Download thread

As mentioned here, if Allow_Download=1, then clients will be able to download maps and their sceneries/textures before joining the game. The request used is as follows:

<filename> [!] Request file
STARTFILES
<size> [!] 4 byte Integer
<filename> [!] If nothing is found here, then file doesn't exist
<filename-contents-binary>
ENDFILES

NOTE: the file transfer protocol is changing in 1.5.0 to allow the request of multiple files simultaneously.

Example request

maps/Arena.PMS [!] <-
STARTFILES [!] ->
<size> [!] ->
maps/Arena.PMS [!] ->
file_contents [!] ->
ENDFILES [!] ->

Using the map thread to retrieve gamestat.txt

logs/gamestat.txt\r\n
STARTFILES\r\n
<size>
logs/gamestat.txt\r\n
\0\0\SOH3In-Game Statistics\n
Players: 7\n
Map: ctf_Run\n
Game...\n
...\n
ENDFILES\r\n

1.5 Request

STARTFILES\r\n
maps/<map>.PMS\r\n
logs/gamestat.txt\r\n
...
ENDFILES\r\n

1.5 Response

STARTFILES\r\n
<overall data size (only real data)>
maps/<map>.PMS\r\n<filesize><content>
logs/gamestat.txt\r\n<filesize><content>
...
ENDFILES\r\n