Steam content distribution

Instructions on how to enable steam content distribution for Empires:
Go to your Steam folder (where Steam.exe is)
create/open a file named steam.cfg
enter the following text

Code:

SdkContentServerAdrs = 85.25.71.178

restart steam.

In case you get a "retry connection" error, remove the line and restart steam.
Steam content server will be up at every playtest with the current build.

 

So this will finally replace SVN?

 

No, probably it won't

 

why not?

 

We need to figure out how to make dedicated servers with Steamworks.

 

Ded servers didn't become available until Valve published Smashball publicly.

 

So, this will re-use the files I've already gotten using the SVN?


EDIT: I tried it, and nothing seems to be going on. My SVN was up-to-date for the #4 playtesting.

EDIT2: I see it. It's in the Uninstalled region. Is there a way to re-use the SVN version?

 

As far as I see it, it is a 1,8 GB gcf package in Your steam directory called "empires-content" or something. There is no way to re-use the files fromj svn, as far as I know.

 

Been stuck at 63% for like 2 hours now... =/

 

ya its really slow,Im at 67% and it downloads with 10-12 kb/s

 

Id suggest keeping this server on for a week or so atfirst to allow everyone to download the full file so that the next time its switched on testers will only have to download the most recent patch instead of getting several hundred MBs that were previously available

 

Looks like quite a few people like me are getting really terrible speeds of about 10-12kb/s :S

 

Probably because so many people are downloading at once, its not an official Valve content server remember so will have far less bandwidth

 

The cause is that it's running in a VM

 

wat

 

please dont explain what it is (i helpt design some code algorithms my company uses when virtualising servers, i know what it is ) explain why it isnt a dedicated hardw server as this task would require

 

Because we have none, because it is not that important

 

aye aye, no more questions aout that, i got the message sorry if i was meddling

 

I was downloading at 12kB/s yesterday. Today I'm getting around 600.