Did anyone notice loading datablocks is MUCH FASTER now?

[Slezak]

Seriously, I just started a server and the blue bar flew across the screen. It took me ten seconds to load what used to take me about two minutes. Optimization much? Or is something just going on with one of my add-ons?

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[MrLoL]

how much add-ons you have? default ones?

[kompressor]

You probably have fewer addons or something.

[Masterlegodude]

SLEZAK! Your name sounds totally familiar!

[Slezak]

I definitely have more than defaults enabled. I have about 3700+ datablocks according to the count that shows up when you start a server.

[Uoz]

It still loads pretty slow for me.

[Dillpickle]

I think he made it load whole mods instead of everything piece by piece or something.
Oh well why complain, it works faster.

[Isjix]

SLEZAK! Your name sounds totally familiar!

Wow. same, after you pointed it out, I think I have someone named slezak or used to, on my msn messenger account. I'll look into it.

[Masterlegodude]

Wow. same, after you pointed it out, I think I have someone named slezak or used to, on my msn messenger account. I'll look into it.

When i hear the name Slezak, i think of the old RTB, was there a Slezak that made some bricks for it?

[MegaScientifical]

I noticed this, too. It must have something to do with what Badspot said, about changing how the game is compiled and such. Very efficient. I wonder how far Blockland has moved from standard Torque Engine by now...

[Colten]

Slezak! I havent seen you since my Condo RP in like v7 :D

[Slezak]

Off-topic: Wow, it's hard to believe so many people remember me from something, haha.

On-topic: Upon further investigation, I speculate maybe it has something to do with the launcher "writing" files to something. Maybe there's some giant cache file from which the game loads now instead of referencing each add-on individually, only updating the cache if the file changed. Just my computer-science-based speculation though.

[Awdax]

The only cache is the one built from joining other servers where the host has Add-Ons you don't, but that cache file shouldn't affect the servers you host or Single Player.

[asablief]

You probably have fewer addons or something.

I dont mean to be off topic

but

um

[Kalphiter]

This is just a coincidence.

However, ever since the game stopped finding files that it doesn't have on-the-fly (now through a file manifest downloaded from the server BEFORE datablocks), datablock transfer can be done much more efficiently.