[OLD] File Transfers

[Omnidon]

BRPG allows files to be transfered from the GM to the player when they are needed.

• 2 MB Limit
  A technical limitation of heruca's development tool, Director, causes BRPG to be unable to transfer files larger than 2 Megabytes. At this time, he has no way to fix it since it is hardcoded into his work environment.
  
  The current workaround is to break the map into multiple pieces, but many GMs (like me) are lazy and don't want to have to worry about that.
  
  JPG compression will not help since the compression is ignored during the transfer.
  
  EDIT: Due to a feature that breaks maps into pieces before they are sent, this limitation now only applies to files other than maps.
• Download from Server
  If the GM could cause the player clients to download a file from a remote server, that would be another workaround for the 2 MB limit, and likely would have other uses.
• Background Transfers
  Even files under 2 MB can often take some time to load for the players. BRPG will eventually support the ability to have the files that the GM needs later gradually sent in the background.
  
  These files, like other transfers, would be encrypted in the User Cast.cxt so the players can't peak.
• Bulk Send Folder
  It would be very handy for the GM to have a folder that, with one click of a button, sends all of its contents to the players.
  
  An important distinction between this and Background Transfers is that the files in the bulk folder would be visible to the players, rather than hidden away in the User Cast.cxt like other file transfers.
  
  This would be useful as it is often necessary to provide players with many different materials to be inspected during or after a session.
  
  Other applications such as instant messengers make sending multiple files tedious.

[Weezoh]

I believe the 2 meg number is pre compression. the amount of compression doesn't matter. all my maps that fail were under 800 k compressed. but the uncompressed sizes were around 50 meg or so. even chopping up a full size dundjinni map results in big files if you don't count compression.

[heruca]

Correct, Weezoh. It's the uncompressed size that matters, unfortunately.

[Omnidon]

Ah I thought that had been fixed. No wonder so many maps still weren't working.

Corrected.