[quake3] Re: Auto Downloads Menu Idea

baz theallmighty baztheallmighty at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 23 23:51:32 EDT 2007


This would be a good feature to have. I think also users get a bit bored 
waiting for a download considering they have no idea how many pk3 files that 
are going to be download. A small list of files that are going to be 
downloaded would be good, to display to the user. Am i going to be 
downloading 300 mb worth of mod or am i just downloading one map that's 4mb 
in size? You don't really know. Of course you can turn on developer mod and 
see the pk3 files to be downloaded, but that is only really for dev's.

My Idea:

File                Size          % complete    Download
pak2.pk3        5 mb        100%             yes/no
pak3.pk3        5 mb        100%             yes/no
pak4.pk3        5 mb        100%             yes/no
pak5.pk3        5 mb        30%               yes/no
speed            20 KB/s


The yes/no is a check box or something like that, that the user can select 
weather they want to download the file or not. Automatically have them all 
check to start with.

Well something like that anyways. I think this would encourage users to 
download mod and maps a bit more. There my 2 cents worth anyways.
Enjoy.

\connect baz.chickenkiller.com <--remember to turn auto downloads on so you 
get the mod. :D

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>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
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>On 7/23/07, rlaurie at binarycult.com <rlaurie at binarycult.com> wrote:
>>
>>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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