[bf1942] Punkbuster confirmed for 1.6

[Lee Latham]

the file size is a problem these days.  that's why fileshack etc. charge 
for "premium download service".  games and demos are much much bigger than 
they were even a few years ago.  i doubt the DC team would be willing to 
serve every download from an automated deal once a new release comes 
out.  expensive.

a bit-torrent type solution does seem in order...

At 03:34 PM 12/3/2003 +1030, you wrote:
>we need a file redirect like in ut
>
>so it grabs the file from a website
>
>Kingsley
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jon Wolberg" <MMmmGood at cox.net>
>To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [bf1942] Punkbuster confirmed for 1.6
>
>
> > The problem I see with this is the Q3 engine, which is most well known for
> > having the auto map download, has VERY small map files in comparison to
>BF.
> >
> > You'd either have to make it very fast, which would suck up a lot of
> > bandwidth, or no one will use it because no one wants to download a 40+mb
> > file at 10k
> >
> > Jon
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scratch Monkey" <ScratchMonkey at SewingWitch.com>
> > To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:35 PM
> > Subject: RE: [bf1942] Punkbuster confirmed for 1.6
> >
> >
> > > --On Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:46 PM +0100 Andreas Fredriksson
> > > <andreas.fredriksson at dice.se> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, I did the PB integration and carefully throttled the bandwidth
> > > > so that you'll hardly notice PB updates as a player on an ISDN link.
> > >
> > > As long as you're serving PB updates, how about adding support to serve
> > custom
> > > map downloads? Right now it's near-impossible to put custom maps on a
> > server
> > > because the players don't want the hassle of manually downloading and
> > > installing them. Ideally the download should be "redirectable" so that a
> > > separate web server (such as a map emporium site) can supply the file.
> > >
> > >
> >

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