Could you please start formatting your posts properly? It really gives someone a hard timing reading through this mess. Also it makes your opinions seem less appealing and turn heads away from reading such bunch.

Seems like he's using the new universal punctuation mark "..."

@wrathborne:
When you download a map, you will find 1, 2 or 3 files with the same name, but different file type. The first one of the is the .ogz file. This is essential, it's the map itself with its geometry and lightmaps. The second one (.cfg), which contains map specific settings, is optional, and so is the third, which is a preview picture for the map (.jpg).

In your Sauerbraten directory, you'll find a "packages" folder, with lots of folders containing maps, textures and models in it. The "base" one is the one you're looking for. All the map files are saved in it, and when you load a map ingame, it'll automatically search for the map in the "packages/base" folder.
That's where you put the mapfiles. After that, you can open the map in Sauerbraten by writing "/map mapname" in the chat console, where "mapname" is the name of the file before the .ogz, .cfg or .jpg suffix.

a couple of things to add:

first there are 4 different files you will want, the ogz (map), the cfg (configeration; special textures, skymap, etc), the jpg (preview picture), and the wpt (wave point: allows bots to move on your map).

The only needed file is the *.ogz (* stands for any given name), but if there are random textures that donot make sense, or mmodels, sounds, or music, that cannot be found or look out of place, then you need the *.cfg file too. If you realy care about the preview then you will want the *.jpg. If you want to play test the map with bots, you will want the waypoint file or *.wpt.

for editing and creating your own maps: To save a *.ogz, use /savemap command in the prompt, to save a *.cfg map find a simple text editor; for windows notepad, mac textedit, and then save the file: mapname.cfg. This will creat your *.cfg file, you can write functions in it, see readme. For a *.jpg, well in edit mode press "M" (hide mats: water lava clip no-clip aiclip death), then press "4" (toggles hidehud: 1 on, 0 off), then press f12(screenshot). This will create a *.jpg or *.png, file in your cube main directory (were the *.bat file is or the shortcut you click to get in the game). Simply rename to your map name and then put it in the base directory/folder. For a waypoint file *.wpt well in the game and having one or more bot(s) added to the game you create waypoint. To see these waypoints type in the command prompt, /showwaypoints 1 for on and 0 for off. this will show blue lines on the screen; these are the waypoints. Every time the map is reloaded these are erased, so to save type /savewaypoints, and they will be saved in the base directory. To load waypoints of another map type /loadwaypoints mapname. To erase all waypoints type /clearwaypoints.

Note wavepoint and waypoint are the same thing.
ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE:

i will, by popular vote, stop using ... as a universal punctuaction mark.

Well that's a very nicely done post! :D
This truly looks professional now. ;)

Indeed, that's much better! :) And I totally forgot about the waypoint files, my bad.

That's true, but if the gamer is more comfortable with using menus (read: the GUI) a read of Script Demo: Map Menu .. maybe that page needs some updating but the basics are there.

thanx hugo i forgot custom textures:

so if they are there just trough them in the packages, if they are trying to override a folder, then click cancel, then open the folder that was trying to override, then place the files/folder one level down. Example:

if you place a texture folder in the packages, it will tell you it already exist, so click cancel. Go in the texture folder both in the *.zip and in your root cube directory. Then copy whetever is in the zip to the root. If you get this over ride again go do this again, until you are not overriding any thing.

Because that explanation probably wouldn't help anybody unless they already knew what to do one of my first contributions to this site was The Packaging Guide.
It should be referenced whenever possible - to avoid constantly explaining the same thing over and over;
if you feel parts of it could be improved please leave a comment on that node. I will gladly update it and give you proper credit for contributing towards improving this community.
Properly packaged node-content (others get the Bad-Packaging-Flag) should always extract without any overwriting into your game-home-folder; in some cases the game-installation-folder but these should contain proper warning about replacing default content.