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Revision as of 20:06, 2 April 2012
THIS FEATURE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET
Contents
Overview
The fast downloads feature allows you to copy or upload custom game content to a website so they can be downloaded directly by players.
Requirements
You can configure fast downloads in 3 different ways:
- Locally. The fast downloads website and game server are located on the same server.
- Remotely with another server. The fast downloads website is located on a different server that has TCAdmin installed.
- Remotely with a file server. The fast downloads website is located on a file server or hosting account.
For security reasons it is recommended that the website used for fast downloads does not have any server side scripting enabled (ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, etc)
Downloads hosted locally
- Web server installed and configured with a website for fast downloads. (Apache, IIS, etc) We do not provide instructions on configuring the web server.
Downloads hosted on another TCAdmin server
- You must have at least one TCAdmin server configured with downloads hosted locally
Downloads hosted on a file server or hosting account
- FTP account with read/write/delete permissions used to upload files to the website's root folder.
File Server Configuration
You can configure a file server to host your fast downloads. Go to File Servers > Select the file server or create a new one. In the file server settings tab enter the FTP server's IP, port, username and password. If the FTP server's file system is case sensitive enable "File system is case sensitive".
Select the Fast Downloads tab and configure the following options.
- Fast Downloads Save Path
- Enter the path to the root of the fast downloads website.
- Fast Downloads Folder Template
- Enter the template used to determine the folder where the fast download files will be saved for each game or voice service. You may use the default value. For example this will create a folder with the service's IP and port (1.2.3.4_27960) : $[Service.IPAddress]_$[Service.GamePort]\
- Fast Downloads URL
- The base URL pointing to the fast download save path.
Server Configuration
Downloads hosted locally
You can configure fast downloads on a website located on the same server as the game or voice server. Go to Servers > Select the server > Game & Voice Settings tab. Configure the following options.
- Enable fast downloads
- Checked
- Fast Downloads Server
- Local Storage
- Fast Downloads Save Path
- Enter the path to the root of the fast downloads website that you created. (for example C:\Inetpub\wwwroot)
- Fast Downloads Folder Template
- Enter the template used to determine the folder where the fast download files will be saved for each game or voice service. You may use the default value. For example this will create a folder with the service's IP and port (1.2.3.4_27960) : $[Service.IPAddress]_$[Service.GamePort]\
- Fast Downloads URL
- The base URL pointing to the fast download save path.
Downloads hosted on a different TCAdmin server
You can configure fast downloads on a website located on a different TCAdmin server. First you must configure one of your servers with downloads hosted locally.
Then go to the other server's Game & Voice Settings tab. Configure the following options.
- Enable fast downloads
- Checked
- Fast Downloads Server
- Select the other tcadmin server from the list.
Downloads hosted on a file server or hosting account
You can configure fast downloads on a website hosted on a separate server or hosting account. First you must configure a file server for fast downloads.
Then go to the Servers > Select the server > Game & Voice Settings tab. Configure the following options.
- Enable fast downloads
- Checked
- Fast Downloads Server
- Select the other tcadmin server from the list.
Game Configuration
Each game has different requirements for fast downloads. Read the game's dedicated server documentation to find out how to enable fast downloads. This section only explains how to enable the fast download feature in TCAdmin.