map problems go beyond smd file syntax

[hrmph]

According to fnordus some maps will not work now due to improper smd file syntax. The last twenty minutes I have been trying to modify the smd file for river dale in order to get the map to load. After changing random things in the smd file with no success, I finally just replaced the whole file with the smd file from a map that does work (martian desert). Even with this new smd file River Dale does not work.

I just thought this might interest somebody. Does anybody have any ideas about the situation?

-hrmph