I really hope this is okay to post here. Having problems finding places to ask questions, and steam forums are taking forever to allow me to post.

Okay so here is the problem, I volunteered to help a friend with a server I play on alot, with new custom maps and such. I got the custom maps to work on the server but, of course the download time was atrocious for some of them. So I did some research and found out about the sv_downloadurl thing, and I got a web hosting, set it up so it mirrors the files on the server. tried to make sure everything matched. I am also attempting to use bzp2 to help as well. but that is not the main problem.

the main problem is this, once I plugged in my url into the server file, sv_downloadurl, and restarted the server…it stopped working. TCadmin says its running, but its not responding and it cant be found in game.

Quote:// this is your server name as shown in the server list
hostname “Union of Polite Gamers (Primarily Arena)”

sv_password “”
// your server password. a pair of double quotes means it is not set and anyone can join

// start rcon settings

maxplayers 30
// what do you think it does? just make sure it is a 2:3 ratio, if you have 20 slots make it 30
rcon_password “blahblahblahblah -notgiving that out-
// your rcon password to log into the dev rcon console or HLSW rcon console
sv_rcon_banpenalty 60
// Number of minutes to ban users who fail rcon authentication
sv_rcon_maxfailures 3
// Max number of times a user can fail rcon authentication before being banned

// end rcon settings

// start cvars for balancing un-even teams

mp_autoteambalance 1
// 0 is off and 1 is on. if 1 then should be used in conjunction with the following 3 commands
mp_autoteambalance_delay 60
// Time (in seconds) after the teams become unbalanced to attempt to switch players
mp_autoteambalance_warning_delay 30
// Time (in seconds) after the teams become unbalanced to print a balance warning
mp_teams_unbalance_limit 2
// Teams are unbalanced when one team has this many more players than the other (0 disables)

// end cvars for balancing un-even teams

// start cvars for round and game times

mp_enableroundwaittime 1
// Enable or disable timers to wait between rounds. 0 is off 1 is on
mp_bonusroundtime 10
// Time after round win until round restarts (in seconds)
mp_restartround 10
// Time the current round will restart (in seconds)
mp_stalemate_timelimit 120
// Timelimit (in seconds) of the stalemate round
mp_timelimit 30
// game time per map in minutes

// end cvars for round and game times

// start cvars for win conditions
// not used atm
//mp_maxrounds 4
// Max number of rounds to play before server changes maps
//mp_winlimit 3
// Max number of rounds one team can win before a server changes maps

// end cvars for win conditions

// start client specific cvars

mp_forcecamera 0
// force dead clients to first person mode disabling freelook. 0 is off 1 is on
mp_allowspectators 1
// enable or disable spectators on the server. 0 is off 1 is on
mp_friendlyfire 0
// 0 is off and clients can do harm to team mates. 1 is on and players can kill or injure team mates
mp_footsteps 1
// footsteps on or off. 0 is off and 1 is on
sv_cheats 0
// allow cheats to be used by the client. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_timeout 300
// the amount of time in seconds that a client is booted for no input
sv_maxspeed 320
// the maximun speed a client can move at
sv_consistency 1
// Force clients to pass a consistency check for critical files before joining server. 0 is off 1 is on
decalfrequency 10
// the pause in seconds between a decal being sprayed
// After this many seconds without a message from a client, the client is dropped
sv_timeout 180
// Maximum time a player is allowed to be idle (in minutes), made this and sv_timeout equal same time?
mp_idlemaxtime 5
// Deals with idle players 1=send to spectator 2=kick
mp_idledealmethod 2

// end client specific cvars

// start cvars for communication

sv_voiceenable 1
// allow players to use a microphone. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_alltalk 1
// toggles whether both teams can hear each others voice comms or not. 0 is off 1 is on. recommend it being off
mp_chattime 10
// players can chat for this amount of time (in seconds) after a game is over

// end cvars for communication

// start download cvars

sv_allowupload 1
// allow custom decals to be uploaded. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_allowdownload 1
// allow files to be downloaded from the server. 0 is off 1 is on
net_maxfilesize 999
// Max download file size. Default is 15
sv_downloadurl “http://www.blahblahblah.com/174.34.133.106 port 27015/tf/”
//redirect download location

// end download cvars

// start bandwidth rates/settings

sv_minrate 20000
sv_maxrate 30000
decalfrequency 10
sv_maxupdaterate 100
sv_minupdaterate 66
sv_mincmdrate 66
sv_maxcmdrate 100

// end bandwidth rates/settings

// start server logging

log on
// enable or disable server logging. on is on off is off
sv_logbans 1
// Log server bans in the server logs
sv_logecho 1
// Echo log information to the console. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_logfile 0
// Log server information in the log file. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_log_onefile 0
// log everything in one file
logaddress_add uopg.hlxce.net:27740
//global HLstatsX:CE stats

// end server logging

// start cvars for general operation

sv_lan 0
// is this an internet or LAN server. 0 is internet 1 is LAN
sv_region 3
// server location. -1 is the world, 0 is USA east coast, 1 is USA west coast, 2 south america, 3 europe, 4 asia, 5 australia, 6 middle east, 7 africa
sv_contact [email protected]
// contact email for sysop
sv_pausable 0
// enables or disables whether the server can be paused. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_pure 0
// forces all clients on the server to use content that matches what is on the server. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_pure_kick_clients 1
// kicks clients that do not have content that matches what is on the server

// end cvars for general operation

// start execute ban files

exec banned_user.cfg
exec banned_ip.cfg

tf_damage_disablespread 1
//disable damage spread. 0 is off, 1 is on
tf_weapon_criticals 0
//set random crits, 0 is off 1 is on

say “Watch your manners.”

On top of that I reverted the url, and also the max download size which I had increased to allow for the downloads, and had worked fine, to their defaults…and nothing still…so I put them back to what I want them to be in the end.

Does anyone have any idea whats causing this problem? I greatly appreciate any input, and if I did something dumb please call me on it lol. Also on the mirroring, I basically just copied the file structure from root on out, thus the ip of the server. halp

Thank you,

J