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Guys whats the max filesize of map to be able to upload my map here? Is it 50 MB?
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Okay , 1 question on Map Section
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Over 100 MB.
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it must be a campaign map, because of the big file size..
or, something else?
or, something else?
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Okay thanks.
Im just planning to upload my map that reaches 75 mb
Im just planning to upload my map that reaches 75 mb
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There's ever a 100 MB non campaign map uploaded at Hive's Database.
This means that Database supports 100 MB+ Maps of all kinds.
This means that Database supports 100 MB+ Maps of all kinds.
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I suppose that maps have to be worth their size. If you make a mediocre map and the large size is due to lots of music I suppose the moderator may give the map a poor rating, but we don't really have limits.
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Just don't forget that your map can't be played online if the map is over 8mb. So if it's a multiplayer map, it can't be accepted.
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The largest campaign we had here was over 50 MB as far as I know. It does take a lot of time to upload, though. Or at least it did, back in my days.
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Rui, Turnro's Adventure of Rowan the Wise Campaign is the heaviest one I remember, being 90+ MB
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I never met that one.
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Okay , you guys answered it already , i already optimized my map from 80 Mb to 38 Mb. Yeah i imported too much music thats why i reached 80 MB , so i deleted some tracks and i optimized some of them. I also optimized the textures and re-squished the models. I think 38Mb is enough
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If a multiplayer map is over 8 MB, can't it still be played over LAN/Garena?
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No, Multiplayer Maps requires 8 MB or lower to be playable anywhere.
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Even on LAN? Are you sure about that?
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Yes the game will not be able to host it. I think you can work around the limit using a host bot as I am not sure it checks for the limit when joining a game (I think someone said they played a map they could not host due to the file size limit, but they could also be getting confused with the true limit of 2^23 bytes which some people view as larger than 8MB).
I am pretty sure there is a practical file size limit to the maps you can upload for safety reason. Otherwise some malicious person would upload gigabyte maps just to fill the storage of the server until eventually it suffers service outages due to a lack of free storage.
The first limit would be based on the partition formatting that the server uses. That defines the maximum file size. If it splits files into chunks, then the archive format defines the maximum combined file size. On older formats this is something close to 2^32 bytes but newer ones are more like 2^64 which is far larger than the physical storage available to the server.
I recon a good limit would be 1 times a 500 MB map. Trying to upload larger or more than that should require moderator permission as that is quite a considerable amount of resources to use for a single user. Safety is quite a high priority and so limits must be in place to prevent malicious abuse.
I am pretty sure there is a practical file size limit to the maps you can upload for safety reason. Otherwise some malicious person would upload gigabyte maps just to fill the storage of the server until eventually it suffers service outages due to a lack of free storage.
The first limit would be based on the partition formatting that the server uses. That defines the maximum file size. If it splits files into chunks, then the archive format defines the maximum combined file size. On older formats this is something close to 2^32 bytes but newer ones are more like 2^64 which is far larger than the physical storage available to the server.
I recon a good limit would be 1 times a 500 MB map. Trying to upload larger or more than that should require moderator permission as that is quite a considerable amount of resources to use for a single user. Safety is quite a high priority and so limits must be in place to prevent malicious abuse.
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