Quake 4 Files Goes Live!

Post by **KMG** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:42 am

That's right, Quake 4 Files is now live and operational! Everybody spread the word and start uploading those files as soon as possible.

By the way, Quake 4 Files is a site which provides webspace for authors of Quake 4 modifications to distribute their work, and for server administrators to link for auto-downloading.

Thanks to EscapedTurkey (http://www.escapedturkey.com) for the amazing fileserver, and Quake4/Quake3world (http://www.quake4world.com / http://www.quake3world.com) for all their support and webspace. You guys are a real asset to the community. And how can I forget all the users on the Quake3World forums? You guys are great, thanks for all the input and all the wonderful work.

Anyway, now what we need to do is get the word out there! We will be working to make contact with authors and server admins in the days to come, so, if you feel the need, chip in and let people know. Thanks in advance.

That's http://www.files.quake4world.com

kmg

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:50 am

Post by **iluvquake4** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:05 am

http://www.files.quake4world.com

The files are on an unmetered connection so upload and download to your heart's content.

The more maps uploaded the better.

The purpose of the site is so that the URL - Redirect download system can be available to all Quake 4 admins world-wide. They just plug in a few lines in their server config, and let our system do all the file distribution handling to players. This should really boost the community quite a bit.

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Post by **wviperw** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:19 am

Site still seems like it is in beta. Forums takes you back to the homepage. Files takes you to the search page. Or is it search that takes you to the files page? Either way, I'm not seeing the list of submitted files. Finally, even after logging in the login control still shows up if you go to another page.

Post by **KMG** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:27 am

Yeah, the forums feature is soon to be implemented, and the Files and Search pages won't really make sense until we have some files uploaded. I fixed the login controls still showing up bug. You're probably not noticing the list because the only file on there so far is the patch. Thanks for the input.

Post by **Lenard** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:36 am

I was thinking that the forum link should just go here like the other q4w one.

Any moderation volunteers?

Post by **Robcq** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:36 am

should i start uploading peoples maps, atleast the popular ones, or wait for the authors to do it

Post by **iluvquake4** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:41 am

Go ahead and upload them please. :icon31:

Post by **Lenard** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:51 am

'greed.

Post by **Robcq** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:01 am

I just uploaded galang and phrantic without a problem, even though they have not showed up yet. Then when i tried top upload smash up streets by method it it told me the file was to small.

edit: same thing just happened again with monsoon

Post by **Lenard** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:04 am

Could you copy n paste the actual error you get?

The files didn't show up because I have to review them first. Lemme get right on that.

Post by **Robcq** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:05 am

"File too small"

Post by **Lenard** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:13 am

I just reviewed both of those, tell me if they work ok guys. In the future include info like prefered gametype and stuff if at all possible. If you can just give some basic info that should go in for those two I will just moderate it into happening. I am calling kmg right now to ask him about your error.

Post by **Robcq** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:13 am

ok i see galang and phrantic, but it says i am the author which is not true. that needs to be fixed

Post by **Lenard** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:17 am

He says the file size limit is 500 bites. It will be fixed tonight when he gets home. So will the author thing.

Post by **Lenard** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:17 am

How big is the file and did you try it again?

Post by **Lenard** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:21 am

Ok, I think I just fixed it so give it one more go.

KMG: My bad.

Post by **Robcq** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:29 am

FTP upload has failed!
Warning: unlink(quake4/pk4s/base/map_l4dm2.pk4): No such file or directory in /home/sites/fps-media.com/public_html/files/uploadact.php on line 161
err deleting file

That what it told me when i just tried again

Post by **Robcq** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:42 am

Also, I want to test out the auto download, what am i supposed to put for these values in my server.cfg

set net_serverdownload ""
set net_serverDlBaseURL ""
set net_serverDlTable ""

Post by **Robcq** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:06 am

This is what i tried :

net_serverdownload "2"
net_serverDlBaseURL "http://q4files.escapedturkey.net/quake4/pk4s/base/"
net_serverDlTable "q4base/map_swq4dm1_final.pk4"

I just wanted to test it out with one map. When i connect it asked me if i wanted to download the file. Then, I clicked yes and it said that the transfer failed or was cancled. Am I doing soemthing wrong?

Post by **[TJD]Rico** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:22 am

Robcq wrote:should i start uploading peoples maps, atleast the popular ones, or wait for the authors to do it

I think it's prudent that they only be uploaded once they have been repackaged and re-released as AddOn PK4s, otherwise people are going to get confused about which version of maps to download etc.

Post by **Lenard** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:28 am

What is the deal with those addon things anyway?

Post by **KMG** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:39 am

Honestly, I did not believe the patch would ever come out

But yeah, this is kinda why I wanted to bug test before it did.

Robcq: I can't reproduce your error, what did you do? How about sending me the file and I can try it?

I'll change "author" to "submitted by", and we'll just require proper credits. Sound good?

Post by **Robcq** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:16 am

All i did was upload a map, once it seemed to upload i got a white page with that error...

I ll try again. also please tell me how to set the autodownload right on a server. I am a little confused on the how to set teh cvars in the server.cfg

edit: I just tried again and i got the same error.

Post by **KMG** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:02 pm

Send me your file at icecreamsunshine@gmail.com and I'll see what the deal is. Also, I'm writing up a FAQs (I realize none of these questions are really frequent yet, but you get the idea

) including info on setting up for auto-dl.