[Nocturnal]

I'm trying to add some downloadable material to my server. I never had any problems with sounds and maps, they always download fine from my server. But now with the materials, it just wont download.

I was wondering if there is a plugin needed for that or any tweek or solutions for the problem.

Thank you for any help and have a nice day.

[SuperShadow]

Have you added the path to the materials in your white list?

[Nocturnal]

Originally Posted by SuperShadow Have you added the path to the materials in your white list?

Hm sorry, i'm not sure to know what that means?

[SuperShadow]

There is a file on the server called pure_server_whitelist.txt, since you don't mention what game, I'll use TF2 as an example. The files is located in the orangebox\hl2\ folder as shown in the picture below.



Below is an example of the contents of that file. Edit it so that the paths to your materials (and models if you need those) are included in the list with allow_from_disk following the path.

whitelist
{
 //
 // 3 modifiers are allowed on file specifications:
 //
 // from_steam   - only check the Steam cache for the file (ignore anything on disk)
 // allow_from_disk  - allow the file to come from disk
 // check_crc   - used with allow_from_disk - server does CRC checks on the client's file to make sure it matches
 //
 // The default modifier on all files is allow_from_disk. Thus, all files can come from disk and don't need CRC checks unless 
 // allow_from_disk can be set at the same time as check_crc. Use the + character in between them to signify this: allow_from_disk+check_crc.
 
 //
 // Three types of file specifications:
 //
 // 1. directory\*.*   - refers to all files under the directory
 // 2. directory\...   - refers to all files under the directory and all directories under that (recursively)
 // 3. directory\filename  - refers to a single file
 
 // 
 // By default, when in pure server mode, most content file types are only allowed to come from Steam.
 //
 materials\...  from_steam
 models\...   from_steam
 sound\...   from_steam
 
 
 //
 // Allow custom player models. Don't do CRC checks on them because the clients may all
 // have different custom models and the server won't have them all.
 // 
 materials\hud\...  allow_from_disk
 materials\effects\...  allow_from_disk
 materials\backpack\...    allow_from_disk
 materials\backpack\weapons\... allow_from_disk
 materials\models\buildables\... allow_from_disk
 materials\models\decapitation\... allow_from_disk
 materials\models\effects\... allow_from_disk
 materials\models\flag\... allow_from_disk
 materials\models\luigi\... allow_from_disk
 materials\models\player\... allow_from_disk
 materials\models\sprites\... allow_from_disk
 materials\models\weapons\... allow_from_disk
 materials\models\items\...  allow_from_disk
 materials\sprites\...  allow_from_disk
 materials\vgui\...  allow_from_disk 
 materials\consol\...  allow_from_disk 
 models\rss-custom\...   allow_from_disk
 models\custom\...   allow_from_disk 
 models\buildables\...  allow_from_disk
 models\decapitation\...  allow_from_disk
 models\effects\...  allow_from_disk
 models\flag\...   allow_from_disk
 models\items\...  allow_from_disk
 models\player\...  allow_from_disk
 models\weapons\...  allow_from_disk
 models\sleeveless\...  allow_from_disk
 models\weapons\v_models\... allow_from_disk
 models\weapons\c_models\... allow_from_disk
 //
 // Allow custom spray decals.
 //
 materials\temp\...  allow_from_disk
 materials\vgui\logos\... allow_from_disk
 materials\vgui\logos\ui\... allow_from_disk
 
 //
 // Allow replay browser thumbnails.
 //
 materials\vgui\replay\thumbnails\...   allow_from_disk
 
 //
 // (Uncomment and edit these for mods).
 // Allow mod resources to come from disk.
 //
 // materials\mymod\...  allow_from_disk+check_crc
 // models\mymod\...  allow_from_disk+check_crc
 // sound\mymod\...  allow_from_disk+check_crc
 sound\misc\...   allow_from_disk
 sound\quake\...   allow_from_disk
 sound\admin_plugin\...  allow_from_disk
 sound\vo\*.*   allow_from_disk
 sound\mario\...   allow_from_disk
 sound\goomba\...  allow_from_disk
}

[Nocturnal]

Thank you very much for the info, but it didnt work, I'm probably not doing it right or something.

Btw, it's for a css server and what I'm trying to add are overlays.

Here is what I did with the pure_server_whitelist.txt maybe you know what i should do...

    //    
    // By default, when in pure server mode, most content file types are only allowed to come from Steam.
    //
    materials\...        from_steam
    models\...            from_steam
    sound\...            from_steam
    
    
    //
    // Allow custom player models. Don't do CRC checks on them because the clients may all
    // have different custom models and the server won't have them all.
    //    
    models\player\...            allow_from_disk
    materials\models\player\...    allow_from_disk
    materials\hh\...            allow_from_disk
    
    //
    // Allow custom spray decals.
    //
    materials\temp\...            allow_from_disk
    materials\vgui\logos\...    allow_from_disk
    materials\vgui\logos\ui\...    allow_from_disk
    
    //
    // Allow replay browser thumbnails.
    //
    materials\vgui\replay\thumbnails\...   allow_from_disk
    
    //
    // (Uncomment and edit these for mods).
    // Allow mod resources to come from disk.
    //
    // materials\mymod\...        allow_from_disk+check_crc
    // models\mymod\...            allow_from_disk+check_crc
    // sound\mymod\...            allow_from_disk+check_crc

[Nocturnal]

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No one can help?

[TnTSCS]

Originally Posted by Nocturnal I'm trying to add some downloadable material to my server. I never had any problems with sounds and maps, they always download fine from my server. But now with the materials, it just wont download. I was wondering if there is a plugin needed for that or any tweek or solutions for the problem. Thank you for any help and have a nice day.

How are you pushing these files to the clients? You're using a plugin to add the files to the download table?

[Nocturnal]

Originally Posted by TnTSCS How are you pushing these files to the clients? You're using a plugin to add the files to the download table?

No, I don't use a plugin. Which one should I use?