GPGnet Vault Mirror Discussion

Domino · **Joined:** 26 Feb, 2009 **Posts:** 2996

and your saying im one of these "not real" people?

ok then fair enough.

Ze_PilOt · **Joined:** 23 Aug, 2007 **Posts:** 1168

No, I give you the reason why I don't make a single packed zip file.

We have limited resources, and the priority goes to the FAF users, using the vault inside the lobby.

Domino · **Joined:** 26 Feb, 2009 **Posts:** 2996

ahh right cool, for a second i thought you were having a pop at me.

brandon007

*Totally thinks Domino would win in a fight.*

Lt_hawkeye

brandon007 wrote:

*Totally thinks Domino would win in a fight.*

why must you always, always, keep making posts like this and begging for a treat?

@Ze- Althought i understand your position, is it possible that at some point you guys can get some sort of like "Most popular map pack" download? I just think that something like that would be nice even for those that do not use FAF all the time, now that GPGNet is down, or better yet maybe such a thing can go on reddev's vault at a later time, dunno just a thought

luckdemon

Yeah, kind of like a weekly-updated "top 10" list of maps?

Ze_PilOt · **Joined:** 23 Aug, 2007 **Posts:** 1168

Of the the mirror can propose a map pack, but we won't do it for now.

They will be online once I've sorted the technical issues (mainly, immediate syncing of new maps).

mwuanno · **Joined:** 11 Apr, 2012 **Posts:** 1

I dont know if it would be of any help, because I dont have the time to make any sort of vault/mirror/page thing.

But I could fix up a quick ftp site, where you can dump anything FAF related, and link to it. Sort of like ftp://dump.faforever.com/mappack.zip or similar.

FAF admins could have write/delete access and public read access.

Bandwidth is not an issue for me at all, and this way I could offload the faf server ?

ToejamS · **Joined:** 22 Feb, 2007 **Posts:** 58

How many maps do non-online gamers want. http://viking.gurut.org//Maps.rar has 1000's. There are other repositories around and pretty sure every map worth having is in one of those repositories.

reddev32

ToejamS wrote:

How many maps do non-online gamers want. http://viking.gurut.org//Maps.rar has 1000's. There are other repositories around and pretty sure every map worth having is in one of those repositories.

And theres also http://mirror2.obliteratingwave.co.uk/F ... ance/Maps/

BTW pilot u found out a way to keep the faf map mirror upto date?

Cursix · **Joined:** 14 Apr, 2012 **Posts:** 9 **Location:** USA

I've also established a mirror after getting a vault archive from GPG. Took a few hours to write up a script to clean up the directory listing (took about a day for the extraction, zipping, manual checks) but I have each individual map and mod (zipped individually) available for download at: http://gpgnet-vault.bathnet.org/

I also have a grab all maps/mods links at the root directory for those who want to just grab them all in swoop.
http://gpgnet-vault.bathnet.org/all-maps.zip
http://gpgnet-vault.bathnet.org/all-mods.zip

If reddev32 or anyone on the gpg team wants to see my script, you can simply go here: http://pastebin.com/e4i0uRAZ

If/When a more unified method of providing the mirror is available, I'll start re-organizing my mirror to help prevent confusion.

Ze_PilOt · **Joined:** 23 Aug, 2007 **Posts:** 1168

The directories inside your zip are all wrong.
ie. Viking_field should be Vikings_field.v0001.

Would be better if you make a mirror of the FAF ones (all is correct there).

Cursix · **Joined:** 14 Apr, 2012 **Posts:** 9 **Location:** USA

Ze_PilOt wrote:

The directories inside your zip are all wrong.
ie. Viking_field should be Vikings_field.v0001.

Would be better if you make a mirror of the FAF ones (all is correct there).

I unfortantly never had access to the GPGnet program so I had no clue on how it extracted the folders. I simply extracted the vault archive into the same name as the directory it was held in. Some directories had to be renamed though due to using invalid characters in their names such as "/" which caused unexpected directory splitting.

