[bf1942] Downloading maps

[Steven Hartland]

If this is an option, do what UT does and use a http redirect server
so the bandwidth / load of the download can be handled else where.
So you just have a config option which points to a URL which
contains the required map files e.g.
RedirectURL=http://myredirect.server.com/files/bf1942/
Compression=True

Compression always helps keep the client download size down
wouldn't have to be custom compression like UT zip would do
if theirs no licensing issues.

    Steve / K
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Gurney" <james at globalmegacorp.org>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: [bf1942] Downloading maps


> Miguel Filho wrote:
>
> > I don´t think so, BF already uses a lot of bandwich, and BF´s maps could be
> > much bigger than any CS/HL map.
>
> Very true. The problem is, in the case of DC, there's a lot of good
> custom maps out there, but most people are going to just disconnect and
> find another server rather than go and locate the custom map and
> download it, so I was hoping there was a way for it to be automatically
> downloaded. Bandwidth isn't really an issue (in my case anyway), so it
> would be a useful option. Oh well.
>
> James
>
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