Client crashes on download

Post by **bani** » Mon May 03, 2004 3:07 pm

Q: Whenever a client connects to my server for the first time and downloads the pk3, when they finish connecting they usually crash.

A: This is a bug inside the ET download system which we can't fix from ETPro. This will require an updated fixed ET.EXE from ID/Activision.

A2: Players can disconnect as soon as they see the download finish (before it starts loading the level) and reconnect. This usually prevents their client from crashing.

=FF=im2good4u · Post by **=FF=im2good4u** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:02 am

cant you make your own fixed et.exe

Boco · Post by **Boco** » Tue May 04, 2004 9:20 pm

=FF=im2weak4u wrote:cant you make your own fixed et.exe

Bani doesn't have the renderer code so he can't compile his own et.exe.

BOTA · Post by **BOTA** » Thu May 06, 2004 3:39 am

Or you can switch off wwwdownloads in your client.
I never experience any problems then.

=FF=im2good4u · Post by **=FF=im2good4u** » Thu May 06, 2004 4:01 am

BOTA wrote:Or you can switch off wwwdownloads in your client.
I never experience any problems then.

yes but thne it goes hella slow

BOTA · Post by **BOTA** » Thu May 06, 2004 4:16 am

True, but if it only concerns ETPro download and not maps, it can be acceptable.

DG · Post by DG » Sun May 23, 2004 5:12 pm

does is still crash with sv_wwwDLdisconnected 1?

Skylined · Post by **Skylined** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:45 am

DG wrote:does is still crash with sv_wwwDLdisconnected 1?

That doesn't work, already tried it.

Has anybody tried downloads from FTP instead of HTTP?

Boco · Post by **Boco** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:01 pm

Skylined wrote:Has anybody tried downloads from FTP instead of HTTP?

From what I understand, it kinda works, but has problems.

Skylined · Post by **Skylined** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:29 pm

Which kind of problems?

gotenks · Post by **gotenks** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm

it's totally borked on linux

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:50 pm

Hi,

i use ftp and i also know some linux users, that don't have a problem to download.

BUT there seems to be a different problem:

If you download more the 2 files, there is a kind of download loop. Looks like ET downloads the first OK, then another one and then complains about md5checksum. Then ET starts over and over again.

Only works perfect with ONE file / download.

greets
Mark

Post by **bani** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:01 pm

linux ftp download redirection doesnt work at all. the client gets stuck. its a bug in the engine.

Skylined · Post by **Skylined** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:38 pm

Yes, I'm playing with Linux and I don't have any problem, but people with Windows always have that problem which gets me mad, I want to play new maps.

Badhabit · Post by **Badhabit** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:29 pm

From what I've seen.
1.Linux server/ Http D/L =very few crashes
2.Windows server/http D/L =lots of crashes