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Paintball 2: The Game => Paintball 2 Discussion => Topic started by: Eiii on April 27, 2003, 08:55:48 PM

Title: Downloading maps?
Post by: Eiii on April 27, 2003, 08:55:48 PM

Why is downloading maps so slow in the console? Is there any way we can speed it up?

Title: Re: Downloading maps?
Post by: Anrkist on April 28, 2003, 04:50:24 AM

Download maps from http://www.er33t.com/maps/

If they sped it up it would lag the server.

Title: Re: Downloading maps?
Post by: MasterM on May 15, 2003, 03:29:49 PM

The site is down

Title: Re: Downloading maps?
Post by: jitspoe on May 16, 2003, 08:32:47 PM

Actually the map downloads at the console are so slow because of how the network code in Q2 works.  It sends lots of small, unreliable packets, which is good for gaming, because we need a little bit of info (model coordinates, sounds, etc) but it needs to be updated very frequently.  File transfers have a LOT of info, but it doesn't need to be updated as frequently, however quake2 still uses small packets, so it's just sending it in little, tiny pieces rather than big chunks.