News Optional???

[addshore Profile]

Ok just a quick poll.

Who thinks that having news as a downlodable option would be good.
In toher words when you connect to the server you will not be forced to download the pack but you can if you want and add it to the right folder.

This way for those of us that want more news we can have like 40mb's of the stuff

This isnt totally tested yet but all should be fine

Addshore

[Pancake Profile WebsiteICQ]

Voted NO
because: 40 mb downloading news



hightest for me is 20mb

!Torty

[addshore Profile]

the point is that you dont ahve to download it all.
Also you dont need to download it at all.
I could do it in 10mb groups.

Also i dont have to do 40mb
It was just a random number

[warren-the-ape]

How would that be possible with a pure server?

[addshore Profile]

Its done @ bunker.
Atm this is all jsut theroy but it had worked for me in the past but i forgot

Upload the news packs to the etmain folder not NQ.
Therefor it is not required for download but is still on the server.
Files in etmain are not requested to be downloaded automaticly.
If the client has the pk3 it "should" still work.

I might need to do a bit of fiddling but im sure it will work

This also means that the server can still be pure as the packs ARE already on the server.

Addshore

[warren-the-ape]

Mjah same 'technique' as the european style pack probably but i doubt if other people with the same file will hear a newsfile played when you execute it.

[Spyhawk Profile]

Don't like news... cause I play all the time with music in background

And if you want to add some, no more than 10 mb, please.

[Nemesis Profile]

it gona be same as on bunker, when someone do news you dont hear them but you get lag for that

[Spyhawk Profile]

Hey, if news are causing lag, just delete them !

PS1 problem #1 is lag, so we must do everything we can to reduce it I think (specially with NQ mod.. )

[Mobius Profile Website]

it gona be same as on bunker, when someone do news you dont hear them but you get lag for that

In that case, i will vote no.
And becides, we got enough news now ppl are just spamming around with it^^

Just leave as it is for now

But that's just my oppinion.

[addshore Profile]

Mjah same 'technique' as the european style pack probably but i doubt if other people with the same file will hear a newsfile played when you execute it.

Yepo it works i just tested on ps1 with volare (added now off again)

It shouldnt cause laggs if people dont spam it.
If people spam it then they are naughty.

Ill wait and see the result of this poll now

[Scuba_Steve Profile]

Don't like news... cause I play all the time with music in background

And if you want to add some, no more than 10 mb, please.

If you dont want to hear the news just make a bind with s_stop

Example: /bind p s_stop If you press P the news stops

[Wastl Profile]

Maybe some dont get it completely, its an OPTIONAL thingy, so if add adds some optional news, it means that you dont download them automatically as in past. (what youre might be afraid of, cause its too big) No No, he adds them, you download them manually from the ftp server or whereever he hosts the file, you put them to your etmain folder. And only then, you will hear the sound if he does the news command.

So actually no need for any stop bind and if you dont want the news, dont download them.

Add invited me to download the news and put them into my ET.

On ps1, he started the news, all worked fine, we didnt see anyone lagging, and we were the only players who were able to hear the newsfile.

[Blasius Profile]

i like news but just style what a prefer...others get annoy
and sometimes admins make news and it is enough for me.
i usually play without listening to music because i have to abide noise at my workplace.
so i wont download it, but its a nice idea, and im sure there are pplz who will use it

thx addshore