Kaiser Soze 71 Posted December 1, 2002 Author Share Posted December 1, 2002 OK guys, I made a test. I created 2 different PBEM-games QB, 2000pts, medium map, winter, both sides using ONLY ski-troops (no armor). First video size : 14,3Mb (a new record!) Then I created exactly the same scenario, but "ski" was changed to "infantry". First video size : 139kb So, the ski-troops are causing huge trouble. And I thought that Battlefront just has modelled Uberfinns so correctly, that the machine calculates the LOS for every Finnsoldier's both eyes separately 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Just checked this. Setup is five Sov coys with moving orders, either inf or ski. All German troops hide. Both PBEM files are 64k in size. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Are you using Winzip? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-E Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Originally posted by Kaiser Soze 71: And I thought that Battlefront just has modelled Uberfinns so correctly, that the machine calculates the LOS for every Finnsoldier's both eyes separately You mean they haven't?!? That was the whole reason for CMBB!!! (Uberfinns' dual eyesight) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Kaiser Soze 71, Interesting report. This is something we want to look into because it doesn't look right at all. Please send one of the fluffed up files directly to Charles so he can take a look at it. charles@battlefront.com We'll get to the bottom of this Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Folks, again, zip'ing your pbem files before mailing will actually make them bigger while in-transit. Explanation: http://thforums.com/CMBO/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=2&categories=CMBO+FAQ%27s&parent_id=0#2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Not what I'm getting at, Redwolf. I'm asking in case they are just adding a new file into an zip file without getting rid of the contents already in it. That would certainly make the zip file size grow tremendously! [ December 01, 2002, 08:08 PM: Message edited by: Snarker ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Originally posted by Snarker: Not what I'm getting at, Redwolf. I'm asking in case they are just adding a new file into an zip file without getting rid of the contents already in it. That would certainly make the zip file size grow tremendously!Well, that is obviously bogus. But a single PBEM file packed into a single zipfle will make the mail bigger while in transit (although the *.zip will be smaller than the *.txt on disk). [ December 01, 2002, 08:13 PM: Message edited by: redwolf ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 LOL! Yes, I know. But I've had people increment the save file 001, 002 etc. and then add it to an already existing zip file. Sometimes things like that happen, new user of the program etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViHe Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 [ December 02, 2002, 12:48 AM: Message edited by: ViHe ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Hmmmm, I wonder if it is b/c of the Ski Troops. The manual sez that they permanently lose the Skis if they attempt any movements *other than* move, move to contact, or run. Maybe there are way more LOS checks to see that if they come under fire, they go from one of the acceptable moves to maybe sneak, and hence they lose the skis? Pure speculation, I know. I'm sure we'll have to wait for Charles, no biggie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal DI FOLCO Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Skis may be the culprits indeed ! :eek: I remember that my first PBEM was a very small battle with ski troops - that CD scenario with Sovs assaulting a german "Fort" at night in fog, with LOS at 30 m :eek: ... First email files were very large for such a smallish battle, maybe 1 Mb, then went down quickly to normal as my troops "lost" their skis. It may be that the game engine keeps track of ski movement in special ways :confused: . We need BFC here ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Originally posted by Pascal DI FOLCO: We need BFC here ... Maybe you should just read the blimmin' thread, and then you would see that BFC is already here. Jesus Christ on a crutch... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Soze 71 Posted December 2, 2002 Author Share Posted December 2, 2002 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: Kaiser Soze 71, Interesting report. This is something we want to look into because it doesn't look right at all. Please send one of the fluffed up files directly to Charles so he can take a look at it. charles@battlefront.com We'll get to the bottom of this SteveCharles now have it in his mailbox What other company offers Battlefront-kind of service? I guess no one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal DI FOLCO Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Originally posted by Andreas: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Pascal DI FOLCO: We need BFC here ... Maybe you should just read the blimmin' thread, and then you would see that BFC is already here. Jesus Christ on a crutch... </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Okay guys, we're looking into it. Madmatt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Petersson Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 A bump for this interesting thread as well. Given that some e-mail accounts don't accept individual messages that are larger than 1MB, attachments included, make large PBEM files a real nightmare. Cheers Olle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Soze 71 Posted February 8, 2003 Author Share Posted February 8, 2003 This problem is solved with 1.02-patch. CDV forum's message about 1.02 (will be released 12.02.): "PBEM Dateigrößen sind kleiner, wenn Ski Einheiten involviert sind." http://www.cdv-board.de/deutsch/showthread.php?s=2e64de083c8bc12973f5901c20baa820&threadid=4672 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 The Finnish National Skiing Team thanks BFC for their efforts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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