On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Kevin J. Anderson wrote: > hard to implement.... i mean, how do you make links clickable in the > console? gah, would need some SERIOUS re coding over something somewhat > trivial. >
That may be the final step ... but I think most of us (I don't claim to speak for us all <G>) .. would be happy if it would redirect the user either auto-magicaly (using via windows api or even directly like "netscape.exe <url>"), or at least give the user a message on the console. Something like: "Map cs_assault_upc was not found. Your options are : Press: 1 - If you would like to download it from the server Press: 2 - If you would like to download it from an external mirror (usually much faster) At which point if the user presses 1, the client beings to download the map as usual. But, if they press 2, they _could_ get a menu like: "Excellent .. asking the server what mirrors are avalible .. <number> Mirrors found. Please chose a mirror to begin downloading ... Press: 1 - For <url 1> etc etc ... The download doesn't even _need_ to spawn an external web browser .. for now, the client/server could only support direct file links. So the client could stay connected to the server like it does now, and download the file in the back while providing a progress bar'stuff ... These are just examples .... _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
