sv_downloadurl problems.

[Jelly]

So one of my friends is hosting a CS server and we tried setting up a content server that would allow faster downloading. I remember reading somewhere that you could Bzip2 them (as in "map1.bsp" --> "map1.bsp.bz2") allowing even faster downloading. So I found a free host (http://www.fasthoster.info) and started uploading the .bz2 files. I set up a filetree ("cstrike/maps", "cstrike/sound" and so on) and set sv_allowdownload to 1 and sv_downloadurl to "http://rygeskuret.fasthoster.info/cstrike/" (which is the url) however it doesn't seem to work. I tried downloading one of the files manually via my internet browser but instead of opening the download-file dialog, it went into a new page, filled with non-readable text.

I can think of three things which could be my problem.
1) The hosting services is sh*t.
2) .bz2 files only work with Source Engine.
3) I missed something somewhere.

Any ideas?

 

[Thothie]

I vote #2, possibly #3. I'd have to see the var, and your site's directory structure.

PS. Where's that Felewyn ring quest?

 

[Jelly]

I'm getting to it, but we're having exams this week (and next week too) so I'm a 'lil busy. Also, the cause of the problem turned out to be #2.

 

[Netrogor]

Just in-case, be sure that the sv_downloadurl command is at the top of the server.cfg file. I remember having such an issue myself, long ago (although with a different host). ^^

 

[WeissberV]

it is possible, with cs at least... it worked for cs 1.6, u just need to find the way.