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Compressed Data transfer.
Badspot:
.dif stands for Dynamix Interior Format
text files are a prime candidates for compression because they're very inefficient
There might be problems on the server side of things. You would have to either compress the files on-demand or have compressed versions of all of the files stored on the disk. Having all of the add-ons and maps in their own zip archives on the web server and then redirecting downloads to that would probably be a better solution all around.
TheCannon187:
What would that mean to the host? Would the available bandwidth decrease if the host has to send a large quantity of files, which can be within a range of sizes? If the bandwidth requirements were to be compensated for, would this increase loading times?
mocheeze:
--- Quote from: Badspot on June 27, 2007, 04:27:18 PM ---Having all of the add-ons and maps in their own zip archives on the web server and then redirecting downloads to that would probably be a better solution all around.
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Booya.
Zerosan:
--- Quote from: Badspot on June 27, 2007, 04:27:18 PM ---Having all of the add-ons and maps in their own zip archives on the web server and then redirecting downloads to that would probably be a better solution all around.
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I think so too. External sources are the best way to loose the weight on the game servers.
This would be a perfect solution (and was already suggested by me :P)
Packer:
--- Quote from: mocheeze on June 27, 2007, 08:24:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: Badspot on June 27, 2007, 04:27:18 PM ---Having all of the add-ons and maps in their own zip archives on the web server and then redirecting downloads to that would probably be a better solution all around.
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Booya.
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Sounds like Skull tag to me, VERY useful.