Yes I think an ftp solution would be best since, though I must say port 80\www might get more acceptance from a firewall in the middle type of standpoint. Hell either one would be nice.. perhaphs were dreaming. :)
On a side note. This is how I currently handle this problem since I have sounds that need to be installed on the client. a) I provide a website will custom installers for most if not all of the custom maps on my servers. When the client connects he gets a console text message before connecting about the website and that custom maps are not downloadable in-game. b) server.cfg set to allow downloads. c) each custom map that I dont want downloaded has a map.cfg file turning off downloads. d) My rotation always alternates between a valve std. map and a custom map. So that in general we never have 2 back to back custom maps. the .res files for the standard maps are the ones that include the files I want downloaded. This seems to works well for my 2 servers (gp1\gp2). The solutions discusses here (ftpclient imbeeded in game) would surely help ignite the mapping community and make life easier for both admins and players. -kevin -----Original Message----- From: Perry, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:18 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Re: [hlds] Downloading Maps from server It would generally be off of an anonymous FTP server. That would be far easier to use than having it try and pull off of a website (which is usually just a front-end for a FTP server anyway). I think this would help out the server admins a great deal. I finally took all custom maps off of my servers. Every time one would roll around, the server would clear for at least an hour. -----Original Message----- From: Marc A Messer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 2:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: [hlds] Downloading Maps from server If you would redirect your maps off another server, would it be off of a website or another game server. and if it was off a website would that speed up the download. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
