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[Xabachee]

My zipped server resources total 150mb, my client download indicator on join says 334mb. Which total is my upload to the client? Am I uploading 150mb or 334mb?

[roddydennvor]

it's zipped , you can't download on format .zip , they will unzip first and then you download it

[Xabachee]

So zipping it serves absolutely no purpose. The upload/download for my 150mb worth of zipped resources is always 334mb total throughput and not 150mb. True or False?

[Anubhav]

True.

[Xabachee]

Is there a reason for this careless disregard for efficiency? Archiving's greatest purpose is to overcome short falls in transferring data. unzip time seems a small price to pay in minutes to make downloads that might be an hour or more half as long, doesn't it? Why isn't the best format of archiving possible such as 7zip or even good old zip format supported through to the client?

Half the download, twice the start up time just once. Why not?

[IIYAMA]

So zipping it serves absolutely no purpose.

It has one purpose, saving space on your server.

Since mta copies everything that is running in the cache folder, you will lose space anyway.

Space using:

334(cache unzipped) + 150(resource folder) = 484 mb -- zipped

334(cache unzipped) + 334(resource folder) = 668 mb -- not zipped

This example doesn't tell you anything extra, except it can make your HDD faster in search results.

Half the download, twice the start up time just once. Why not?

Because they don't consider it as priority, it is sad I know...