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| Author: | Thanshin [ Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Downloaded files |
Another question I've been thinking about for the last... years? Every time I connect to HH, TF2 downloads some files, which takes about 5 seconds. After the first hundred times I stopped caring but I remember trying to guess why were the files downloaded every time instead of stored locally like with other servers. |
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| Author: | Extra_Cold [ Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Downloaded files |
The HH pinboard that you see in spawn rooms has to be updated as the info on it is updated. But since it is a static image and not a dynamic one that we can update on the fly the image has to be updated by downloading an entirely new version, hence a new version is downloaded every time you connect/change map. It also has to be a new image since the source netcode/downloader doesn't checksum the image for differences and so if it didn't download a new version every map it would never update. |
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| Author: | Thanshin [ Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Downloaded files |
Ok. As long as it's on purpose. I was worried some configuration on my side was not allowing the saving of those files, thus forcing a redownload, thus overcharging the server and creating lagspikes every time I joined. |
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