Eficient use of triggerLatentClientEvent and fileGetSize?

[Axel]

Hi!

So i am making my custom download system that downloads all my server files (from .ttf to .txd) when the player is online, eg. for images shows a blank image, and after it finishes the download, replaces the blank image with the actual image. The thing is i finished the system and i was using:

        local file = fileOpen( path ) 
            local bites = fileRead ( file, fileGetSize(file) ) 
            fileClose(file) 
            triggerLatentClientEvent(client, 'uploadCustomClientFile', 494304, false, client, bites, path) 

The problem it is that it was using alot and when alot of players were online, it was lagging the server. So i changed to:

  
            local file = fileOpen( path ) 
            local size = fileGetSize(file) 
            local bites = fileRead ( file, size ) 
            fileClose(file) 
            if size > 131072 then -- 1mb 
                size = size/10 
                --outputChatBox(size) 
            end 
            triggerLatentClientEvent(client, 'uploadCustomClientFile', size, false, client, bites, path) 
  

Does somebody know a better method or way of handling the downloads with triggerLatentClientEvent and fileGetSize? I need to use them both becouse the file sizes differ. I don't want the download to be too slow, but it should not consume that much eighter. Thanks in advance.

[botder]

Your method reads the complete file everytime somebody requires it (if you don't save it on your client's disk). Your server blocks until the file has been read. If 3 players connect and request your file then it will block your server 3 times (time outs may occur), because you don't keep the file content in memory.

[Axel]

Well, i save the file to my client's disk and if he needs it anytime when playing, loads from there. But about not keeping the file content in memory, should i insert the file bites in a table like files[path] = bites and if somebody else requests the file to load it from there?