How to Set Fast map downloads on counter strike servers

Have you ever spent months perfecting a map just to have it ignored because of slow server downloads? Have you ever intentionally used default textures rather than superior custom ones just to minimize filesize? Hopefully those days are over. Steam has implemented a server cvar named sv_downloadurl that allows the player to download maps from a http server rather than the gameserver. In the past the slow "trickle" method of gameserver map distribution has prevented large custom maps from being played. Admins have been afraid to run custom maps since players are not willing to wait for ridiculously long downloads. This cvar, if used widely by server admins, could breathe more life into custom maps, so admins go forth and use sv_downloadurl!

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Counter strike
• Text editor like notepad or textpad (recomended)
• ftp client is recomended, but IE will work in a pinch

1. Upload the map and all its associated files somewhere, keeping the directory structure intact.
2. (optional) You may place a 340x56 image named banner.gif in http://.../gfx/ and it will be displayed in the download dialog in Steam while a player is downloading the files.
3. Set the cvar sv_downloadurl to your http server. eg:
   if http://www.whatever.com/myserver/maps contained the server maps, and
   if http://www.whatever.com/myserver/models contained the models, and so on, then you would set:
   sv_downloadurl http://www.whatever.com/myserver
4. upload the edited file to the game server

Tips & Warnings

• You will place this line in server.cfg file
• misspelling wont do any harm bes