[botmeister]

mEAn loads up its own version of the mapcycle by reading the maplist.txt file and using one of the server commands to verify that the map is valid - if not, the map is not loaded into the map cycle. I've seen problems with the maplist.txt file, such as invalid comment lines, tabs or spaces in front of the map name, and so on that will cause a map to be seen as invalid even though it's fine and loads into the mapcycle. Sometimes a map is invalid because there are some missing files asscoiated with it, but it will still load into the mapcycle and work for the most part. I think there's a file for some maps that describes what files (or resources) are associated with a goven map, so that's a place to look at. I'm not a map expert, so you should ask in the waypoint/mapping forums for help if a map is being rejected by mEAn.

Whatever HLDS is doing, it does not seem to use the same server function I use to check for map validity because it seems to load incomplete maps anyway. For the most part I was able to get mEAn's mapcycle to work for me by being careful when entering in the map names into the maplist.txt file and by making sure all my maps were installed correctly.

What you can do, is start with two maps and see if they load, then add one map at a time until all the maps load up correctly, or you discover the one that is not loading. When you find a map that's being rejected, you can try getting a fresh copy for reinstallation.