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I'm running a server and installing some custom maps but i'm running into some problems.
I install the .bsp and .res files to the maps directory, and all the materials to the materials directory (as specified in the .res file). When I then try and connect to the server, it says downloading materials/aaa/aaa.vtf but then when i get into the map, the textures haven't loaded and everything is pink and black chequered squares. If I then quit the game and I go to the materials directory and those files arn't there - yet it went through and downloaded the files when I connected to my server. I've tried on two different computers and the same thing happens. It appears to download the files but not write them.
Any ideas?? Is there something i need to set on the serverside??
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are you using sv_downloadurl?
If yes sometimes your provider can create issues when downloading.
If no, have you tried manually placing the files into your game dir? Just to make sure that everything works correctly.
insure that you have sv_allowdownload 1
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DarkZealot89 Wrote:are you using sv_downloadurl?
If yes sometimes your provider can create issues when downloading.
If no, have you tried manually placing the files into your game dir? Just to make sure that everything works correctly.
insure that you have sv_allowdownload 1
Your right, i'm using sv_downloadurl. Is there a way around this or a way to fix it??
If not, is where a way to tell the server to download the .BSP off the website and the materials from the gameserver??
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jiska Wrote:Your right, i'm using sv_downloadurl. Is there a way around this or a way to fix it??
If not, is where a way to tell the server to download the .BSP off the website and the materials from the gameserver??
i don't think there is any sort of work around like downloading map off webserver and downloading materials off the game server. its either all from one, or all from the other. i bet what its doin is just the webhost company doesn't allow them file types to be downloaded. talk to them about it, they may be able to help. if its a free host though there support will probly be minimal. a paid host should be able to accomadate, or i would start searching for a new host 
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Well the files in question are located here:
http://www.bluewirelan.com/cssmaps/materials/McDonalds/
It appears that I can download them via the webpage, but not when in-game.
Any ideas?? I'm stumped.
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hmm.. so it downloads the bsp files alright, and everything, just not the textures? hm.. what if you disconnect and reconnect, does it work then?
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Make sure you have the proper chmod settings. (Read only, public access)
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skeletor Wrote:hmm.. so it downloads the bsp files alright, and everything, just not the textures? hm.. what if you disconnect and reconnect, does it work then?
Nope, if I reconnect - same thing - says it's downloading them but when I look in the directory after the map loads, it hasn't saved them. I've even tried using a different domain/provider and the same problem.
DarkZealot89 Wrote:Make sure you have the proper chmod settings. (Read only, public access)
Yep, tried 777 and it still doesn't help.
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well im not sure, i would think it would have to be something with your webserver. because if it says its downloading, but isn't, i wouldn't know why it would be the game server.
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damn. this has got me stumped and is causing me major damn hassles.
I've tried hosting the files on two different webservers but it hasn't helped at all.
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are the textures bziped? cuz i seem to remember back when i had a webserver randomly on some maps if the textures were bziped it would download them, but they wouldn't work.
and also, whats the ip of your server, i may try to connect to see this for myself, if i get some time today.
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02-13-2006, 02:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-13-2006, 02:59 PM by jiska.)
No they arn't bziped.. I did notice though, when I connected today, that valve says:
Downloading valuemenu.vtf
Downloading valuemenu.vtf.bz2
I wonder why that is. Perhaps it looks for the vtf file, can't find it and so subsequently looks for a bz2 file, can't find that so moves on. Come to think of it, that's probably a pretty good explanation. It knows WHAT to look for from the .RES but can't find the source ?? Just to confirm, i've added this to server.cfg:
sv_downloadurl "http://www.mysite.com/cssmaps/"
Then, on the site I have
/cssmaps
/cssmaps/maps
/cssmaps/materials
/cssmaps/materials/mapname
/cssmaps/models
/cssmaps/models/mapname
/cssmaps/sound
/cssmaps/sound/mapname
Is that the correct format??
I'll PM you the details for the site and rcon.
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yea.. that should all be right.. it wouldn't even let me download the map deagles5_vc_final, so it wouldn't even let me connect.
So it doesn't allow downloading at all, and as far as i know everything looks right.. so again, im not sure.. lol. ill im zealot on xfire, and see if he has any suggestions on what it might be.
and yea, i just imed zealot on xfire, but hes afk, so ill have to wait and see if he gets it 
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Have you tried a different provider? Sometimes for an unknow reason (ISP firewall or server firewalls) some http servers just wont work. If possible try a different place to download your files. If you have InsightBB they provide 10 Megs to members, and I know that works as I use that.
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