Slow DL's on ET Server

(laggy) #1

Hello, I have a rented ET server and the DL’s are very slow… causing peeps to try to connect, then they disc cuz of slow DL times. I need to fix this because I am running custom maps and peeps need to DL. I tried making the DL come from a Web server (http://akagaming.net/etmain) but when you join, it says the web server first, then it DL’s from the game server’s etmain dir. I tried diff config with the server.cfg but no combination seems to work. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? I can email my server.cfg if necessary… oh, running JayMod 1.5

Thanks

=AKA= LaGgY

(laggy) #2

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(mortis) #3

you need a www redirect server, in game won’t download fast enough. All you need is a domain, and enough bandwidth to feed the downloads at high speed. Your server config must point at that domain, you need to place you maps, etc into an “etmain” folder in your htdocs for that domain. You may need to set MIME type if your ISP converts pk3s to .zips. You will need an “etpro” folder too if you use etpro.

Look here for an example:

http://redirect.quakewarsterritory.com/

(laggy) #4

ok, have done everything except for the mime thing… I have seen that in my web control panel but have not much experience with that. I take it I need to tell my web server to associate those file with the .pk3 extension? i will have to research, trial and error on that… but that would explain why it looks in the web directory first, then ultimately dl from the game server, thx

(laggy) #5

ok, found the mime type option in my web site server control panel and it has two text boxes to enter info… the first says - “mime type” and the other says “extension” … not real sure what to do with this… how does this associate a pk3 with a zip?

thx

(mortis) #6

Well, upload some pk3s and and see if when you download them, if they are sent as .zip or .pk3 first. Post/PM the URL of your redirect and I’ll check it (nm, reread your post). Your server config needs to point at: http://akagaming.net/ – the game is looking for an “etmain” folder and / or an “etpro” folder, which are located at http://akagaming.net/

it should not point at: http://akagaming.net/etmain

Edit - It downloads the files as pk3, no need to set MIME

you may need a jaymod folder, as well. Not sure if jaymod has a client pak or not.

(laggy) #7

yes, they do dl as a zip… the url is http://akagaming.net/etmain the rest im not sure about…

(laggy) #8

ok, so if i have an etmain folder as a sub dir @ akagaming.net… the server.cfg should point too akagaming.net and not akagaming.net/etmain? and what about the mime types? that sounds like the real prob… thx

(mortis) #9

set sv_allowDownload “1” // global toggle for both legacy download and web download
set sv_wwwDownload “1” // set to 1 if you set the two below, allows download via web [faster].
set sv_wwwBaseURL “http://akagaming.net” // Make same as BaseURL setting if no alt web location for files??

(laggy) #10

ok, ive done everything there,except putting maps in main directory… they are in akagaming.net/etmain right now… so I move all the maps to the main dir akagaming.net/ and do I include the / ?

(mortis) #11

maps stay in http://akagaming.net/etmain - where they are…game server points to http://akagaming.net/ just as I coded it, above

campaign files do not need to be there, unless they are bundled in a pk3, aka aka4.campaign…

(laggy) #12

THX MORTIS!!! u did it… i owe you big time! and thanks Splash Damage for providing a great resource and a MOST EXCELLENT game in ET.

Im fraggn,

=AKA= LaGgY

(mortis) #13

LoL, his redirect was a mess, but I sorted it out… FTP ftw!