Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rhiom on 2005-04-05 at 23:52:23
well, when i go to the latest news, or the index page of SEN there is the map spotlight maps, but i get the signal syaing that there is no .jpg there or that the site is not accessing the file. has been happening lately, no big problem though.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by IsolatedPurity on 2005-04-06 at 00:25:03
You can't see the screenshots in the dldb either.
A problem cropped up where every screenshot a person loaded would be hit by the server, causing twice as much bandwidth to be used.
Besides that, the screenshots were already consuming too much bandwidth while browsing for maps. The default maps per page was 20 = 20 screenshots with an average of about 25kb = 500kb per page. Multiple it by two and you got 1 meg of bandwidth wasted. That isn't too much if no one hardly ever hit the dldb, but it's the most popular thing on sen. Screenshots generally wasted 30 gigs of bandwidth alone last month.
I'm not sure if they will be back up before senv5, but it's just a big problem right now that we aren't dealing with. Besides the bandwidth, the screenshot directory was also the target of sanity attack earlier on. The dldb is just poorly coded, much like most of sen, thus the reason for senv5.
A problem cropped up where every screenshot a person loaded would be hit by the server, causing twice as much bandwidth to be used.
Besides that, the screenshots were already consuming too much bandwidth while browsing for maps. The default maps per page was 20 = 20 screenshots with an average of about 25kb = 500kb per page. Multiple it by two and you got 1 meg of bandwidth wasted. That isn't too much if no one hardly ever hit the dldb, but it's the most popular thing on sen. Screenshots generally wasted 30 gigs of bandwidth alone last month.
I'm not sure if they will be back up before senv5, but it's just a big problem right now that we aren't dealing with. Besides the bandwidth, the screenshot directory was also the target of sanity attack earlier on. The dldb is just poorly coded, much like most of sen, thus the reason for senv5.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rhiom on 2005-04-07 at 19:41:07
wow, that double bandwidth thing sucks, i can see why you guys wanna move of this invision board for reasons such as that.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MapUnprotector on 2005-04-07 at 19:42:38
I thought the forums would be more popular...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2005-04-12 at 23:29:46
Well, I think you'd have to compare how much bandwidth goes into each one. I'm sure there are thousands of anonymous people every month who grab stuff off of the DLDB.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2005-04-13 at 16:06:27
We already took a look at the Bandwith report.
DLDB > Forums.
Most people like to stay anonymous and don't really care to ineract with other people. They come mainly for maps/editors. That and the fact the the forum active people are also in DLDB. The DLDB simply has a much bigger audience than that out the Forums and you don't need to register for DLDB.
It's not really the downloading that matters, it's the way screenshtos are used.
First of all, you see all the screenshots in the page, then when you go to a specific file page you see the screenshot againg causing even more bandwith to be used.
DLDB > Forums.
Most people like to stay anonymous and don't really care to ineract with other people. They come mainly for maps/editors. That and the fact the the forum active people are also in DLDB. The DLDB simply has a much bigger audience than that out the Forums and you don't need to register for DLDB.
It's not really the downloading that matters, it's the way screenshtos are used.
First of all, you see all the screenshots in the page, then when you go to a specific file page you see the screenshot againg causing even more bandwith to be used.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rhiom on 2005-04-19 at 00:51:55
I think it wuld be kinda obviuse that the DLDB would be bigger....
Why not just get rid of the picture on the first mentioned page but keep it for the specific file.
Why not just get rid of the picture on the first mentioned page but keep it for the specific file.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2005-04-19 at 11:08:26
QUOTE(aE-Felagund @ Apr 12 2005, 08:29 PM)
Well, I think you'd have to compare how much bandwidth goes into each one. I'm sure there are thousands of anonymous people every month who grab stuff off of the DLDB.
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More than thousands lol. We're already 31% on our way to a million downloads.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by IsolatedPurity on 2005-04-19 at 14:03:42
QUOTE(Rhiom @ Apr 18 2005, 11:51 PM)
I think it wuld be kinda obviuse that the DLDB would be bigger....
Why not just get rid of the picture on the first mentioned page but keep it for the specific file.
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Why not just get rid of the picture on the first mentioned page but keep it for the specific file.
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Yoshi wanted me to do that.
Here's the exact problem: The dldb had a function to handle the screenshots it displayed. This was like, 50 lines of code or something outrageous just for handling something so simple. Inside the function was a php function, getimagesize(). Instead of getting the image's dimensions when the file was uploaded, he felt the need to get it each time the screenshot was displayed. Basically, the dldb is coded shitty. After I disabled the screenshots via the configuration in the admin cp, the function was STILL getting called non-the-less, and still running getimagesize even though it wasn't going to load the image. So I just deleted the function and any reference to it. I don't feel like fixxing the script at all, so you'll just have to wait till senv5.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-04-22 at 23:55:57
Not having the minimap pics for UMS games is fine, but i seriously think we need to leave em for Melee maps. That's what they're all about and why they're in the dldb - for people to look at, be amazed, and then be incited to dl the map.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2005-04-26 at 16:24:22
shit happens
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-06-09 at 13:52:08
Lol, I just found out that you can still see some minimap screenshots for maps in the Map reviews.
Like check this out: http://www.staredit.net/index.php?act=revi...do=view&id=2989
Like check this out: http://www.staredit.net/index.php?act=revi...do=view&id=2989
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2005-08-04 at 17:04:12
There's too many pinned threads here. Yoshi or IP, if you objects to me unpinning this... repin it. 