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"Rubbie" <bjojk@nospam.demon.nl> wrote in message 
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> "Terry" <kilowatt@charter.net> wrote in message 
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>> On Jun 17, 6:22 pm, "OscartheGrouch" <Tonda...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> "Terry" <kilow...@charter.net> wrote in message
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>>> >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.
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>> 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"
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>> 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
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> 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 :)
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sv_maxrate is for clients playing on the server, I don't think it has 
anything to do with map download rate. I'll see if I can come up with how 
that is capped. It may just be capped at that rate period.