I'm using linux command bzip2 - without any settings, just bzip2 map.bsp, not .tar.bz2 just .bz2
Kveri Kevin Ottalini wrote / napísal(a): > I found using Bzip2 to compress maps and related content to not be > compatible with Source games, the clients just never saw them. > > This was both Win32 and Linux servers referring to both Win32 and linux > based webservers. > I tested this extensively (but was a year or so ago). > > The only thing that worked was to let the Game Server compress the files to > .ztmp, move the .ztmp files over to the web server and then rename the .ztmp > extensions to .bz2 - make sure the extension is lower case on a linux based > webserver. > > Step by step: > ------------------- > 1. run the map, > 2. disable http downloading (sv_downloadurl "") > 3. connect a client with none of the custom content > 4. let it download and enter the map > 5. copy everything that was compressed into .ztmp to the web server > 6. rename all the .ztmp extensions on the web server to .bz2 > > 7. then re-enable sv_downloadurl with your url and test again with a clean > client to verify all the .bz2 files are downloaded from the web server > > .res file are never compressed by the server and only .res is accessed on > the web server, but they are small. > > qUiCkSiLvEr > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JDoc0512" > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] Fast DL server zipping > > > you can use bz2 to compress any file as long as you maintain the directory > structure and I don't think you can use zip but why would you use it anyway > when bz2 does the same thing by the way, you don't really have to compress > sound files. bz2 reduces sizes of sound files only little bit > > > --- On Tue, 9/9/08, Patrick Shelley wrote: > From: Patrick Shelley Subject: [hlds] Fast DL server zipping > To: "HLDS Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 3:55 PM > > Can i bz2 everything in my fast dl server or just maps? can i zip models and > sounds up and the client will get them ok? > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
