[bf1942] BF Conversion - Project AutoMap

[Dave Snodgrass]

I very much agree. 
I chuckle at "If I'm playing I want to play, not stare at a progress bar.", 
while i think about the poor masses trying to wait to actually get on
a ranked server - they dont even have a progress bar to stare at :)

In the thread, most of the downsides were that people think the maps
are/were too big to hand off to a downloader. Wonder what the case is
now.

./d


On 6/29/05, Timo Hilbertz <hilbertz at ipx-server.de> wrote:
> hmmm, that's fairly shortminded.
> the success of custom maps in other ego shooters is clearly based on the
> easy and fast way to download them.
> look at UT2k4: downloads can be redirected to web servers and fallback URLs.
> its fast, its simple, and it works.
> 
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Dave Snodgrass [mailto:packtloss at gmail.com]
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Juni 2005 17:06
> > An: bf1942 at icculus.org
> > Betreff: Re: [bf1942] BF Conversion - Project AutoMap
> >
> >
> > We've asked. I dont think anyone it dice sees the logic.
> >
> > Here's the comment from dice CTO:
> >
> > "I think the main problem here is that the maps are generally just too
> > large to easily download on demand. While it would be possible to
> > conjure up some sort of BitTorrent-like downloading scheme, it's far
> > from trivial to implement in a reliable way.
> >
> > Some other games do have auto-download but in my experience it's of
> > little use due to the way it's typically implemented. In a game such
> > as RTWC:ET I generally hit ESC as soon as a map download screen shows
> > up simply because it's boring to sit there and wait for 10 minutes for
> > it to finish. If I'm playing I want to play, not stare at a progress
> > bar. "
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/28/05, Atomm Nihilo - Gamers Radio <atomm at gamersradio.com> wrote:
> > > Andreas,
> > >
> > >  Thank you for your help. Your answers have been very helpful.
> > >
> > >  This alone was a very important piece of information.
> > >
> > > Atomm
> > >
> > > > On 6/27/05, Atomm Nihilo - Gamers Radio <atomm at gamersradio.com> wrote:
> > > > > I have a silly question. Is it possible to have a python
> > script on the
> > > > > server run a python script on the client?
> > > >
> > > > No. IIRC the client doesn't load the Python interpreter, it is only
> > > > there to support modifications to the server and game logic.
> > > >
> > > > // Andreas
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > And I hate redundancy, and having different functions for the
> > same thing.
> > > >         - Linus Torvalds on linux-kernel
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Atomm Nihilo
> > > Head Lunatic
> > > GamersRadio.com
> > >
> >
> >
> 
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