Sv_download url

[kin0013]

i got two questions,
1. How do i make my sv_downloadurl secure?
2. how do i test if its actually downloading from the sv_downloadurl?

[Spartanfrog]

1. Secure in what way?
2. Just try it out and you will see that it goes waaaaayyyyyy faster than normal.

[kin0013]

Secure so that only people from my server can download it and not the whole world

[Spartanfrog]

Well if someone gets where you are hosting your files from, yeah anyone can download them. Dont think you can stop that from happening.

[Mooga]

Spartanfrog Wrote:Well if someone gets where you are hosting your files from, yeah anyone can download them. Dont think you can stop that from happening.

You're actually wrong.
You can (and SHOULD) use .htaccess to only let connections from your game server.

There might be a walk through somewhere.

I don't know how to do it because someone else set up our fast downloads

[kin0013]

thanks mooga, i new you could do it but just didnt no how , if anyone could expand on what he was saying that would be greatly appreciated.

p.s this is the best forum that ive ever been on, havent been called a noob or got a stupid answer yet, keep up the good work :p

[Mooga]

kin0013 Wrote:p.s this is the best forum that ive ever been on, havent been called a noob or got a stupid answer yet, keep up the good work :p

n00b

EDIT: I searched the forums and found this: http://forums.srcds.com/viewpost/10486#pid10486
I hope that helps/works.

[Spartanfrog]

Hey I guess I learn something everyday

[Drocona]

If you download file after file (like one "loading" bar for every single file) you are downloading from the server
If you download everything at once (one loading bar for ALL the files) you download from the HTTP host (downloadurl)

[Spartanfrog]

Oh never knew that. Why is that Drocona?

[Drocona]

Well I always thought it was a server bug, my best guess would be that when you download from the server, the server tells you to download file 1, then you reconnect to the server, it sees you don't have file2 so you download that too till you have all the files. (you always stay connected to the server, shown as ingame)

When you download from a HTTP host you seem to get the full list of files, connect to the HTTP to download and then reconnect to the server when finished. (You disconnect from the server, so other people can 'steal' your spot while downloading, when the download is done you join the server again, you just don't see it)

[Spartanfrog]

Oh thanks for clearing that up