[quake3] Re: Auto Downloads

[Dirk]

mister fork wrote:
> if people are good enough to find ioquake3,

but 08/15 users are also people(!)... and they still use dual boot to
play quake3 because they failed to put ioquake3 and the content of their
original together... let alone download mods or maps...

i recommend you try Open Arena.. go to the two or three excessive plus
servers there and spectate how many people fail to get stuff downloaded...

> they will also read some help
> files.

08/15 users don't read help files... they rather click on buttons until
something works or they leave it...

>( Maybe someone can add the info to enable auto downloads to
> http://ioquake3.org/?page=help ) and mod devs can do what they want

yeah right... the url could be shown in the client with a remark to
catch pen and paper instead of a small dialog that asks "Should this be
downloaded?" ... :)

> 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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