The actual archive handed to me by gpg was a real mess as reddev mentioned. Once a unified method is released, I can easily follow that, the original archive is still sitting there and I can easily change my scripts. Just might take a day to actually do the processing.

Ze_PilOt · **Joined:** 23 Aug, 2007 **Posts:** 1168

Sadly my script is very tied to FAF (because it create map previews, big map previews, fill a DB, ...), but you need to parse the lua script to get the right folder name.

Or you can just become a FAF vault mirror, and I send you the whole thing by FTP (I just need you to set a sync setup for new submitted maps).

reddev32

Ze_PilOt wrote:

Sadly my script is very tied to FAF (because it create map previews, big map previews, fill a DB, ...), but you need to parse the lua script to get the right folder name.

Or you can just become a FAF vault mirror, and I send you the whole thing by FTP (I just need you to set a sync setup for new submitted maps).

Pilot if u cna write a cron script that can be exed once a day that would be great as it would run and suit thi site epicly

Cursix · **Joined:** 14 Apr, 2012 **Posts:** 9 **Location:** USA

An interesting note, some maps in the archive appear to have conflicting map info. Map 100 for example claims it goes "/maps/100.v0001/100.scmap" while map 107FA also claims "/maps/100.v0001/100.scmap". In fact, 100, 108FAV, 110FAV, 105 and 107FA claim to be "/maps/100.v0001/100.scmap".

I'm curious to how the original vault application would handle this. Did it simply overwrite the last "/maps/100.v0001/100.scmap" with the next one being downloaded?

reddev32

NO if it been versionised it got the .00001 added to it so the next map version of the map would be .00002

Cursix · **Joined:** 14 Apr, 2012 **Posts:** 9 **Location:** USA

To be clear, I mean in the .vault files, 107FA claims in goes to '/maps/100.v0001/100.scmap'. If it is not extracted to that folder, it will not work in the game. If you had also downloaded map '100', which map variable also says '/maps/100.v0001/100.scmap', than you would have to choose which map you want to keep or edit one of their scenario.lua files to have them go to an unique directory.

I'm at a loss on what to do, while I can remake the maps into individual zips that have the map.v0001 format (using their own scenario.lua to determin that name), I cannot create an 'entire' maps zip file because some maps WOULD overwrite each other. I could create a zip file with all the individual zip files and let the user decide how the overwrite happens but I don't think that is desired.

If it is a matter to just correcting the "map=" variable to give each map a unique map.v0001 name and rename their folder to that than that shouldn't be a problem other than how to do that uniformly accross all gpgnet-vault mirrors.

Edit: I've compiled a list of maps that conflict with another map because they have the same directory name. There are a total of 250 maps in the vault archive GPG gave to me.

Code:

