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Hello,
I've recently started a TF2 server and after some portforwarding issues (bug in SpeedTouch firmware) I got it up and running. But now I noticed that map downloading is extremly slow. I know that you can redirect the download etc. but even if I'm downloading a map (20Mb) over LAN (100Mbit) it takes ages (more than 15 minutes). Is this normal?
Technically it should only take a few seconds.
For remote uploads, my internet upstream is 800kbps, so even than it should take only 3 or 4 minutes for a map to upload. Why does it take so long?
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put all the files the clients need to download on some web space (in the same directory structure as on the server - basically you can copy the whole server and remove any stuff that could compromise security (config files!)). then put sv_downloadurl http://your/web/server into your server config.
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04-16-2010, 07:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-16-2010, 07:12 PM by ZwankelSnautzer.)
The redirect option, that one I know. Enough free webspace is the problem with that. So I thought, letting my friends download the map directly from my server. And technically is should take about 3 or 4 minutes with a 800kpbs upload stream, but it takes a lot more time, why is that?
Maybe the easiest way is to setup a ftp server and let them download the map from there. A bit more handling, but at least the uploadspeed is better.
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no. the game server doesn't provide full download speed. even in LAN the maps arn't downloaded faster.
do you run your server on a home machine? then install some apache webserver to provide those files. but keep in mind that the game will terrible lag for all people connecting from the internet if someone downloads a map...
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Hey, that's a good idea. And then redirect the download to my own webserver. So people can still automatically download the map from inside the game.
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Compress all your custom files to .bz2 and upload them to your download url.
Smaller files = Faster downloads
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I redirected the download to my own webserver and compressed the files. Now the downloadtimes are acceptable. About 1.5 minutes for a large map.
TNX
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