Talon
Active Member
I'ma list my current project for css map packs. I'll be putting this on my blog also. Each set is a phase (fansy words 
).
Phase 1: download counter-strike source maps (from fpsbanana and cs-maps)
Phase 2: Convert the maps. Unzip groups of 25-100 maps at a time to thier own folder (use winrar). I'm not going to go through the whole map archive conversion process, listen to the GFC podcast here and just mimik it for cs source instead of 1.6. Or stay tuned for a podcast on this subject**
Phase 3: after all maps are converted, unzip them into thier own folders in 100 size map packs, then also extract to a single folder (cstrike). After that is done, go inside cstrike/maps delete all .nav files, then backout and zip up the folders there. Upload to a srcds process, unzip (via ssh command) and start server, do a map call, copy the map call from hlsw to a word editor, find and replace the works "pending:" "(fs)" ".bsp" " " (space) and then copy that list into the mapcycle.txt of that srcds process. Then let the server cycle on 3 min map cycle with 3 bots running and compile .nav files 100 maps at a time in a cycle.
If you are really talented like me
you can get 5 servers or more compiling (only 1 srcds PER CPU CORE!!!). I had 4 computers working on this project at once, 2 local and 2 remote (1 remote machine was dual core cpu). After its cycled 100 maps, stop server process, download the .nav files and blow out installation and redl the server. Repeat.
Phase4: Put the .nav files into each of the map folders with the corresponding name and re rar it up.
Phase5 (only if applys): combine the current archives with the new archives of maps you (I) have and repeat phase 3 for maps that did not get overwritten.
Phase6 (only if applys): finish up the last of those maps in phase5 with phase4.
Phase7 (download custom maps from Christian Crew I dont have, only me):
Phase8 (only me, repeat 3-4)
Phase9 (everyone): rar up the individual map rar archives and upload to webserver for public download/personal backup.
Phase10 (everyone): use bzip2 (its built into linux), and use command line to bzip the files up, for highspeed content downloading, compressed to help download times and bandwidth saving.
).Phase 1: download counter-strike source maps (from fpsbanana and cs-maps)
Phase 2: Convert the maps. Unzip groups of 25-100 maps at a time to thier own folder (use winrar). I'm not going to go through the whole map archive conversion process, listen to the GFC podcast here and just mimik it for cs source instead of 1.6. Or stay tuned for a podcast on this subject**
Phase 3: after all maps are converted, unzip them into thier own folders in 100 size map packs, then also extract to a single folder (cstrike). After that is done, go inside cstrike/maps delete all .nav files, then backout and zip up the folders there. Upload to a srcds process, unzip (via ssh command) and start server, do a map call, copy the map call from hlsw to a word editor, find and replace the works "pending:" "(fs)" ".bsp" " " (space) and then copy that list into the mapcycle.txt of that srcds process. Then let the server cycle on 3 min map cycle with 3 bots running and compile .nav files 100 maps at a time in a cycle.
If you are really talented like me
you can get 5 servers or more compiling (only 1 srcds PER CPU CORE!!!). I had 4 computers working on this project at once, 2 local and 2 remote (1 remote machine was dual core cpu). After its cycled 100 maps, stop server process, download the .nav files and blow out installation and redl the server. Repeat.Phase4: Put the .nav files into each of the map folders with the corresponding name and re rar it up.
Phase5 (only if applys): combine the current archives with the new archives of maps you (I) have and repeat phase 3 for maps that did not get overwritten.
Phase6 (only if applys): finish up the last of those maps in phase5 with phase4.
Phase7 (download custom maps from Christian Crew I dont have, only me):
Phase8 (only me, repeat 3-4)
Phase9 (everyone): rar up the individual map rar archives and upload to webserver for public download/personal backup.
Phase10 (everyone): use bzip2 (its built into linux), and use command line to bzip the files up, for highspeed content downloading, compressed to help download times and bandwidth saving.
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