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"OscartheGrouch" <Tondaleo@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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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.
>>>
>>> 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
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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.

Sv_maxrate = is the serverside command for the /rate  command clients use to 
download or connection speed in general :). Using it every day on my 
server... most server have this set to 8-9000 for good play.