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

[Neal Clayton]

Not only that but with the ability to http redirect we could work out 
our own hosting to not interfere with the game.  For instance some 
league sites host maps on open servers if the custom maps are approved 
for competition or in testing for competition approval, that way more 
people end up playing them and giving feedback to the map/mod authors as 
well as the leagues about whether or not they should use the custom map 
in question, etc.

In short it's fine if such a thing were disabled by default and left to 
be enabled and configured only by competent server admins.  If the 
ability were given to us we would sort out the details on our own.


Andreas Andersson wrote:

>I can't argue with you on that! You are perfectly right.
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>I won't make any promises(as usual :)), but your ideas will be kept in
>mind when for later patching.
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>Thanks
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>/Andreas
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frode H [mailto:panic at battlefield.no] 
>Sent: den 6 maj 2005 17:17
>To: bf1942 at icculus.org
>Subject: Re: RE: [bf1942] Since we now have our new Andreas ;)
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>>I'm afraid BF2 does not support any of that. :/
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>>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.
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>That issue could have  been handled by a configuration for 
>max bandwith usage per download slot, and max number of 
>download slots, couldn't it? Action item for later patch...? :-)
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>>The redirect feature would have solved that I guess, but we do not have
>>time to implement that now. Sorry!
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>Also an action item for later patch? This solution would be
>the preferred one I guess. For people (like us at Battlefield.no)
>wich have a file server where we put all this stuff.
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