Well this is important for me so please help me here.
My question is this:
How much (in MB) do you download/upload during one HOMM4 internet multiplayer game (on Gamespy)? Let's say game ends after 2 months (that is maybe 4-5 h of playing on 2 min/turn).
From what I've read, H4 transfers the whole map at the end of each turn for each player as opposed to just changes (my only personal verification of this is that I wouldn't play H4 with a dial-up connection). Medium maps run from 30k to 80k in size.
Doing the math:
5.6 MB = 8 weeks x 7 days x 2 players x 50k map.
Plus, during each turn there is a fairly continuous state check going on. Things like the thieves guild, opponent movement, battles, etc require data transfer as needed.
Would be interesting to do some measurements.
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posted March 18, 2003 01:23 PM
