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Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing [message #478383 is a reply to message #478160]

Sat, 05 January 2013 08:02

StealthEye
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The map downloader downloads up to two games in advance in the background. It only loads the current game when in the resource manager screen. I would not really expect much lag being introduced by this. Are you sure you do not just have a bad connection to that server? Otherwise, maybe some router is prioritizing the download stream rather than the game data...

Theoretically, yes, it could scan the .mix archives for files that are the same. This would be quite complex though (you can still do something like that manually using the PackageEditor command line tool). You don't really need the .mix archives any more though, and the ttfs should be a small fraction (10-20%) of the size all .mix archives normally have, so space should not be such a concern.

I agree that it would be good to show something about the download status somewhere. I'll see what I can do about that. I'll also see if I can add a clientside option to postpone downloading until the map starts, but I'm not sure if that will work without significant changes.

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		Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: iRANian on Mon, 24 December 2012 12:37
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: danpaul88 on Mon, 24 December 2012 13:51
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: iRANian on Mon, 24 December 2012 14:47
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: danpaul88 on Mon, 24 December 2012 17:24
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: iRANian on Tue, 25 December 2012 02:06
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: Ethenal on Tue, 25 December 2012 06:56
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: danpaul88 on Tue, 25 December 2012 12:55
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: iRANian on Tue, 25 December 2012 13:00
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: danpaul88 on Tue, 25 December 2012 13:01
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: Generalcamo on Tue, 25 December 2012 17:33
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: EvilWhiteDragon on Tue, 25 December 2012 18:42
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: Generalcamo on Tue, 25 December 2012 22:10
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: EvilWhiteDragon on Wed, 26 December 2012 12:20
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: BAGUETTE on Wed, 26 December 2012 00:47
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: StealthEye on Sat, 05 January 2013 08:02
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: iRANian on Sat, 05 January 2013 09:13
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: StealthEye on Sat, 05 January 2013 20:03
		Re: Map downloader downloading in the background while I'm playing By: iRANian on Sun, 06 January 2013 02:00

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