Your map differs from the server's.

[NapZ]

Hey dudes,
I played TF2 today and when I tried to play dustbowl, this message appears :

"Your map [maps/cp_dustbowl.bsp] differs from the server's."

It did the same with Steel and I guess with several other maps.
The thing is that I played Dustbowl yesterday or sunday and everything was alright. I had a look on Steam's FAQ, on some forums, etc. I uninstalled/reinstalled TF2, verified the game cache, etc. and nothing worked. So I ask you if somebody knows how to fix that bloody bug. I can't play anymore !
Thank you !

[GTFO. G]

Computer overclocked ?

[NapZ]

Nah !

[GTFO. Coxy]

Happened to me a while back with dods and tf2 at the same time. I could only play on Goldrush and Donner on dods. All others said the map differs thing. Eventually fixed it after 3 days by re-installing windows I know its probably not what you want to hear, but worked for me!

[Echelon]

Try deleting only the maps in the maps folder.

[NapZ]

I know its probably not what you want to hear

Exactly... I don't really want to reinstall Windows :/
But if it is the only way...

[GTFO. Luckyg]

steam issue....

i get it sometimes a simple restart fixes it for me

also delete clientregestry.blob file from the steam folder

[NapZ]

So :
I did as you said, I even deleted the whole maps/soundcache content. Then the game downloads maps, etc... All the maps were working (well I think) except Well, Granary and Steel. So I deleted these maps from the folder again, it works except Steel, which is still crashing. But this time, Dustbowl doesn't work AGAIN ! And to finish I tried to delete clientregistry.blob and guess what ...? Almost all the maps don't work !!! I want to kill myself, please help me.

[GTFO. Coxy]

Like I said, format, solves everything

I know how frustrating it is, but by the time you've tried lots of different things and then see if they work, you could have a fresh install.

Mine's worked great ever since I did it.

[NapZ]

I'll try to uninstall Steam before, and reinstall it. But before I try to delete the folder one more time, I'll see...

EDIT : I just reinstalled Steam and still the same problem...
Is it enough to reinstall Windows or have I to format my hard disk ??

[Sepp]

So I deleted these maps from the folder again, it works except Steel, which is still crashing. But this time, Dustbowl doesn't work AGAIN !

I don´t get this. The official valve maps are included in the games .gcf file (in the steamapps folder). So if you have .bsp files from official maps in the /maps folder of team fortress 2 this *will* cause problems. Only custom maps should be there.

[NapZ]

So if you have .bsp files from official maps in the /maps folder of team fortress 2 this *will* cause problems. Only custom maps should be there.

But I asked same questions on another forum and players told me to delete .bsp files in the /maps folder and they don't have any problem

[Sepp]

So you have e.g. a cp_dustbowl.bsp in the /team fortress2/tf/maps folder?
And if you delete that und then play a game it´s there again afterwards?

[NapZ]

My mistake :
In this folder I have e.g. cp_dustbowl.manifest and cp_dustbowl.cache but I don't have any .bsp file !

[Sepp]

Ok...that´s fine...

Usually a verify of the steam cache file should fix this problem...which you did already. So the only thing i can imagine in your case is that the gcf is still corrupted (in whatever way).
I would check the HDD for errors (with the option to repair bad sectors).
After that verify game chache again.
If that fails it looks like a complete format and reinstall is the only option then...

Another (easier) idea is to delete the complete /team fortress 2 folder...so you really get rid of any content that may have been downloaded. You might try that first...

[Echelon]

Maybe it is a gfx problem? Who knows. Try updating the drivers for video and sound just in case.

[NapZ]

Not this, I've already updated drivers :/
I'll format my hard disk. Thank you all for your anwsers

[NapZ]

Oh god damnit.
I have formated my hard disk and guess what... It is still not working !!!!
I don't know what to do !!

EDIT : I added 1 GB RAM a week ago. Then I put it away, and everything works again !
Thanks !

[Malteserr]

Who would've thought RAM would be the culprit

[GTFO. G]

Who would've thought RAM would be the culprit

I'm not surprised, I once had an unstable overclock which was giving memory read errors occasionaly, and I got this error a lot.

[Echelon]

Interesting.

[GTFO. SiR-ROUND]

Hmm, getting this error on all maps now...

Had to take out my second set of 2GB earlier because of strange lockups.

I can take out the remaining 2GB but then my pc won't start...

[GTFO. SiR-ROUND]

Dammit... Nothing works...

[GTFO. SiR-ROUND]

Well whatya know?

Faulty timed RAM after it has been working for months...

All's solved.

[GTFO. Coxy]

See... I told you not to format

[GTFO. SiR-ROUND]

Can you imagine the frustration of reformatting an reinstalling all software just to find out that wasn't the problem?

I can...

[GTFO. Coxy]

Yeah, well it's always worked for me. But hardware probs are unlucky.

Glad you sorted it out anyway mate

[GTFO. SiR-ROUND]

I am...

REAL< REAL<REAL...

Glad.

Cheers.

My software usually doesn't feck up that much cuz I maintain it. As for the game rig, some minor Google chroming on it, the rest is BD play but mostly gaming.