Map download bandwidth/speed

[idl0r 10]

Hi guys,

is there also a bandwidth setting for the map downloads?

Its pretty slow and I'd like to increase it a bit. I don't care much about bandwidth so basically it could even use the full available bandwidth for it.

I've already set the other bandwidth settings but it looks like it didn't change anything.

I'll post it anyway although it seems to be unrelated:

MaxMsgSend=256;

MinBandwidth=10485760; // ~10mbit, bits per second

MaxBandwidth=104857600; // ~100mbit, bits per second

Edited August 9, 2011 by idl0r

[.kju 3240]

what means "pretty slow"?

the server needs a while to prepare it.

once the transfer is running, it should be use the available upload quite well

[idl0r 10]

I can mostly use the full available bandwidth of my ISP (home) to my server so around 11 MB(megabyte)/s.

The map download (just tested):

2823 kb (kilobyte) map size.

It took around 34.6 seconds so: ~82 kb (kilobyte)/s

That is.. yeah.. pretty slow :D

[.kju 3240]

Well probably you are right. Being used to the slow download in OFP/arma days,

10-30 seconds is bearable for most these days.

[idl0r 10]

Well.. I just though its basically unlikely that the map download will ever hit my servers bandwidth limit so I wanted to increase it for the map downloads.

Its just.. it feels like years ago, if you have mostly 11 MB/s and you see then it takes more than half a minute for just 2823kb.

So there is no way to configure it?

[.kju 3240]

Well the network values you list may or may not have an effect.

Unfortunately in this area there is very little hard facts and info available from BI.

[Hud Dorph 22]

Hey we are talking mission download right ?? To my knowledge its not poss to d/l any maps from gameservers in arma..

[idl0r 10]

Dorph;1999494']Hey we are talking mission download right ?? To my knowledge its not poss to d/l any maps from gameservers in arma..

Yeah, missions.