A quicker way to down load saved game files?

[unmerged(9895)]

here is an idea i came up with that i was wondering if anyone has tried

if at the end of a game session, the game is paused and everybody saves the game on the same day under the exact same name, will that make it so the download time is very short or none at all???

 

[unmerged(6757)]

I have allready tested this theory once, but it did not work for me Maybe you will have better luck though.

 

[Kasperus]

I think that the game tests not only the name of the file to be the same.

 

[Prince Eugene]

I believe it has to do with teh history and the difference in everyones' countries. It has to be just from one player's save.

 

[Mowers]

Only use host file

I dont recommend it- although I have admittedly never tried it. I would be very interested to hear if it works or not. Please let us know if you run some tests.

But right now its easier just to host the file on the web or to ICQ it.

 

[Peter Ebbesen]

It ought not to work since the content of the save files would be substantially different, and some sort of rudimentary validation ought to take place (checksum if nothing else) to ensure that that players' local images of the game data are identical.