Hey! This is my first ever tutorial that I have posted on FPSB. I really was looking for some idea that could be useful to others that I already have knowledge of. Today I was working on my server and thought..."How do you make your server a Fast Download server?" I searched it up on Google and easily learned it. It is seriously very easy, but it takes a few minutes to set up. So here we go!

1. First, you need to get a website host that allows .bsp files to be uploaded. For example: When you purchase a www.gameservers.com server, they give you a free website along with your server. This site DOES allow .bsp's.

2. Next, you need to create a few folders. The first one is a cstrike folder inside of your website control panel. If you use FTP, then you can easily do that. Inside the cstrike folder, make a folder called maps. You may also create other folders in the main cstrike folder such as materials, models, sounds, etc.

3. I am going to be talking about making maps fast download and not the other ones. You can use the information here for reference for the other folders but for now, we will be talking about making maps into fast download. Now, inside the maps folder is where you want to place your .bsp files. For reference, .bsp files are files that hold maps for the Half-Life Source engines. For instance, you can take a map (download) from FPSB and inside the .rar file that you get when you download is a .bsp file. You would then drag it into the maps folder inside your website FTP. After your map is done uploading onto your web host, you are almost done.

4. Lastly, you need to go to your server.cfg inside your server FTP or control panel (whichever you prefer) and enter the following commands somewhere in the file:

sv_downloadurl "http://www.YourWebHostURL.com/cstrike"
sv_allowdownload 1
sv_allowupload 1

You need to delete the "http://www.YourWebHostURL.com/cstrike" and replace it with your url. For example, my URL is "http://ultimatesurf.clanservers.com/cstrike" so I would put

sv_downloadurl "http://ultimatesurf.clanservers.com/cstrike"
sv_allowdownload 1
sv_allowupload 1

You must include your website URL then /cstrike at the end of it. Also make sure that the .bsp map that you put into your website FTP is also in your server's maps folder. Save it and restart your server. Your server should now be running with Fast Download!

The purpose of this tutorial was to get traffic into your server. More gamers that go into public servers search for a Fast Download server. The downloads become a lot faster and do not give you an error such as "Missing Map" or "Disconnecting"

There is a way to bzip2 your .bsp files and upload them onto your website FTP instead of the plain .bsp but in my opinion the downloads take a bit longer. The advantage of bzip2 is to make the file smaller so you have more room in your website.