How to install new, manually downloaded maps?

Ghostdog

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Why is the 'maps' sub-folder in my CS:S folder empty? Shouldn´t it contain all the available maps?

When I download new custom made maps, ist this the folder i should place the .bsp-files?

Let´s take de_rats as an example. I downloaded the final version of the map and placed all the folders included in the archive into the CS:S subfolders mentioned in the readme-file included in the 'rats' archive.

No go. Steam tried to auto-download the missing content by itself when I tried to join a game running the de_rats map.

I figured I had done something wrong and tried a different approach. I instead placed all the different files included in the de_rats archive (ex. 'water_sink.vmt') one by one into the sub-folders in my Counter-Strike: Source folder ('maps' and 'materials\temp').

Again Steam didn´t (apparently) recognize the new content and it again tried to download something (presumeably the map-content) when I tried to join a de_rats game.

I´m probably missing something really elementary, but could someone give me some general advice on how to add custom content to Counter-Strike: Source?

Thanks.
 
Okay, well I got 'Rats' working. Should have tried launching the session from within the game and not from Steam´s onw server-list. Strange.
 
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