me that it loads the map successfully -- but then nothing happens.

jdb2

In a leased server there is a stage in map loading that checks whether "DLC extensions" are required for the map. It was probably deemed prudent not to include those extensions in the public release ;)