What do you do if you encounter a download on an ET Server

(Grimmy_EFG) #1

I’m trying to find out what people do when they experience downloads for custom maps/campaigns when they are playing ET. Also what customs do you enjoy playing?

(ElderNewb) #2

There is also the prblem with downlaod speeds. Sometimes these are capped or it just a bad connection, which can have influence whether or not i press the esc key

(Sauron|EFG) #3

If the estimated download time is more than 5 minutes I don’t wait, but if it’s a server I like I make a mental note of the map name and download it from a faster source some other time. :fiesta:

(ETplayer) #4

cl_allowdownload 0 :stuck_out_tongue:

(DG) #5

If its not too big, i’ll wait.

though, “too big” is fairly small - ISDN is just about nicely playable most of the time, but for downloads it sucks :frowning: I prefer to download offline, espeically for large ones if I can get to with a download manager to pause/resume when the bandwidth isnt being used.

Customs - just caen and supply depot. TC_Venice_RC2 looks very promising though, as might V2Base.

(fledsbo) #6

300KB/sec -> wait for it :banana:
11KB/sec -> go somewhere else :moo:

fledsbo

(SCDS_reyalP) #7

You are missing an option:

“download, crash, reconnect, (rinse, repeat), play”

(Mr_Tickles) #8

If it’s not too big, I’ll go make a sandwich, come back, try to reconnect and crash like SCDS_reyalP, then reconnect and play.

(Fenris) #9

Somehow since these forums are frequented by mappers and developers I would guess that your poll may possibly not quite reflect the general thoughts about downloads, or at least I would like to think mapcreators would be more likely to download new maps than the average player is, especially having in mind that players may have poor connections and some maps tend to be rather large.

I myself download every map, although I’m starting to get kind of tired of the frequent crasches caused by this and usually try to find them before joining the server.

(MadJack) #10

Not playing anymore but I used to download everything. Crash or no crash :smiley:

(Salteh) #11

cl_allowdownload 0;

Disconnect and get map from website or go somewhere else prolly:o

(Fusen) #12

disconnect straight away if its a ET server download at 7kb dont mind if its http redirect as it goes at 220kb/s but if its a trickjump map which isnt available elsewhere I’d wait for the 7kb et server download to go through

(next_ghost) #13

I miss another option in the poll - Download manually from web and reconnect.

(ToeD) #14

what spoof said… but without that stupid smiley

(eRRoLfLyNN) #15

SCDS_reyalP:
You are missing an option:

“download, crash, reconnect, (rinse, repeat), play”

Hehe, that was a class episode, least I hope you’re inspired by Homer.

Woman : Oh Homer! how do you keep your hair so thick and lustrous?
Homer : Lather-Rinse-Repeat. Always Repeat.

Usually d/load, but like everybody says, the crash is getting kind of annoying now. I like the servers that are configured to d/load only the map that is being played, rather than every custom that’s on the server. Sometimes you just want a quickie and having to d/load a lot of customs b4 you can get a game just ain’t appealing.

(fattakin) #16

Im with Errol - i downloaded the map most times and await the lurvely crash when its done. Then jump on and wonder why i bothered.

(ElderNewb) #17

assuming you get on again - has happened a couple of times for me. Connect, d/load, crash , reconnect <server full> :angry:

(eRRoLfLyNN) #18

Elder N:
Connect, d/load, crash , reconnect <server full>

That is the worst :banghead:

(CM..Punk) #19

So many times a server will try sending a new map, yet they’ve chosen to host it somewhere that only gives out like under 5kB/s, it’s ridiculous to expect ppl to wait that long. Anything under 100kB/s and I’m cancelling, unless it’s a very small file.

It’s not that I don’t have the patience to wait for a map to download, it’s that you never know how many damn maps are gonna be waiting afterwards. I got stung once waiting like 10 mins for something, and when it finished instead of letting me on the server it started sending another map. After 3 of these, and about half hour wasted, I lost the will to live and had to cancel and go elsewhere. Never falling for that again.

(L2|B4tt3rY) #20

ill write here, as there isnt enough options in that poll

well it depends on the map, if its well known, and i know its good or heard things about it then i will let it continue, if the server is a well known good server then i will let it continue, if the speed is very good then i will let it continue, not bothered about filesize to much, if its 18mb and im gettin 50 kbs then i will let it continue

the opposite reasons for not letting it continue