Windows Server Binary Download Fails

[mriggins]

Trying to install the nQuakesv, the installer fails to download the server binaries.

Movie of the installation error:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e89qq2s0iwiueih/nQuakesvFail.mp4?dl=0

Photo:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zmqzvt243yl2vos/2022-02-03_20-38-53.jpg?dl=0

[eb]

Thanks for sharing that. And this happens every single time?

Out of curiosity, does the download work if you use this link?
https://github.com/nQuake/distfiles/releases/download/snapshot/sv-bin-win32.zip

[mriggins]

The installer issue was related to my Raspberry Pi that's running PiHole for local DNS. I think it was blocking the installers queries. I fired up my VPS and installed there and it worked fine.

Next issue is, if I try to start a FFA (on the VPS) on port 27500 via the Start Menu, Mvdsv - QW server fails loading qwprogs.qvm, giving that old nemesis "SV_Error: PR1_LoadProgs: couldn't load progs.dat

Any idea on that one?

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[eb]

Ok, good that your persistent installer error was due to your DNS. I mean, there are occasionally issues with not being able to download files. But hitting 'Retry' normally solves that.

About the FFA on nQuakesv for Windows: I just tested it and you're right. It's not in a well-maintained state. I was able to get rid of the error you mentioned by copying ktx/qwprogs.dll into ffa/qwprogs.dll, but even then the FFA server was not configured properly. It would start in a weird map called MVDSV Kindergarten. So, someone definitely has to look into that.

If you run Ubuntu on WSL, maybe install nQuakesv for Linux on it and then install FFA by executing addons/install_ffa.sh.