[5000MangledCows]

Another discovery: sometimes on newer bosses (bosses more recently installed) it varies between people who can and cant see them. And that sticks in following rounds. For example I couldn't see FemSpy's model or hear her sound for the entire time I was on, and my friend could, but he couldn't see BonkBoy or hear anything. Now I am even more confused. :/

[friagram]

The old versions of ff2 does not add all files to the download table properly, but that's a really old version.
Its possible that your server string tables are so horribly overloaded with junk, that they have become corrupted. This is happening a lot more now that the love and war update has hit.

If you have more than say... 800 lose files being sent out, it might be time to worry.
A well made model will generally use 6 files for the model, and 2-4 for materials.
You will then have a few sounds.

Let's say you have 15 files per boss.. Thats only about 50 bosses.
Now, if you have really badly made models with like, 30-50 files, and then 20 sounds.. And you like to force people to download 100+ bosses, you're just asking for problems.

[5000MangledCows]

As before, I said I'm using 1.9.3, and I only have about 20 or so bosses (with saxton hale bosses enabled). There are some bosses that have about 30-60 files or so to download, should I try removing them temporarily and running the server with the other ones?

EDIT: I examined the downloads folder on the client, and the folders have none of the files downloaded. I'm starting to wonder if using Dropbox as a FastDL isn't working...

[friagram]

Dropbox is not a real fastdl solution.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by friagram Dropbox is not a real fastdl solution.

...and the reason for this is because hosts like Dropbox and Google Drive have a tendency to block files that get downloaded a lot.

[5000MangledCows]

So it WAS the FastDL, I noticed that files also seem to be partly blocked or missing in-game, thx guys. Now I just gotta look for a new FastDL host...

[friagram]

http://www.nfoservers.com/order-webhosting.php
Probably can get their "lite" plan for 3 bux a month
You'll also get sql and such. Dunno if you can beat that, but it's shared hosting, so if location is super important for you may need to look around.

[5000MangledCows]

Ok, I've set up a working FastDL using a custom host, however the server still downloads files over and over, only now for a specific boss, and then sucessfully makes the boss work ingame (The bosses whose files aren't downloaded at all (or once previously) usually work, with the exception of FemSpy, who loads the model files enough to see the shape of the boss, but they are covered with missing texture purple-black squares). The first round issue is fixed, but I still have issues with certain bosses and the sounds still load only after a few rounds for all the bosses, while some work earlier than others.

EDIT: I just tested again, FemSpy worked, and I can deal with whipping through some files at the beginnning. Thanks for your help, guys. Feel free to continue this post or close it.

[Powerlord]

If you can see the shape of a boss but they're covered with missing textures, it means the model files downloaded but the materials didn't.

[5000MangledCows]

Originally Posted by Powerlord If you can see the shape of a boss but they're covered with missing textures, it means the model files downloaded but the materials didn't.

Oh, but another thing is that the missing textures only show up for people using mac. I've also noticed this among some bosses theme's, not the intro but the music that plays over their gameplay.

EDIT: I fixed the redownloading of files. Now it jumps from Retrieving server info to Sending Client Info. No probs there. Except for the mac issues...