[quake3] Re: Auto Downloads

[mister fork]

if people are good enough to find ioquake3, they will also read some help
files.( Maybe someone can add the info to enable auto downloads to
http://ioquake3.org/?page=help ) and mod devs can do what they want

On 7/23/07, rlaurie at binarycult.com <rlaurie at binarycult.com> wrote:
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> Well, I understand Dirk's point from a mod developer's point of view.
> It's a hassle to propagate even small paks. Many users are ignorant
> and many don't know how to turn on auto-downloading or even know what
> it means to so. Furthermore, some Q3A-literate users still may wish to
> keep autodl off for other reasons.
>
> What if there was functionality that prompted the user if he wanted to
> enable one-time downloading from a server connect, if his autodl is
> disabled? I don't think this would stray from the original concept.
> Just further facilitate user-friendliness with downloads. It would
> curb illiterate user frustration and help literate and cautious users
> to be more selective with what is downloaded.
>
> Quoting Zachary Slater <zakk at timedoctor.org>:
>
> > Dirk wrote:
> >
> >> and PLEASE!!!!... make allowdownloads enabled by default (in the
> >> client)... I have seen too many people connect and disconnect...
> >
> >
> > The goal of IOQUAKE3 is not to drastically change the behavior of
> > things like this. Authors like leilei of openarena can change whatever
> > they want.
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