Res Files

DEADscott

Hi, this is just a note to all the mappers who are kind enough to write a .RES file for their maps. You dont need to include the .bsp file in the RES. If you do, then the client must download the .bsp twice. If the .bsp file is large the client may not wait for it to download twice and never see your wondefull map. For those who dont know what a .res file is, it is the file that tells the sever which files to download to the client who dosnt have the map. Without the res file the server will just download the bsp file. Then the client will miss out on any custom sounds, sprites, minimaps or tga files that are included with the map. Here is an example of a correctly written res file:

sprites/minimaps/ns_complex09.spr
sound/ambience/musica.mp3
sound/ambience/musicb.mp3
sound/ambience/musicc.mp3
models/ns_complex/minimap2.mdl
ns_complex.wad
gfx/env/oli1bk.tga
gfx/env/oli1dn.tga
gfx/env/oli1ft.tga
gfx/env/oli1lf.tga
gfx/env/oli1li.tga
gfx/env/oli1up.tga

This is not a complaint, just a piece of info that will help all us server ops.
And THANK YOU to all the mappers that take the time to write .res files!

ChromeAngel

Thanks for that scott, I didn't know.

*revises .res files*

Gimpy_Doodly_Doo

<a href='http://hl.wwgaming.com/serving/files/resgen110.zip?phpWebSite=a88a1778189022faa5c24a588cb19a75' target='_blank'>RESGEN</a> is a program that makes res files for you.

amckern

*fixes the 200 res files he has just made for custom map server*

venomus

Ugh, that's a worrying piece of news if it's true. But from my experience the the auto download thingy tends to skip stuff you already have (you may see processing such and such in the console, but it won't actually spend any time downloading it). In fact, I often skip back to windows and copy/rename some sounds to the filenames appearing in the console, rather than download 50 gigs of stupidass Homer Simpson quotes, as you find on some servers.
Is this different with bsp files then?

Elite_Guard

i hate people who dl maps from the server that the map is playing on!

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DEADscott

Yes, if a .bsp file is listed in the res it will download twice.