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·  What games support redirect?
·  What are the advantages of redirect?
·  What is redirect?
·  How do I compress/upload files to redirect?

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answer Answer answer  What games support redirect?

Nearly every game built on the Unreal engine after Unreal Tournament supports redirect. This includes, but is not limited to: Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, UTXMP, Tribes, Tactical Operations, and Rainbow Six: Raven Shield.

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redirect  What are the advantages of redirect?

Redirect provides some key advantages for game servers and players alike:
1. Redirect is much much faster than downloading from a game server, and most users can download at the same speeds as they would from a popular file center, like File Planet.
2. Redirect takes the load off the server. Since the server does not have to distribute files, it is not bogged down with file transfer processes.
3. Redirect is built-in. No more searching for maps across a gazillion web sites, if your server has redirect it will save the players a TON of time, and will no doubt make your custom map server more popular ten fold.

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redirect  What is redirect?

Redirect is a feature built into the Unreal game engine starting with Unreal Tournament. What it is, essentially, is a HTTP (web) server that distributes files to clients who don't have maps or other game files that the server requires. It works when a client tries to connect to the server and needs a file. The unreal server checks its ini file for a redirect IP and sends it to the client. The client will then contact the HTTP server and will download the necessary files from there.

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redirect  How do I compress/upload files to redirect?

If you have purchased a server from Viper's Servers then you know that includes free redirect and have been sent links to access redirected files. Here are a few basic instructions on how to use the redirect properly:

1) Please upload ONLY compressed files to your redirect. This means with a UT compression tool such as the UT2K4 Map Manager below. Not WinZip! Any files not compressed will be deleted. NOTE! NO INT's (NO-ZIPS)
2) Make sure that you upload to the correct folder. UT99 folder for Unreal Tournament, UT2004 folder for UT2K4, etc.
3) Also, please help me out by first scanning your files for virus before uploading.

That's pretty much it. I will be scanning the folders daily for new files and moving them to the actual redirect site. If you need something moved immediately, simply contact me.

For you convenience, I have provided links to some good compression tools:

For UT99: Compress-A-Lot
For UT2003: UT2K3 Map Manager
For UT2004: UT2K4 Map Manager
For UT3: UT3Compress

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