Map making help

I have made a working map and when I test it locally just copying the sdd folder into spring/maps it works fine, but when I archive it the map is pink. I checked the settings in 7zip and its set to non solid.

Can anyone help please?

its called map converter MapConvGUI.exe

thanks, I'll try recompiling again and see if that fixes it.

ok, that fixed it. Seems when you compile the raw maps into the smf and smt the directory structure must match the final archive.

Next question, I can add start positions, but how do I specify start boxes?

Both explain the "pink map" problem:
1) https://springrts.com/wiki/Mapdev:Main#Pink_Map
2) https://springrts.com/wiki/Mapdev:Main#smt_name_defined_in_smf
(2) explains it better.

This is imo wrong: "Also don't put any spaces in the name."
There are many maps with spaces in their smf/smt files. (Icy Run v2, Energy Spire Plains, Throne v1,Red Comet)

start boxes:
You can install a non-zero-k-lobby that allows to add startboxes and copypaste the textcommands in comment to your map, once it is uploaded. Then you wait until someone notices your post and adds the boxes or does not add the boxes.
Or you create a configfile, that can be included in the mod and on release of next modversions, tada boxes:
http://zero-k.info/Forum/Thread/20485

quote: Worked very strangely, live GS not firing, Krow bombing a bombled at a time, while endlessly bombing while you hold "D", and other insanities

Did you use correct zK versions and spring version? This sounds less like mapproblem, more like incompatible game/engine versions.