====Maps using: 100_Acre_Wood.v0001====
100_Acre_Wood
100_Acre_Wood_Final
====Maps using: 100.v0001====
100
105
107FAV
108FAV
110FAV
====Maps using: 1024x1024.v0001====
Desert Hill's
Desert Hill's v.2
====Maps using: 5000.v0001====
FA5000
FA5005
FA5025
FA5026
====Maps using: 6Castles.v0001====
6Castles
6Castles - SP
====Maps using: aces +.v0001====
aces +
aces + v2
====Maps using: aplms2 4v4.v0001====
aplms2 4v4
perfect palms
====Maps using: Atlantis.v0001====
(4) Atlantis
Atlantis
====Maps using: Avatari.v0001====
Avatari
Avatari V2
====Maps using: Back_to_back.v0001====
Back_to_back
Back_to_backv1a
====Maps using: Baja.v0001====
Baja Final
Baja Rev.2
Baja Rev.3
====Maps using: Battle in  the Dark.v0001====
Battle in  the Dark
Battle in the Dark
Dark War
====Maps using: Battle of Thermopylae.v0001====
Battle of Thermopylae
Thermopylae revised
====Maps using: blankmap.v0001====
Brown Crevice
Brown_Crevice
====Maps using: blood sacrifice.v0001====
blood sacrifice
blood sacrifice 2
====Maps using: Blue Mountains.v0001====
Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains2
====Maps using: Box.v0001====
Box
Box v2
====Maps using: bridges.v0001====
Bridges
Bridges.v0003
====Maps using: bsmp_004.v0001====
Last Idyll
Last Idyll v.2
====Maps using: carribian.v0001====
Black War
carribian
====Maps using: Choices.v0001====
Choices
ChoicesV2
====Maps using: Coastal Siege small.v0001====
Coastal Siege FA
Coastal Siege small
====Maps using: Core Prime Industrial Area.v0001====
Core Prime Industrial Area
Core Prime Industrial Area 2.0
====Maps using: Corridors.v0001====
Corridors
Corridors - Single Player
====Maps using: Crystal Isles.v0001====
Crystal Isles
Crystal Isles BETA
====Maps using: CZAR Prime.v0001====
CZAR Prime v4
CZAR Prime v7
====Maps using: CZAR Prime.v0002====
CZAR Prime v2
CZAR Prime v5
====Maps using: CZAR Prime.v0003====
CZAR Prime
CZAR Prime v3
CZAR Prime v6
====Maps using: Deaths-Islands.v0001====
Deaths-Islands
Deaths-Islands V2
Deaths-Islands-V2
====Maps using: Deep's Island X.v0001====
Deep's Island X
Deep's Island X (V0.5)
====Maps using: diamondsrforever.v0001====
diamondsrforever
diamonds r forever FA
====Maps using: docks.v0002====
docks v0.9
docks v0.915
====Maps using: Dry Waterways.v0001====
Dry Waterwaysv2
Dry Waterways v3
====Maps using: Dusty Grounds.v0001====
Dusty Grounds
Dusty Grounds v1.0
====Maps using: Evad River Confluence.v0001====
Evad River Confluence
Evad River Conflux
====Maps using: FA200.v0001====
FA200
FA201
====Maps using: Faceoff.v0001====
Faceoff FA version V1
Faceoff V1.3
====Maps using: fields of grass.v0001====
Gate to the Steakhouse
Gate to the Steakhouse v2
====Maps using: Fields of Isis Extra Gros.v0001====
Fields of Isis Extra Gros
MerlinGT
====Maps using: Fields of Thundra.v0001====
Fields of Thundra
Fields of Tundra v1
====Maps using: ForestPlanet.v0001====
ForestPlanet
ForestPlanet FA
====Maps using: Frozen Hills.v0001====
Frozen Hills
Snowy Battle
Snowy Battle V2
Snowy Battle V3
Snowy Battle V4
Snowy Battle V5
Snowy Battle V6
====Maps using: fun 2v2.v0001====
fun 2v2
fun 2v2+
====Maps using: Handicapable.v0001====
Handicapable
Handicapable_Fixed
====Maps using: Heazef.v0001====
Heazef
ParadiseRiver
ParadiseRiver v2
ParadiseRiver v3.2
====Maps using: Ice World.v0001====
Ice World
Ice World Final 1.0
====Maps using: Island Landing.v0001====
Island Landing
Island Landing 2
Island Landing 2.0
Island Landing 4
====Maps using: isle of destruction.v0001====
isle of destruction
isle of destruction v2
====Maps using: Kattara.v0001====
Kattara FA v.3
Kattara v.3
====Maps using: KMB 3v3.v0001====
KMB 3v3
KMB 3v3 2.0
====Maps using: KMB ScrapYard.v0001====
KMB ScrapYard
KMB ScrapYard 2.0
KMB ScrapYard 3.0
====Maps using: Lej_Nair.v0001====
Lej Nair
Lej Nair (beta)
====Maps using: Leslen Forts.v0001====
Leslen Forts
Leslen Forts V2
