Alright, I have a few questions about the IW4M mod engine and I couldn't seem to find the answers.

 

I see that, for example, on my iSnipe server, every client has to re-download the map. Is there a way that I could stop this from happening?

 

Right now, I'm placing the IWD file in a folder inside the mods folder. IE, mods/is3/isnipe.iwd, and loading it via console and it works.

 

I joined another iSnipe server, and I didn't have to download. It's like it was on aIW, and they used the same iSnipe mod derivation that I used but there was definitely no download. How would I go about doing this? I've heard discussion of placing it in a 'raw' directory but I don't quite understand, so I would appreciate some pointers. Are any IWDs placed in m2demo just executed and not transferred server-side like mods are?

 

Thanks in advance, I appreciate the hard work that you guys do.

Alright, you have to choices here...

 

1) Place the isnipe,iwd file in your m2demo folder, and launch the server without any fs_game stuff. It will automatically load the mod into the server, and will disable downloading.

 

2) Add z_svr_ to the beginning of your mod. so like z_svr_isnipe/z_svr_isnipe.iwd or something along those lines.

Thanks for your response.

 

I think I'll take route #2. I run multiple server instances from the same directory, and I'd like to skip the trouble of making separate copies of the server files.

(Sorry for the double post, it's been two days so I'm assuming it's okay)

 

I like using the z_svr_modname method. The only issue is that the gametype shows as that in the server-list. Is there a way that I can change it to say S&D or TDM instead?

(Sorry for the double post, it's been two days so I'm assuming it's okay)

 

I like using the z_svr_modname method. The only issue is that the gametype shows as that in the server-list. Is there a way that I can change it to say S&D or TDM instead?

Yes. Use the m2demo method.

(Sorry for the double post, it's been two days so I'm assuming it's okay)

 

I like using the z_svr_modname method. The only issue is that the gametype shows as that in the server-list. Is there a way that I can change it to say S&D or TDM instead?

Don't rename the folder just rename the .iwd