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Re: New idea? Automatic map downloader. [message #281214 is a reply to message #281205] |
Mon, 27 August 2007 02:10   |
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Cat998
Messages: 1082 Registered: January 2004 Location: Austria, Vienna
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Goztow wrote on Mon, 27 August 2007 08:49 |
Yrr wrote on Sun, 26 August 2007 20:53 | A new server browser with BR and NR? I'd commit suicide instantly 
There's no need to make a new server browser to implement automatic map downloading.
For future RR releases I've thought about a Steam-like map-download.
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If u can solve the problem of having to restart renegade before a new map can load, then you can do that.
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I think he knows about that problem 
The idea of writing an automatic downloader has already been discussed more than once. But when you think a little bit it's not that easy as it seems to do something like that for renegade.
And why does everything has to go into bots like BR or NR
renrem bots like BR or NR are very limited in what they can do anyway.
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Re: New idea? Automatic map downloader. [message #281223 is a reply to message #281142] |
Mon, 27 August 2007 04:01   |
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danpaul88
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I didn't mean for the bots to do any specific downloading, I meant more like an RG type system where the bot reports server data to a master server, and a server browser client which downloads this information.
Then the player chooses a server to join from the server browser client, and if that server has custom maps the server browser downloads them automatically from the master server before launching renegade and using direct connect to join the server.
Obvious limitations: Only works for people who would download the server browser, relies on the server using a plugin for BR / NR / <Other Bot> to report data to the master server, requires a reliable master server, only maps actually on the master server could be downloaded.
However it would be much quicker to implement than a solution inside renegade itself.
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Re: New idea? Automatic map downloader. [message #281228 is a reply to message #281223] |
Mon, 27 August 2007 04:29   |
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danpaul88 wrote on Mon, 27 August 2007 12:01 | I didn't mean for the bots to do any specific downloading, I meant more like an RG type system where the bot reports server data to a master server, and a server browser client which downloads this information.
Then the player chooses a server to join from the server browser client, and if that server has custom maps the server browser downloads them automatically from the master server before launching renegade and using direct connect to join the server.
Obvious limitations: Only works for people who would download the server browser, relies on the server using a plugin for BR / NR / <Other Bot> to report data to the master server, requires a reliable master server, only maps actually on the master server could be downloaded.
However it would be much quicker to implement than a solution inside renegade itself.
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"only maps actually on the master server could be downloaded." - How long would it take a server to download the uber map pack? lol
You could ask if XWIS would adjust thier WOL clone.
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halokid wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 08:46 |
R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 15:35 |

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the hell is that?
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Re: New idea? Automatic map downloader. [message #281478 is a reply to message #281142] |
Wed, 29 August 2007 04:56   |
3663Nixon
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It would be nice if the server owners hosted the maps. It seems a little unfair for the owners of the master server(s) to foot the bandwidth bill, especially if they run common maps that are included with Ren.
If a fanmaps server decides it wants to host a shed load of maps, then surely they should lay on the maps for thier community?
Regarding the relaunch of Ren to detect new maps - could something be created much like RG that does a check before hand, and if no maps are found, download it and then continue to launch Ren? The check would obviously have to communicate with the server for it to dish out the map name. Thinking in n00bstories terms- this could be as simple as checking a http resource that simply contains the current map name. Do other server owners have the ability to publish the current map too? I dont see a need to create a whole new and tricky communication path just to get a map name- surely?! Or what about the "thing" that shows the map via XWIS?
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Re: New idea? Automatic map downloader. [message #295766 is a reply to message #281142] |
Fri, 09 November 2007 10:29   |
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This has been bumped, but what the heck.
I wouldn't mind seeding a torrent or hosting from home (I get unlimited broadband) - obviously, it would be slow.
Edit - I wouldn't be the only host, I just thought that might help to speed things up.
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halokid wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 08:46 |
R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 15:35 |

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the hell is that?
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