I just installed the TF beta dedicated server. How come the total size
is around 11 GB, while the old TF via Hldsupdatetool totals at less than
6 GB? I get the feeling that now that everythings inside the VPK's, the
server has more stuff than it actually has to have.
Would be nice if someone at Valve could check for possibly duplicate
content:
The old install has a materials folder thats not even 50 MB in size.
The new one has 3 GB of "materials" VPKs in the tf2 folder.
The hl2 VPKs of the new install also occupy 2 GB more memory than the
loose files of that directory in the old install. So there's the 5 GB
difference.
On 2013/02/20 03:36, Fletcher Dunn wrote:
The orangebox engine games (Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike:Source, Day
of Defeat:Source, HL2:Deathmatch) are being upgraded to SteamPipe.
Steam’s new-and-improved content delivery system. SteamPipe is currently
used by most games on Steam.
This change will impact server operators in at least two significant ways:
·You will use steamcmd instead of the HLDSUpdateTool to install/update
the server.
·The conversion will entail significant changes to the way the files
appear in the local filesystem on the server and client. The client no
longer uses GCF files. Instead, most assets are packed up into VPK, and
those VPKs are the same on the server and the client. The server no
longer uses 1000’s of loose files.
We’re using the TF beta to test these changes and identify the bugs, and
give everybody a chance to make sure their favorite mod or plugin will
work in the new system.
Everybody is encouraged to download the TF beta!
We’ve prepared an FAQ that discusses the details of the change and
answers the questions we anticipate:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7388-QPFN-2491
Please report gameserver related bugs in this mailing list.
Client bugs can be reported through this mailing list, or in the TF beta
forum.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1038
Thanks for your help, and happy testing!
(And remember, playtime in the beta counts towards item drops in the
release game.)
- Fletch
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