Clean Up Map Directory

[vraa]

Perhaps the lobby can automatically implement

a) Clean up / delete / remove duplicate checksummed maps
b) Use bittorrent of some sort to share files automatically (opt-in) through an RSS feed or something? I would love to have all the new maps automatically downloaded to my system. Mods as well :)

[TradeMark]

Torrent system would be super cool, but i think nobody of the devs knows how to implement it

Hmm, though, i think i wouldnt want to use torrent program while im playing, might make super lag... maybe it should use the users which are just idling...

[Neddie]

I'm pretty sure the developers could integrate a torrent or streaming p2p system for content, but they haven't because it isn't the best plan given the limited player base and the demands of such a system.

[AF]

I've made it very very clear why a torrent idea is a huge mistake for a lobby developer to implement.

I could have added torrents by now, betalord could have, others could have, but we all chose not to, and all by ourselves.

[TradeMark]

I've made it very very clear why a torrent idea is a huge mistake for a lobby developer to implement.

I could have added torrents by now, betalord could have, others could have, but we all chose not to, and all by ourselves.

And you arent telling reasons?

What i can think, they chose not, because there aint enough players, and also it makes your computer freeze when you use it... So we should have button which stops torrent uploads.
It might work when we have more players, but still nobody havent tried to implement it, so how you can know would it be good or not?

[AF]

If torrents were addd theyd have to be optional or users would complain.

The immediate reaction is to turn them off to save bandwidth. Or to turn off seeding, thus your back at square 1 only youve got torrenting and there're zero seeds or 4 or 5 people overloaded.

Whatsmore it would make the lobby a heck of a lot laggier than it is atm. quadruple the cpu usage and memory footprint accordingly.

Whatsmore those who wish can already do this by running azureus in the background with the spring maps torrent.