2 min readUpdated Oct 11, 2026

How To Set Up A Map Cycle On Your Sven Co-op Server

A map cycle is the list of maps your Sven Co-op server works through. You choose the map the server starts on in our game panel, and the rotation after that is read from mapcycle.txt.

Setting the Default Map

This is the map your server loads every time it starts.

  1. 1
    Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
  2. 2
    In the sidebar, go to Settings.
  3. 3
    Find [Basic] Default Map and enter the map name, without the .bsp extension, for example svencoop1.
  4. 4
    Click Save & Restart to apply your changes.

Editing mapcycle.txt

  1. 1
    Log in to Bropanel and Stop your server.
  2. 2
    In the sidebar, go to Files.
  3. 3
    Open svencoop/mapcycle.txt. If the file doesn't exist, create it in the svencoop folder.
  4. 4
    Add one map name per line, without the .bsp extension. It should look like this:
    svencoop1
    osprey
    stadium4
    
  5. 5
    Save the file and start your server.
svencoop
maps
mapcycle.txt
server.cfg

Every map in the list must be in svencoop/maps/. To add maps that don't ship with the game, follow our custom maps guide.

Changing the Next Map From the Console

To pick the next map without editing the file, open Console in Bropanel and enter:

mp_nextmap_cycle stadium4

Players see the new next map on the scoreboard after they respawn.