HOWTO: HTTP Custom Files Download

Requirements

  1. Game Server with custom maps.
  2. Web accessible storage. ( Order now )

Game Server Configuration

  1. Upload your custom files to your game server via FTP.
  2. Add or modify the following settings in your server.cfg file.

sv_downloadurl "http://yourdomain.com/redirect/"
sv_allowupload 1
sv_allowdownload 1

Web Hosting Configuration

  1. Create a folder where you want to store your custom files on your web hosting (ie. http://yourdomain.com/redirect).
  2. Upload your custom files to your webhosting mirroring your game server files exactly.

Note: All files and folders are case sensitive.

Protect your custom files

To prevent other servers from linking to your custom maps follow these steps:

  1. Create a file in your 'redirects' folder named ".htaccess".
  2. Add the following information in that file (change 123\.123\.123\.123 to your game server IP):

SetEnvIfNoCase Referer hl2://123\.123\.123\.123 allow_download
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from env=allow_download
Deny from all

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