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[SirSquidness]

Hello there,

First of all, you guys need a suggestions area.

A mate of mine was looking at setting up a big LAN (He was hoping for a few hundred, but eventually realised how hard it would be to get that amount up there), and he contacted Valve about what it takes to get a steam content server at a LAN.

This is their reply:

In some cases we are able to setup dedicated content servers for such large events, however, it would have to be approved and able to be done by our team.
Once you verify that the tournament will actually occur would we be able to proceed with an option of your own content server.

Perhaps it would be worth looking in to at Respawn?
I have no idea on what the logisitics of it could be, whether they charge for the service, or even whether if people buy games there they shout you a bit of the sales as a thanks. It would, however, make life easier in respect to the "TF2 update the night before" thing we had at the last LAN.

-Squid

[dead_man]

In some cases we are able to setup dedicated content servers for such large events, however, it would have to be approved and able to be done by our team.
Once you verify that the tournament will actually occur would we be able to proceed with an option of your own content server.

im a little confused by that section, i assume it means that they will need to set it up.? i dont think it is really needed tbh,

im planning on making some changes to help prevent this in future which i can then share the GCF files over a FTP server.

regards

Dead_Man

[SirSquidness]

eh. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. It may be beneficial, it may be just too much effort.

Just a suggestion =)


As for sharing GCF files, I don't think Steam let you update the files without being online so it can do it's thing. Worth experimenting with if you haven't already though. UCL should be fine with that.

[R4N]

afaik you can set up your own steam mirror without needing steams help, i have no idea how this is accomplished

But yeh. in the short term a FTP server with the latest GCF's is planned

Thanks for the suggestion squid

R4N

[SirSquidness]

Any idea what so ever where I can find info on setting up said mirror? I can't seem to find anything.

[sum_guy55]

Any idea what so ever where I can find info on setting up said mirror? I can't seem to find anything.

I would aalso like to know i think there might be people working on it at http://cs.rin.ru/forum/