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sv_downloardurl ftp?
#1
Hey i thought i would try to get into the sv_downloadurl world and so i have read the tutorials in the tutorial section. My question is does it need to be a webserver like http://www.mysite.com or can i use my ftp site- http://ftp.xx.xx.xx.xx as a download url.
Right now i have

sv_downloadurl "ftp://xx.xx.xx.xx/TF2" in the server cfg.
If i cannot use an ftp is there any failry simple way to create an http server?.

Thx.
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#2
Bah sorry about the post. i finally found my answer on page like 6 of the search=p. It seems i cannot use an FTP as the sv_downloadurl.

Is it possible to install a webserver on the external HDD on my network? or does it have to be on a pc?
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#3
The web server needs to be on a computer. The files can be on an external HDD, but it would be slow and it still need to be connected to a computer running a web server. You can install your own, or several people offer cheap hosts...
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#4
I think there was a guy that made a PHP script with downloadurl load balancing and FTP redirection, I'll see if I can find it somewhere but.... dunno what it was called Big Grin
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#5
Iam still learning those big (short words) =p. Sounds like there is a way to "trick" the game into thinking its comming from a webserver but its really an FTP?
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#6
It works like this:

you set sv_downloadurl to something like http://mydomain.com/downloadurl.php

the php receives the request and redirects it to a server with the least load, as php can also direct to FTP it should be possible to get it from an FTP server this way.
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