[2.3] Problem downloading maps because of proxy

[KyroMaster]

I found out that nexuiz can't download maps by itself. I guess this is because I have to use a http proxy to access the web (and nexuiz AFAIK also downloads via http). Is there a way I can get this to work?
thanks in advance for your help

[GreEn`mArine]

if you are using Windows XP, you can set the environment variable called HTTP_PROXY to your proxy, e.g. "your.proxy.com:1234" (without the quotes). Information about how to set a environment variable can be found anywhere on the internet, such as google.

[KadaverJack]

If you're using linux add

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export http_proxy="http://foo.com:<port>"

after the first line in nexuiz-linux-glx.sh & nexuiz-linux-sdl.sh (same should work with Nexuiz.app/Contents/MacOS/nexuiz-osx-ppc-agl & Nexuiz-SDL.app/Contents/MacOS/nexuiz-osx-ppc-sdl on osx)

[KyroMaster]

Thanks, this worked I knew of this possibility on Linux but not that it works on Windows, too

[divVerent]

Thanks, this worked I knew of this possibility on Linux but not that it works on Windows, too

Well... it is the same code.

[KyroMaster]

Perhaps nexuiz (or libcurl) should use the system settings in windows and not need an extra environment variable, this would be even better.

[divVerent]

No idea how to read them... I don't even know where to set them up.

Or do you mean the settings of Internet Explorer? These move around in the registry with each release...

[KyroMaster]

Yes, I mean the settings of IE which also most other programs use. But if that's so hard to do, I thought perhaps libcurl is able to use them

[divVerent]

No. Other programs simply just follow the IE settings because they actually USE IE to download stuff. But IE is not cross platform, so Nexuiz can't use it.