Is this viable? Server side CSS textures fastdl?

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Is this viable? Server side CSS textures fastdl?

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I have the CS:S textures, I was wondering if I am able to upload on the NFO web host and redirect using the server.cfg:

sv_allowupload 1
sv_allowdownload 1
sv_downloadurl "http://ciarkhd.site.nfoservers.com/public/garrysmod/"

Would this be viable option for my friends that don't own CS:S, or would this somehow not work. Also if someone may check to see if my fastDL is set up correctly would be great.

In addition, where can I find a link for BZIP2 program to zip my files for faster download/client side uncompress.
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Re: Is this viable? Server side CSS textures fastdl?

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What you want to do is possible, but you would also need to create a forcedownload.lua file as well. We describe this process here http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... =65&t=7337 and even offer an automated tool to create one for you http://www.configcreator.com/create/gmod/resources.lua.
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Re: Is this viable? Server side CSS textures fastdl?

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I've set up everything, now I came across this problem:
Table Downloadables Is Full, Can't Add Materials\...

etc...


It does this for maybe a forth of the files I added, I am guessing there's some of kind of limit to the amount of resources you can force download. Any fix? Or do I need to cut down on the addons?
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Re: Is this viable? Server side CSS textures fastdl?

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I actually misread what you originally wanted to do. I apologize about that. I'm sure what you want to do is possible but you'll likely run into some type of error since you'll eventually hit a limit in Garry's mod.
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Re: Is this viable? Server side CSS textures fastdl?

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No problem, thanks for your help.

What I'm going to try and do is ONLY put in the textures, see if that is under the limit.
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I think you will end up forcing these textures to be downloaded even for people who own CS:S, since CS:S is mounted in GMOD, the files aren't in the same folders as GMOD textures.

The amount of content you are trying to get people to download is very large, and will probably result in people disconnecting before they download everything.

A better solution would be to put an advert in your server telling people where to download the content pack if they are missing texutres/models. This is what I do, and I have a thread in my forums with links to where to download the pack.
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