[bf1942] Downloading maps

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yes or simply open the browser to the download page of the website of
the server (for dwonload a mappack)

Kingsley Foreman wrote:

>it would be nice if all games had that
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>From: "Steven Hartland" <killing at barrysworld.com>
>To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:07 AM
>Subject: Re: [bf1942] Downloading maps
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>>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
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>>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.
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>>    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
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>>>Miguel Filho wrote:
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>>>>I don´t think so, BF already uses a lot of bandwich, and BF´s maps
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>>>>much bigger than any CS/HL map.
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>>>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.
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>>>James
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