Instead, they're semi-hidden in the Workshop subfolder in the general /steamapps folder, and they didn't even mention that to regular players in the initial Map Workshop announcement.
Really weird decision, they could've created a subfolder inside the tf2 downloads folder specifically dedicated to Workshop maps (as to not conflict with or overwrite versions of maps downloaded directly from a server or from sites like ), and it would've been logical. Company (6 days ago) A custom map is a map created by third-party map makers for use in Team Fortress 2.Each map can vary in ideas and scale some are incredibly simplistic, being modifications of official maps that fix minor issues such as map geometry, add additional pickups and flank routes, or simply include a weather or time shift to make. This is the folder that allows your TF2 client to recognize downloaded custom maps. Custom maps - Official TF2 Wiki - Team Fortress 2. bsp map files in the above folder and put the copies into a folder called C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\download\maps If you want to try the maps yourself, you should copy the. This folder seems to be only used and recognized by TF2 dedicated server clients, your regular TF2 client won't find these maps when you try to run them on your own listen server. It's because Valve made this weird decision that the map files downloaded from the Workshop should be stored in the steamapps/workshop folder outside of TF2's game folder.
