[BBG_Theory]

I have noticed on my FF2 servers, many maps (which do not have a .nav) is now making it look like the file is needed to be downloaded ( and looks like it is being downloaded each time you connect to that map) My servers have run clean with no file redownloading and now all of a sudden, maps that dont have a .nav seem to need a .nav to satify the download attempt

[friagram]

Remove navs for maps you do not need them for (if you dont use bots, or halloween bosses), place a bz2 version in your fastdl server, or use the nav download block extension.

[BBG_Theory]

my point is that now this has popped up. most vsh maps I use do not have .nav files and there has never been the issue of needing to download non existing .nav files. So far (last couple of days) I have just been making them and putting the newly created map_whatever.nav in redirects and on the server

Main point is that before now, if the whatever.bsp didnt have a whatever.nav ..it was no issue, now its like something is expecting every map to have a nav file and calls for it's download, even if it does not exist on the server

[MasterOfTheXP]

There's this...but be warned, I've had nothing but trouble using on TF2 (both Linux and Windows)...maybe I just did something horribly wrong with it.

Since that's no good for me, and the .nav that I generated for gm_bigcity is 30 MB (yes), I just took the .nav from a different map (1 KB) and placed that on the download server, instead. The only problem, of course, is that clients download a completely fake .nav, and bots won't work/will crash (haven't tested) if they host a server/listen server with the .nav themselves.

[RavensBro]

hmm I don't have that problem on my servers.

[friagram]

Is it because you are perhaps putting maps in the /custom// dir? I just use the root tf/maps folder

[BBG_Theory]

Originally Posted by friagram Is it because you are perhaps putting maps in the /custom// dir? I just use the root tf/maps folder

I do also, just materials, models and sounds in /custom/whatever/

I have made no changes other than forced steam updates. On Linux and run 2 and both are acting the same way. Hit and miss on what map now wants a .nav to satisfy something calling for its existance and download availablity

[RavensBro]

u don't need to use custom folder unless you made them into .vpk files other than that they all go in the folders they always did as befor.

[friagram]

I was under the impression that vpks pushed to clients via fastdl wont work. I tried this a while ago, and even though i could get them to download, they wouldn't mount.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by friagram I was under the impression that vpks pushed to clients via fastdl wont work. I tried this a while ago, and even though i could get them to download, they wouldn't mount.

You can still have VPKs on the server side. It's slightly more efficient than storing them as separate files.