Force file to be download to client gmod

Ulysses » General » Developers Corner » Force download items and have them work Pages: [ 1 ] Go Down. Author Topic: Force download items and have them work Read times. Chiller Jr. Hey, I'm a noob to gmod severs and a couple nights ago i started my first one ever. I host it from my own computer with perfect connection my friend from California gets 50 ping from me in Colorado.

ALL I want, is to get 4 Player models to download to all clients when they join. But if I have to I guess I could I am trying to use Downloads. But i have been told i need code to make them work I have NO clue what this code is. Install Steam. Store Page. Garry's Mod Store Page. Global Achievements. I've got a GMod server. All the addons I use on it are listed in an addons collection so I have no problems telling my players to download them, also the server is currently passworded.

One thing, whenever a player which does not have the requried addons connects to my server he can download the addon from the workshop but, then, once in-game he cannot see materials on the models aka purple and black textures ex: Dubstep gun without textures, playable piano without textures, etc. This means a 50mb file can be 15mb or less, allowing players to download it faster.

This also means if you have bandwidth limits, you'll save bandwidth with smaller files. Every single file that can be used by Fast Download can be Bzipped. However, the files on the Game Server must be the original files. Only the Web Server needs the bzipped files The normal files do not need to be on the web server if you use Bzip2.

Once the files have been uploaded to the Fast Download server and put in the appropriate places , that's your work done. Source automates the rest, when the client downloads the file, they'll be automatically unzipped and cached etc. You can either get Bzip2 and use the command line, or use 7Zip which has support for zipping into Bzip2 format.

Note: As of Gmod update 81, the cache is now one file ranging between - kb. This means zipping the cache could be useless and actually increase the size of the file. This means you forgot something on the FastDL folder. It's trying to download it every time they join. It also tells you what you have to move there. If you have the files already, you will not need to re-download them.

There could also be an issue regarding the files name. Fast Download is certainly worth the time and money to set up. Your players get their models and whatnot faster and you get a slight peace of mind knowing that your server is that bit more secure and safer. From GMod Wiki. Jump to: navigation , search. Category : Server Hosting. Personal tools