Hello. I'm having problem with my map names in the worldbuilder in generals ZH.

The problem is that when i save my mas as for example: Mission,
the map ends up having the name: Mission.map in the skirmish maps menu.

When i give the map a name at map settings in worldbuilder, it ends up as either: MISSING: 'Mission' in the skirmish maps menu.
I want to have the map name in the skirmish menu, without "MISSING", or ".map" in the mapname.

I've tried saving it as "Mission" and Mission as map name, under map settings.

I save all my map as "User created" in the worldbuilder, not as "system maps". Could this be a problem?

Please, could someone help me with this?

P.S I'm sorry if I'm unclear about my problem, but I'm new to the worldbuilding thing. D.S

Yes, anytime you put a name in the textbox on the map settings pop-up window you will see MISSING: in the menu. Easy fix. Leave the "Name" blank. Just remove any name in that textbox space and save your map as (whatever your map is called). All maps created with World Builder will be User Created and saved in a folder called "Maps" in your documents/Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data folder.

Thank you. However, I still can't get rid of the annoying ".map" in the skirmish map menu. Any ideas to work around that?

Example:
|Unofficial maps|
Mission.map

|Official maps|
Tournament Desert


I want to get rid of the part in bold, and have the map name look like the official ones.👍

All maps created will show the .map extension.

Yeah, the .map extension lets players know online that a map they're playing is custom made. But if you really want to get rid of it, here's how:

1) Go to Map Settings again & type a name there. (It doesn't matter what the name is, you won't actually be seeing it in the game.) In these steps, I'll just use Mission.
2) Go to the Public Sources topic of this forum
http://www.cncgeneralsworld.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=4622 
& scroll down to the post I made. (It's the second to last one.)
3) Click the Zero Hour STR File link & then click Open in the download window that comes up. Leave the next window that pops up open.
4) Go to the Zero Hour game directory. (Start > My Computer > C: > Program Files > EA Games > Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour Although the directory may be a little different if you have The First Decade.)
5) Open up the Data folder & drag the Generals.str from the download into this folder.
6) Open the .str file in Notepad.
7) At the top of this huge list of text strings, type this:
Mission
"The Name of Your Map"
END
(Retype the The Name of Your Map to the name you want to see in the game.)
8) Save the file & your done!

If you type in Notepad's search, Alpine Assault, then you'll find:
MAP:AlpineAssault
"Alpine Assault"
END
Also, if you open up Alpine Assault in the world builder & you'll see MAP:AlpineAssault as the Map Name. (See Fleetatks tutorial how Opening and Editing Official Maps if you really want to see it for yourself.)
http://www.cncgeneralsworld.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=4850 

Note, if you play this map online, then all the other players will still see the file name with the .map extention.

Thank you very much! I owe you more than once I tell you! 😃 Awesome!

One correction I need to make: If you play this map online, then the other players will see, MISSING: 'The Name You Typed In The Map Name Box' not just the name of the file. The "MISSING" implies that it can't find the text string that you created.

ok, but can't I just put the .str file, or create one of my own .str files to solve that?
if my .str file only contains this, and i put it in my map folder.

for example:

Mission
"Mission"
END

saving the file as .str an putting in in My documents/Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data/maps/mission

A Map.str file only runs while the map is running. So it won't work. But you can try it if you want. Just name the notepad file "Map.str". You won't need to include all the other stuff in the Generals.str file.