Map rotation not working

[Syrus]

Ok, i admit i'm a total noob and not alot of anything to do with running your own server makes sense to me. However, i am running a server which friends can join. The problem i have is that at the end of a level, the game will not go to the next map, just get 'Waiting for server to load new map'

The map rotation in my cfg is;
// Map Rotation
set g_gametype "tdm"
set sv_mapRotation "gametype tdm map mp_arnhem gametype tdm map mp_berlin gametype tdm map mp_cassino gametype tdm map mp_foy gametype tdm map mp_italy gametype tdm map mp_kharkov gametype tdm map mp_kursk gametype tdm map mp_ponyri gametype tdm map mp_rhinevalley gametype tdm map mp_sicily gametype tdm map mp_uo_stanjel gametype sd map mp_arnhem gametype sd map mp_berlin gametype sd map mp_cassino gametype sd map mp_foy gametype sd map mp_italy gametype sd map mp_sicily "

The shortcut on desktop points to;
"C:\Program Files\Call of Duty\CoDUOMP.exe" +set dedicated 2 +exec dedicated.cfg +map_rotate

I've a suspicion that i'm not running or connected to my server correctly.
the only way i know how to is to start the server which brings up the consol window then do a search for my server and connect but that gives me no control, e.g map_rotate command will not work. If this is wrong, how do i play on my own server?

Any help appreciated.

[Glanzer]

You have correctly indicated on your startup line the "+map_rotate" command, so the map rotation should be in effect. My hunch is that your dedicated.cfg file is not getting loaded. You need to make sure that file is in your game's "main" directory. Is it?

[Syrus]

Ah! There's the problem. My cfg was in the uo folder. Works now. Big thanks. :!:

[Plasma]

i thought the default_mp.cfg file was suppose to be in the UO folder, not the cod Main folder. this is the way i've been running my servers since UO came out.

[Glanzer]

i thought the default_mp.cfg file was suppose to be in the UO folder, not the cod Main folder. this is the way i've been running my servers since UO came out.

Well, you could be right. I only run a 1.4 server. But I'm pretty sure that when you do an "exec filename.cfg" it looks for it in the main directory. In addition to that, it might automatically look for the default_mp.cfg file in the UO directory without being asked.

[Plasma]

yea, when i make changes to my cfg, all i do is exec default_mp.cfg and it loads the new cfg. but i have no cfg files in the CoD/Main folder any longer (since i don't run a reg cod server, i removed them)

[MajorDay]

Try removing this line from the start of your map rotation:

set g_gametype "tdm"

You already have the gametype in front of each map anyway,and as long as you keep +map_rotate in your start up, it should work.

The dedicated cfg. file should be in the UO folder,but i suggest you change the name to something like myconfig.cfg, just in case their is another file by that name.