> Is bzip2 still used to compress server responses to queries? I believe it exists, but is not utilized (It may be with A2S_RULES?).
> Wasn't that LZMA compression (not BZip2) for the regular client <----> server > packets? It was LZSS; I believe it's Snappy now (which is still pretty slow, unfortunately). Hopefully I too am not confused, Kyle. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Netshroud <[email protected]> wrote: > Wasn't that LZMA compression (not BZip2) for the regular client <----> server > packets? > > On 10/07/2013, at 12:31 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There was some talk about compression during mid may here on the list, >> either this one or the windows one. It was related to lag spikes servers >> had. Valve uses compression for the gameserver traffic so i'd figure also >> other traffic is compressed. There was no mention of the compression though, >> but was some talk about rewriting it or something. Check out the archive if >> you can. >> >> -ics >> >> Sebastian Staudt kirjoitti: >>> @Josh: I think you didn't read my entire mail. :) >>> >>> @Gordon: Thanks for the additional input. >>> >>> Nevertheless, I'd love to see some official resource that clarifies if >>> bzip2 support is still required for querying Source servers. >>> >>> >>> 2013/7/9 Gordon Reynolds <[email protected]> >>> >>>> Is bzip2 still used to compress server responses to queries? >>>> >>>> I do not believe so, I use SourceLib in python to do some simple querying, >>>> and in the source for that there is a note/comment about how there is >>>> support for bzip2 compressed packets - but the author (at the time of >>>> writing) has never found anyone using this, and so has just left it out. >>>> >>>> bzip2 is still used to compress maps and other resources, but as far as I >>>> have seen, I can't say I've heard of anyone compressing the actual packets >>>> - as is documented possible. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Josh Stratton <[email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> bzip2 is still being used. 7zip doesn't have great comparability with >>>> Ruby >>>>> to my knowledge but I've been using it for years for compressing. Open >>>>> source and it works better than the previous programs I've used. >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, July 8, 2013, Sebastian Staudt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi. >>>>>> >>>>>> Some of you might know that I'm the author of the Steam Condenser >>>>> library ( >>>>>> http://koraktor.de/steam-condenser) which is available for Ruby, Java >>>>> and >>>>>> PHP. >>>>>> >>>>>> Currently I'm in need to find a new bzip2 compression library for Ruby, >>>>>> because the current one (bzip2-ruby) is not compatible with Ruby 2.0 >>>> yet. >>>>>> Although I started working on an alternative implementation (rbzip2) >>>>>> myself, I have one simple question at the moment: >>>>>> >>>>>> Is bzip2 still used to compress server responses to queries? >>>>>> >>>>>> I recently tried to query random Source servers from the master server, >>>>> but >>>>>> not a single one replied with compressed data. >>>>>> >>>>>> So before I put more effort into this, I'd like to now if this is still >>>>>> needed or if this feature can be deprecated safely. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Sebastian >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> - Gordon Reynolds >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
