Yeah, something where you can specify a -rev = version.number (& -rev = 'latest'?) would definitely be really useful. As you said, when used, there would be no check whatsoever. The updatetool would then download ONLY the files updated/changed between the input revision and the one previous.
Doesn't seem, in theory, like it'd be all that difficult to whip up, and could save a lot of cycles wasted on verify alls and the like. It, obviously, wouldn't be a default behavior or useful to everybody, but someone who knows what they're doing could make use of in some interesting ways. -Jeff On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:55 AM, Peter Reinhold <[email protected]>wrote: > On 18.01.2012 12:01, Claudio Beretta wrote: > >> Exactly >> I don't know which is the problem, but it easy to observe that the Steam >> client works perfectly with little delay and fast download speed while >> hldsupdatetool on windows and linux takes ages to start downloading even >> small updates. >> > > I think this is because it validates the entire game on every update (at > least on my server, the updatetool goes HD read berserk, which makes it > more or less impossible for me to run updates while the servers are > running, without causing severe lag) > > It would be nicer if the system were a little bit more intelligent, and > maybe trusted the server when it said "I have version X", and then only > served the files relevant for that. > > If you had done something bad, specifying a -verify_all could result in a > all-folder scan, locating files that are different from the current running > version. > > > /Peter > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
