Your Team Fortress 2 Classified server comes with FastDL. When players join a server running a custom map or custom content they don't have, they download it over the web instead of slowly from the game server. There is nothing to set up: upload your files and restart.
How Does FastDL Work?
- Every time your server starts, custom files in the
tf2classifiedfolder and intf2classified/customare published to FastDL. - Your server tells players where to download them, so
sv_downloadurlis set for you. - Removed files stop being offered on the next restart.
These folders and file types are offered to players:
| Folder | Extensions |
|---|---|
| maps | .bsp |
| materials | .vmt, .vtf |
| models | .mdl, .vvd, .vtx, .phy, .ani |
| sound | .wav, .mp3 |
| particles | .pcf |
Compressed .bz2 copies of these files are offered too, which makes downloads faster.
Using Your Own Download Server
If you'd rather host the files on your own web server, set a download redirect.
- 1On your web host, upload the same folders (
maps,materialsand so on) that you added to your server'stf2classifiedfolder. - 2Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
- 3In the sidebar, go to
Settings. - 4Under
Modding, findDownload Redirect URLand enter the web address of the folder that holdsmaps, for examplehttp://fastdl.example.com/tf2c. - 5Click
Save & Restartto apply your changes.
To go back to the built-in FastDL, clear the Download Redirect URL field and click Save & Restart.