Maximum map size

[Fralexxelarf]

Hi! I've been looking around on this and there are only threads / answers from <2008, they all say 8mb is max, but i noticed a map I was playing called twilights eve orpg 1.14d is 9400kb , and theres also a new version out, which most likely is bigger. So my question is, does anyone know the maximum map size? Thanks

/Frale

 

[claptomanic]

afaik its still 8 mb....i think i would have heard about a change there...

 

[Anvil]

For multiplayer is 8mb and some plus kb, is not 8mb exactly... i don't remember the exact number. For singleplayer is unlimited.

 

[PurgeandFire]

8 mb = 8192 kb

But Twilight's Eve ORPG v1.14d is 7.9 MB on my computer. You might've downloaded a hacked version where someone added their own stuff. Try to dl a different one. A map that is 9400 kb will not be able to be played online.

 

[gorillabull]

i have seen tle being over 11mb playable online and yes it has "cheating" commands which can turn you into any unit give you x amount of gold stats etc but i have no idea how it works

 

[Dr Super Good]

Be aware the limit is on file size and not stored size. A map can take more than 8 MB on backing storage due to the formating of the drive.

 

[claptomanic]

Be aware the limit is on file size and not stored size. A map can take more than 8 MB on backing storage due to the formating of the drive.

soory for eventually sounding stupid but whats the difference between file size and stored size? and is it possible to take that difference for your own advantage somehow?

 

[FRENGERS]

Maybe someday someone can hack the warcraft and make the bigger size or unlimited ( Like Single Players )

 

[Fralexxelarf]

I downloaded this map from an other room, not manually

 

[Adiktuz]

@claptomaniac - just a quick browse at the properties tab of a single file and you'd see that File size and File size on disk have different values...

based on DSG's comment, I think file size is the size of the file itself while storage file size is the size of the file + any additions from the formatting of the drive...

@Fralexxelarf - can you post a screenie of the properties of the map?

 

[Dr Super Good]

The actual file size is the number of bytes you can request from the file before getting an EOF error. The phsycial size is the number of bytes of backing storage used to store the file.

Physical size is made from aligning the actual size to the nearest block (smallest unit of backing storage that can be allocated) and throwing in the storage for things like permission matrix, folder structure and various time stamps.