> Ok that sorts the ini files and it was definatly the patch.mix when i tried taking patch.mix out of my directory and puting my ini files in the ini section of mod launcher it works fine the only problem is my map files dont work when i put them in the map section regadless of weather patch.mix is in or out of my directory these are maps that i made myself and work fine when are just placed in the directory or in the video section of mod creator but i was under the impression that i could use XMMF compression format (it might be called something differnt i cant remember its whatever the map encoder/decorder creates) if i put them in the map section ive tried putting them in there in MPR and XMMF format but they dont appear in the map selection menu. any ideas?

You can use XMMF, but you need to edit the PKT file to include your maps.