====Maps using: Lost Paradise.v0001====
Lost Paradise v21
Lost Paradise v21a
Lost Paradise v3
Lost Paradise Ver2
====Maps using: Messy.v0001====
Messy
Oak_Pass
====Maps using: MiraFlores.v0001====
MiraFlores
Ord Mantell
====Maps using: Oasis.v0001====
Oasis
Oasis 1.2
====Maps using: owl_002.v0001====
owl
owl of doom
====Maps using: palms4v4.v0001====
palms4v4
palms4v4 v2
====Maps using: palms 8 player v4.v0001====
palms  4v4 vFA
palms 8 players v4
====Maps using: Paradise Lost.v0001====
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost v2
Paradise Lost v3
====Maps using: Paradise Lost.v0002====
Paradise Lost v4
Paradise Lost v5
====Maps using: Phantoms-Reef.v0001====
Phantoms-Reef
Phantoms-Reef V2
====Maps using: PierPressureFA.v0001====
Pier Pressure FA
Pier Pressure for FA
====Maps using: pointless earth.v0001====
Pointless earth
Vobis
====Maps using: PREMIERE MAP.v0001====
2v2 S_D
Fields of Isis 4VS4
====Maps using: project 4.v0001====
Volcano V2
Volcano v4
VolcanoV5
====Maps using: Quebec v2.v0001====
Quebec beta 2
Quebec v2
====Maps using: radiator.v0001====
radiator
radiator FA
====Maps using: Red Canyon.v0001====
Chokepoint Pass
Red Canyon
====Maps using: Schlachtfeld.v0001====
Schlachtfeld
Schlachtfeld v.0001
====Maps using: SCMP_003.v0001====
Drake's Ravine
Drake's Ravine (KELLX EDIT)
Zivilian Wars
====Maps using: SCMP_007.v0001====
Open Palms
Open Palms 4v4
====Maps using: SCMP_015_flat.v0001====
Flat Isis
Flat Isis FA
====Maps using: SCMP_DI_500.v0001====
Ocean Fortress
Ocean Fortress 1.2
====Maps using: SCMP_DI_509.v0001====
Cold Valley
Cold Valley v.1
====Maps using: SCMP_MP002 - VulcanoV2_8.v0001====
Vulcano MP8
Vulcano MP8.1
====Maps using: SCMP_MP004 - Defence_6P.v0001====
Defence
Defence_V2.1
====Maps using: Scorpion Field.v0001====
Scorpion Field
Scorpion Field v2
====Maps using: Senrock Dunes.v0001====
Senrock Dunes
Senrock Dunes V2
====Maps using: Shepherdgulch.v0001====
ShepherdGulch
Shepherd  Gulch
====Maps using: Shloob3.v0001====
Niflheim - Final
Niflheim v2
====Maps using: Springfield.v0001====
Springfield
Springfield v3
====Maps using: Stairway to Hell.v0001====
Stairway to Hell
Stairway to Hell  v2
====Maps using: star isle.v0002====
Star Island
Star Isle's
The Star Isle
====Maps using: star of death.v0002====
star of death
stars of death
====Maps using: Struggle.v0001====
Struggle
Struggle V2
====Maps using: swap.v0002====
Swap
Swap Game Play Map
====Maps using: Tabula.v0001====
Tabula
Tabula V1.2
====Maps using: Team_Fortshield.v0001====
Team Fortshields
Team FortshieldsV2
====Maps using: TeamWars.v0001====
Team Wars
Team Wars V.2
====Maps using: test5.v0001====
Team Fortshield
test5
====Maps using: teste bata.v0003====
jungle duel
teste bata
====Maps using: test.v0001====
test
test12
testabc
====Maps using: tex-004.v0001====
tex-004
tex-004 v4
====Maps using: The Fall Of Dawn.v0001====
The Fall Of Dawn
The Fall Of Dawn_V2
====Maps using: thehive.v0001====
thehive
the hive FA
====Maps using: thekey.v0001====
the Key
the Key FA
====Maps using: Thermopylae Twisted.v0001====
Thermopylae Twisted
Thermopylae Twisted 2.0
====Maps using: ThreeWintersV1.v0001====
ThreeWinters
ThreeWinters V1.0
====Maps using: Triade.v0001====
Triade
Triade_v2
====Maps using: Update Test.v0001====
Update Test
Update Test Returns
====Maps using: Vulkan Hills.v0001====
Vulcan 3
Vulcan Hills
Vulkan Hills
====Maps using: WarLands.v0001====
WarLands
WAR X
WarXX
====Maps using: Warzone.v0001====
Desert Warzone
Desert Warzone Final Version
Desert Warzone v2
Warzone
====Maps using: Water_Land.v0001====
Water_Land
Water Land v2
====Maps using: Wet World.v0001====
Big Black Mama
Wet World v.1
====Maps using: What_is_this.v0001====
What is this
What_is_this
====Maps using: Winters Water.v0001====
Winters Water
Winters Water - FA
====Maps using: WW 1.v0001====
1 v 1 Confrontation Rush
WW 1

