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Hello,
I've recently decided to try and start modding maps rather than sides. In order to do so, I figured the best way to start would be to look at existing (stock) maps and edit them to my liking. Long story short, I have been working on making a GCW to vanilla Geonosis. I've recently come across a problem regarding vehicles and how to add them; more specifically I want the AT-AT to be on the map identically to the way the AT-TE is in the game in the CW era. I've looked through several guides and have had a difficult time understanding them, so I decided to come here. My .lua (in case that's the problem) is here. Thanks for all of the help, and sorry for asking such a simple and obvious question!

Your lua has the correct items (it calls atat name string and has set pool size)

In the map file, make sure the vehicle spawn has imp_walk_atat written in the slots that says rep_walk_atte

If you're unsure on what lines, fill every line on the vehicle spawn with imp_walk_atat, I do this and it never seemed to harm anything. You might also want to ensure that vehicle spawn/command post are started ou being owned by Empire, since the clones have it first - and their tank is there.

Is there any way you could be a bit more specific? I'm still trying to figure out the basics. More specifically, what should my object instance panel look like?

From the documentation: To be a little more specific/helpful, put imp_walk_atat under ClassImpATT, and make sure the ControlZone field says 'CP1' or whatever the name of the related CP is, not the name of its control zone (i.e. not 'cp1_control'). Hope this helps.

I did exactly as you said but I still can't get it in game. I put "CP6" (without quotes) since that's the closest CP (it's the one in the southeast of the map) and added "imp_walk_atat" (again, without quotes" under ClassImpatt and ClassImpdef just in case. I did a cleaned munge but I can't seem to figure it out, is there something I'm forgetting?

I noticed that your LUA calls for 2-pair walkers twice. Remove this line: You only need the one after it. I would also remove: Simply because I have never used it, and I've never had any memory pool issues with walkers.

Also, I'm sure you knew this already but CP6 needs to have a square region near/around it (that covers the vehicle spawn object) called cp6_control. The properties field should also say cp6_control. Then in the instance screen for CP6 you need to set ControlRegion to say cp6_control. Again, I'm sure you've already done that but I just want to make sure our bases are covered.

All in all, to get the AT-AT in-game, the following must be true:
-AT-AT is included in your side's main .req
-AT-AT is included in the imp setup section of your LUA
-AddWalkerType(2, #) is included and '#' is the number of walkers you will be including
-CommandWalker memory pool is included
-Map has a vehicle spawner that references the AT-AT, and spawn count is 1
-AT-AT is referenced under the correct side (IMP) and position (ATT)
-Relevant CP has a control region, with the vehicle spawner inside of it
-Vehicle spawner references the name of the CP to which the control region belongs

If you've got all that then you should be good. Definitely check out the two changes I suggested you make to your LUA.

Edit: If none of this helps, please run the map in your bf2_modtools.exe and then post the contents of GameData\BFront2.txt

First, I made the LUA changes you recommended; unfortunately that wasn't the problem. Next, I tried placing my vehicle spawner arrow thing directly next to the ATTE's (placed by the devs) to make sure it would be in a close enough radius of a working command post. I added everything in, but I'm still doing something wrong. Like I said earlier, I'm sure I'm just making a beginner's mistake somewhere. Here's the log text.

Have you made any side changes at all? If so, make sure you have the imp_walk_atat and imp_walk_atat1 animation files in your side's munged folder (.anims, .zafbin, .zaabin).

The only thing that stands out to me in your log is this: Make sure you take care of these Severity 3 errors. I know it seems like they're not related to this problem but they are important. Fixing them may get you somewhere. In this case you'll want to either take the Geonosian fighters out of the map or make sure they actually exist within your side (check your side's .req too). There's no such thing as cis_fly_geofighter in the stock sides so if you added cis_fly_geofighter you'll need to change to so that the game knows you're wanting the engine to read your custom CIS side instead of the stock ones.

Hope this helps you out.

I got rid of anything in my lua pertaining to cis_fly_geofighter; that was left in from when I copied the CW lua before I made changes. Unfortunately, that wasn't the problem. If I was able to send you the files, do you think you could take a look personally?

I recently had an error log gimme that thing about vehicle chunk not found in side level file...
This means it hadn't been set up in the side.req

Looking at the regular cis.req, I notice cis_fly_geofighter isn't there, probably unfinished stuff from the vanilla game. This should not interfere with your mod. unless you are trying to use it.

The last thing I can think for you is make sure your vehicle spawn has space around it, lots of space for the AT-AT.

Edit:
I looked at your map lua again. If you are trying to use a custom geo1.lvl, make sure your lua reads

ReadDataFile("dc:XXX\\geo1.lvl", "geo1_conquest")

and not ReadDataFile("GEO\\geo1.lvl", "geo1_conquest")

XXX=your mod

Yep, you were right! It was the error in the lua, not with the placement or anything having to do with zeroeditor. Thanks anthonybf2 and jedimoose!