Savegame size BUG and MP

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If the gamesave file increases in size each save, given the times you save in MP how can you play MP in 1.03b?

I mean, it takes ages to pass a 100mb file to 6 players.

or did i misunderstand the bug?

 

[Diefledermas]

use winrar or winzip and send it via ICQ

 

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i don't know how much the file gets smaller if compressed. you have clue?

Btw, if i compress it to let's say 40mb, sending it to 6 players it's like sending 280 mb, and it takes lot of time.

 

[Mr.Bigglesworth]

I have noticed that a 5mb game can be compressed to about 400 kb (or less) by zipping it, and 200 kb by rar-ing it. So if the same ratios hold up, you can get a 100mb file down to 4mb.

 

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Originally posted by KaiserGab
If the gamesave file increases in size each save, given the times you save in MP how can you play MP in 1.03b?

I mean, it takes ages to pass a 100mb file to 6 players.

or did i misunderstand the bug?

What 100mb file??? I've never saw savefile bigger than 6-8mb.

 

[Mr.Bigglesworth]

I'm with maur, i've never seen a game bigger than that either.

 

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There's a bug in the bug forum reporting a savegame file of 100mb

 

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Originally posted by Diefledermas
use winrar or winzip and send it via ICQ

No need for that. The filed is zipped by Hoi (using bzip2) before it is transmitted.

 

[The Boss]

Damn this is big news

 

[Mr.Bigglesworth]

Originally posted by Isebrand
No need for that. The filed is zipped by Hoi (using bzip2) before it is transmitted.

I've never heard of bzip2 two before, I don't know what program usually opens it. The bz2 files open on my computer using winrar but then when I extract them I have to manually rename them because the file extentsion is missing. I find winrar or winzip much easier to work with.

 

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Originally posted by Isebrand
No need for that. The filed is zipped by Hoi (using bzip2) before it is transmitted.

Somehow its much slower than zipping and icquing them, especially with large number of players.

 

[Mithel]

We are not seeing any save game file size bug/problems in multiplayer. I wonder if this bug is specific to one of the other countries versions (not the North American version).

- Mithel

 

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It is possible to easily cut out the unnecessary data with the notepad - see a related post.