Help trying to get Custom Story to work!

[Ge15t]

Make sure extra_english.lang is still there; and make sure PlayerStartArea_1 exists in your map.

Yes I have the extra english as well as the playerstartarea.. still no dice. I even copied/pasted the extra_english and the custom_story_settings.cfg into each folder, just to eliminate file placement issues. I wouldnt need to test out the map just yet, as I just wanted to check out the particle effects in the map.

I also have another problem, in the youtube video of a frictional guy in timelapse level editing, he makes the level go dark to see the effects of all the light sources (ie, how the map would ACTUALLY look in game). All tutorials around show the same thing, but I cannot seem to see the level in its true light environment. How would I do this?