This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Siiigh, I have SUCH a tendency to put everything in the header. :-) I want to move a chunk of data, about 700 or 800 bytes, though it can probably be compressed down to 400-500 with a good bit of closer inspection of variable types, from the client to the server. My question is, how is something like this done?
Some thoughts: A) Create a "updatedata" command with two arguments, one for the name of the field and one for the value of the field. This is simple, but there are about 100 fields, so I worry about message overload. This really isn't the sort of thing that I can amortize, so I'd have to send them all over at once. B) Instead of sending an updatedata command for each field, encode the data into a big long char stream and send it over. First of all, there are problems with sending encoded chars, specifically the problem of 0. Obviously I can constrain a short to 255*255, but this is just nasty, and I don't FEEL like it, damnit. If it's necessary, obviously it'll be done, but I want to try other options. C) I dunno, some sort of file transfer, something. Help me out here. :-) Persuter -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
