I support this. If the client wants to play on a listen server they can spend the time and resources generating the nav file or host their own SRCDS instance. I bet 99% of the connects to our servers have 0 use for the nav files taking up space, bandwidth, and time.
I know someone make a SourceMod extension to block nav file downloads but I don't think it works anymore. Eli, you can use fake sv_downloadurl that Nomann mentioned or set the restrictions on your HTTP server if you can. On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Eli Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > While they're at it, might want to add some sort of error checking as well. > It might help stop malicious admins from serving up randomly generated junk > bytes from /dev/random for commonly played maps if the referrer isn't an > whitelisted game server. (aka people stealing my bandwidth after > discovering my fastdl URL and using it on their own servers too) > > > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Nomaan Ahmad <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Yea I also think something needs to be done about it because there is a > > pause when the client tries to look for the nav file on the fast download > > server. It searched for it a lot faster before the steampipe update. > > > > On 28 April 2013 03:14, Essay Tew Phaun <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The clients don't need these nav files for the bots to function on the > > > server. Some servers serve the nav files as empty from a fast download > to > > > get around sending it. This is bad because now the client has a nav > file > > > that doesn't actually do anything if they chose to play locally. > > > > > > With all the recent optimizations and separating map downloads from > other > > > file downloads + SteamPipe, this change makes sense. > > > > > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- -Winnie the Pooh TimetoKill.net _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
