Modifying default league file

satchel · 08-29-2008, 04:24 PM

How much experimenting have you Commissioners done with league files?

I've opened them up and added files, then re-packed them and put them in the upload directory, and they've worked fine, when owners have download via the "Load Online League File" command.

Does anyone know the default level of compression which OOTP9 uses when it creates the tar.gz file? I get the impression it's about an average level. If a league file were to be created with the tar.gz at a greater level of compression, could the game still handle it? I use PeaZip to make tar.gz files, and it has the option of an "ultra" level of compression that makes files about 10% of the size of files compressed at the normal level. I've used it extensively and the zipped files are always high quality. It would be keen for me to be able to provide my owners with a 3MB league file instead of a 33MB one. That would make packing extra files into the tar.gz league file (such as the whole season's box scores, replays, etc.) more tenable, as well.

Comedian2004 · 08-29-2008, 04:52 PM

Also keep in mind the greater compression you have, the longer it takes to compress and uncompress the files. Some users with slower computers may not gain from having smaller files, as it can increase the length of unzipping them, overriding the savings of the compression.

satchel · 08-29-2008, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Comedian2004

Also keep in mind the greater compression you have, the longer it takes to compress and uncompress the files.

An excellent point, I'm glad you brought it up. We need to balance owners' download time and extraction time.

satchel · 08-30-2008, 12:28 AM

I suppose that download times are more consistent than archive extraction times, across different system configurations. Some testing should show the "seconds per MB" required for downloading, and for extracting, files of different sizes and compression levels. Download times won't change for different compression levels, while extraction times will. There must be a point of diminishing returns; a graph will expose the ideal tradeoff.

08-29-2008, 04:24 PM	#1
satchel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft Smith Ark. USA Posts: 2,681	Modifying default league file How much experimenting have you Commissioners done with league files? I've opened them up and added files, then re-packed them and put them in the upload directory, and they've worked fine, when owners have download via the "Load Online League File" command. Does anyone know the default level of compression which OOTP9 uses when it creates the tar.gz file? I get the impression it's about an average level. If a league file were to be created with the tar.gz at a greater level of compression, could the game still handle it? I use PeaZip to make tar.gz files, and it has the option of an "ultra" level of compression that makes files about 10% of the size of files compressed at the normal level. I've used it extensively and the zipped files are always high quality. It would be keen for me to be able to provide my owners with a 3MB league file instead of a 33MB one. That would make packing extra files into the tar.gz league file (such as the whole season's box scores, replays, etc.) more tenable, as well. __________________ JL Commish NPBL Rhode Island Reds ’33 ’34 ’35 TCBA San Francisco Railbornes ’74 ’76 ’77 ’78 FL New Orleans Black Sox ’56 ’57 ’58 ’59

08-29-2008, 04:52 PM	#2
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08-30-2008, 12:28 AM	#4
satchel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft Smith Ark. USA Posts: 2,681	I suppose that download times are more consistent than archive extraction times, across different system configurations. Some testing should show the "seconds per MB" required for downloading, and for extracting, files of different sizes and compression levels. Download times won't change for different compression levels, while extraction times will. There must be a point of diminishing returns; a graph will expose the ideal tradeoff.