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Fast Maps (CSS, HL2, DODs) sv_downloadurl configuration help

When ever you log onto a server that hosts custom maps you have to download them, but this takes forever. So when you host your own server with custom maps you want to upload these maps to a web server. This way the maps download fast!

All you need to do is configure the sv_downloadurl. You may hosts your own maps on your own server, however take into consideration of bandwidth.

1. if you make your own maps hosting server there are some requirements:
2. The server must have directory browsing enabled for the maps directory
3. The server does not have to host the nav files, just the maps

To increase speed use the bzip2 compression method

HOW TO BZIP2 COMPRESS MAP AND SOUND FILES

Windows:

1. Download THIS FILE. (This file was taken from http://www.bzip.org and renamed)
2. Unzip the bzip2 folder to your primary storage drive. ex. C:\bzip2

You can skip the rest of this tutorial if you only have a few files to compress by dragging the files you want to compress directly on the bzip2.exe! It will not keep the old files however. If you want to know how to do it though command line, read below.

1. Go to START then RUN and in the box type CMD and press enter.
2. In the cmd window, type: cd C:\bzip2
3. You can then add your map/sound files into the C:\bzip2 directory. Going by this tutorial, you must have the files you are going to compress in the same directory as bzip2.exe.
4. To compress these files, go to the cmd window and type: bzip2 -z *.bsp This will compress any files with the .bsp extention. You can do this with any extention. Ex: *.mp3 and *.wav. You can also use the filename if you only want to compress one file. Example: bzip2 -z dust2.bsp
5. The files will now be compressed. The size will be greatly reduced which creates faster downloads and less hdd usage.
6. Noted by Don: When using bzip2 compression the original file will be deleted and replaced with the .bz2 file. You can keep the original by adding -k into the syntax. Example: bzip2 -z -k *.bsp
7. Another note by Don: Multiple files cannot be contained in bzip2 compressed archives. Only one file per archive.