reddev32

i get what your saying its just u can't change the veriong of the map.

If you change the map horders folder you need to change the scenario to be the same as the holder folder otherwise it will fail epicly.

Cursix · **Joined:** 14 Apr, 2012 **Posts:** 9 **Location:** USA

I'm not changing anything right now. This is how it comes out of the vault files in the archive. Actually, to be more percise, it comes out without a folder structure which makes it fail when you tried to load it. That's why I'm reading the map= variable to determin what folder the map is supposed to go. However as I point out, 250 maps would essentially overwrite each other in this case. Aka, if I extract "107FA" and put it where the map= variable says (where it HAS to go to work), if I have "100" installed, "107FA" would overwrite it since they both claim their map is "map/100.v0001/100.scmap" and both claim to be map_version=1.

What I'm asking at this point is if there is a uniform way on fixing this issue? I simply don't want to start renaming/removing duplicate maps at this point if there will be a solution from GPG on this.

reddev32

Cursix wrote:

I'm not changing anything right now. This is how it comes out of the vault files in the archive. Actually, to be more percise, it comes out without a folder structure which makes it fail when you tried to load it. That's why I'm reading the map= variable to determin what folder the map is supposed to go. However as I point out, 250 maps would essentially overwrite each other in this case. Aka, if I extract "107FA" and put it where the map= variable says (where it HAS to go to work), if I have "100" installed, "107FA" would overwrite it since they both claim their map is "map/100.v0001/100.scmap" and both claim to be map_version=1.

What I'm asking at this point is if there is a uniform way on fixing this issue? I simply don't want to start renaming/removing duplicate maps at this point if there will be a solution from GPG on this.

No it was all done via the vault if u have muti version u have to change "map/100.v0002/" is how the vault extracted them when downloaded

Cursix · **Joined:** 14 Apr, 2012 **Posts:** 9 **Location:** USA

Did it also perform the change in the scenario.lua file? Just changing the folder name won't help unless the scenario file is edited to account for the folder name change.

reddev32

it might a have a different version number in it i can't check as my main pc is not here for i can. but u need to add the "v0002" to the file name fo it to be picked up

Cursix · **Joined:** 14 Apr, 2012 **Posts:** 9 **Location:** USA

Well take a look for your self:
http://gpgnet-vault.bathnet.org/maps/100.zip
http://gpgnet-vault.bathnet.org/maps/107FAV.zip

I have not modified the files in any way; the only change is the folder they extract to.

If the vault program did rename these, what kept me from downloading 107 first and having 100 rename while someone downloaded 100 first and having 107 renamed causing us to have mismatching files? Was the rename done on the vault server level? If it was, why is it not reflected in the archive we recieved?

reddev32

If there the same map the person who has uploaded to the vault has messed it up big time.
To get round this keep the "100" the same.
Change the following in "107fav"
Change the root folder to 107fav,
in the 100_scenario.lua (open in notepad) and change the following,
map="/maps/100.v0001/100.scmap", to map="/maps/107fav.v0001/107fav.scmap",
save="/maps/100.v0001/100_save.lua", to save="/maps/107fav.v0001/107fav_save.lua"
script="/maps/100.v0001/100_script.lua" to script="/maps/107fav.v0001/107fav_script.lua

don't forget to rename the files inside the folder aswell.

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