Request - Fast download 1.0

[Ni3ls]

Hi all,

Is it possible for any of you to make webdownload/ fast download supported by 1.0?

[voron00]

Without client modifications - no.

[Ni3ls]

I dont mind client modifications. It would be something like cod4.x ? It will download a client exe automatically when you join a certain server and keeps checking for updates

[voron00]

Download exe when joining a server is not possible. You will have to ship it to your clients manually somehow.

[Ni3ls]

Well that would also be no problem. People without the modified exe will have to slow/normal download and if you download the "upgraded" exe you get the fast download

[IzNoGoD]

I found a client modification that allows you to fast download: http://www.gamershell.com/download_14209.shtml

Now go back and try to think why modifying cod2 1.0 clients to do fastdl is a bad idea

[Ni3ls]

Now go back and try to think why modifying cod2 1.0 clients to do fastdl is a bad idea

I really have no idea

[voron00]

Its pointless as people will have to visit external website etc to get that modded stuff, isnt it easier to just ship the mod this way? I have a small idea for you though: small change to a download function that will trigger a error message if player doesnt have the files and you can change the error message to what you want.

		//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    Com_sprintf(errorMessage, sizeof(errorMessage), Cvar_VariableString("sv_downloadMessage"));
    MSG_WriteByte(msg, 5);
    MSG_WriteShort(msg, 0);
    MSG_WriteLong(msg, -1);
    MSG_WriteString(msg, errorMessage);
    *(int *)(cl + 134248) = 0;
    return 0;
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 
	

Add this after line 1721 in libcod.cpp: https://github.com/voron00/libcod/bl...bcod.cpp#L1721
And change the cvar sv_downloadMessage to whatev you want.

Spoiler:

Ofc this will not trigger if player have the files.

[Ni3ls]

In that case they can only the files elsewhere?
But like I said, is it not possible that people who have modified exe have fast download and the normal exe downloads at low speed? So you are lucky if you have the modified exe

[IzNoGoD]

It is very possible, i know php implemented something for cod1. Then again, who would want to develop something like that... There's patch 1.3 for everybody.