Also, correct me if im wrong but with goldsrc games you could have this nice little banner image as part of the download where as now, at least in tf2, it doesnt work that way?
As for map hosting solutions, unless it has already happened, ive often though it would make sense for server operators in certain geographical areas to chip in for a download server with custom maps on it etc, would be pretty cheap to get a huge connection if lots of people were paying for it. On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Cc2iscooL <[email protected]> wrote: > I use my current webhost to do the transfers. The main problem right now, > well, with TF2 anyway, is the download bar isn't very good, at least with > .bz2 downloads. The actual download goes to the halfway point, which > confuses a lot of clients. A lot of people think the download is just > really > slow, when it's actually a 30-40mb download for half the bar, and then the > extraction process and load. I made a topic about this a very long time ago > and had a few people say it'd be awesome, but unfortunately we never saw > anything from Valve on the issue. > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Michael Damato <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Just curious what other ops are using for hosting map FTPs for downloads, > > currently I've been using hostmonster, but speeds have been very erratic. > > Does anyone know of a host thats been really good with this type of > > hosting, > > or are there any mods/plugins/cvars that can be changed to boost the > speed > > with which clients are able to download/unpack map files. > > > > Ive found that generally a server running lots of custom maps has a > > tolerance time of roughly 5 - 7 minutes for the average player before > they > > will disconnect and not bother downloading. Another thing that I think > > would > > help immensely would be to list the speed and percentage of the download > > complete, the bars really aren't enough of an indicator, though this > would > > be something valve would have to patch in. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
