🚀 go-pugleaf

"Terry" <kilowatt@charter.net> wrote in message 
news:1182128418.001900.314930@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 17, 6:22 pm, "OscartheGrouch" <Tonda...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "Terry" <kilow...@charter.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1182015583.326930.105720@q69g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >I have set up a server with Q3offline for a friend and me.
>> > Can I increase the download speed of maps that download automatically?
>>
>> > TIA
>>
>> If you mean set up a server that is not connected to the internet, no,
>> unless your friend is in the same house or location as you, in which case
>> you can just network your 2 computers. If you mean you want a server that 
>> is
>> online but NOT a public server, yes. But it will be a dedicated server, 
>> not
>> a listen server and you will need a separate box. Just add "+set 
>> dedicated
>> 1", instead of dedicated 2, (without quotes.) If this doesn't make any 
>> sense
>> as I suspect, see the tutorial you already have in start/quake iii
>> arena/quake iii arena help system/dedicated server information. You can
>> speed up the transfer of maps by ftp'ing them to a host site and having 
>> your
>> friend connect to that and download them from the ftp host to his 
>> computer.
>> If you need more info, remember google is your friend. There is still 
>> plenty
>> of server info out there you can access.
>
> Nope.  All this stuff is over my head.
> We are playing Q3 on the internet and, although no one ever connects,
> I think the games we make are open..  I think they report to the
> master server.  I have 5M/512k speed and he has 3M/256k speed.
> We are alternating using Q3offline and each being the server.
> When we send to each other the receiver reports a transfer speed of
> 12K
> I have Googled for this many times.
>
> The closest I have found is this command.
>
> set sv_dl_maxRate "5000"
>
> The only trouble is that this is not a command on the Q3offline list.
>
> Q3offline shows the server config file that it makes, but if we add
> that line to the config nothing happens and it goes away after the
> game.
>
> Thanks

I think you need the "sv_maxrate" setting, put it too something like 25000
or 30000 (Q3 won't let you download faster then 30 kb/s anyway)

GL :)