[bf1942] Since we now have our new Andreas ;)

[Andreas Andersson]

I'm afraid BF2 does not support any of that. :/

Apperently, they thought about it, but felt that it would steal to much
bandwidth from the server and affect the game-experience for the others
on the server.

The redirect feature would have solved that I guess, but we do not have
time to implement that now. Sorry!

/Andreas

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe [mailto:sechon at blackmud.com] 
Sent: den 4 maj 2005 04:52
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: RE: [bf1942] Since we now have our new Andreas ;)

Many engines offer a redirect feature, to redirect anyone without the
map to
an offsite location containing the requested resources, as to not strain
the
game server itself.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lance Woollett [mailto:baalzaman at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:40 PM
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [bf1942] Since we now have our new Andreas ;)


agreed. While BF maps tend to be large and mass downloading of maps
could place a strain on resources, this would be a huge help to the
mapping/mod community.


On 5/4/05, Neal Clayton <xayd at vae-victus.org> wrote:
> Not that there's anything wrong with our old Andreas, <3 for looking
out
> for us FreeBSD people, but some questions...
>
> It would be nice for BF2 to allow the sending of custom maps within
the
> client and server, has this been implemented by any chance?  A big
> hindrance to custom maps and mods in BF'42 was the fact that they were
> not available for use on public servers, because people don't get them
> pushed from the game server when they connect like they do with UT and
> Quake engine games, for instance.
>
> This ability (coupled with the option to redirect the download to a
> webserver somewhere else) would be a big help, and would also prolong
> the game's longevity as well, since people would have alot more custom
> content out there to play when the stock maps and gametypes get stale.
>
>