The nav files have extra data in certain games like CS:S (place names) so the clients would need those files in order to display that data.
TF2 might have something similar as well, previously nav files were not sent in TF2. It happened with some update. On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Essay Tew Phaun <[email protected]> wrote: > The clients don't need these nav files for the bots to function on the > server. Some servers serve the nav files as empty from a fast download to > get around sending it. This is bad because now the client has a nav file > that doesn't actually do anything if they chose to play locally. > > With all the recent optimizations and separating map downloads from other > file downloads + SteamPipe, this change makes sense. > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > 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
