Will we have HTTP download on Srb2?

Theres this thing that Kart has, which allows for faster downloads, a way to send files via HTTP, instead of direct download, which helps a lot when downloading server files, making them WAY more faster than direct download, which comes in really handy considering that your average Kart server has a shitload of mods, around 1GB on most of them.

And i been thinking, also spoken about this with some people i know..

Will we someday have a way to send files throught HTTP on SRB2? To allow faster downloads like Kart has.

If you follow SRB2's gitlab going into wiki at 2.2.14 page, you can see what's the next features/fixes/improvements for the next patch release.

HTTP Downloading is now supported in the incoming 2.2.14.
Granted, unlike Kart. the SRB2 average server doesn't have massive addons with some servers being the exception neither 1GB of addons.

Anyway, HTTP comes in handy if you have a separate HTTP server which is not hosted on your local machine or router, or if your router is capable host a HTTP localy to avoid slowing down the game server on both cases.

However, HTTP has kind of a downside which lags the client when downloading as is not in a separate thread (which is something is gonna be fixed soon on both games in order to remove that issue).

Lugent said:

If you follow SRB2's gitlab going into wiki at 2.2.14 page, you can see what's the next features/fixes/improvements for the next patch release.

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Sorry, no, i do not. I dont even have an account. I rarely even visit it for very specific stuff, like Kart download, or any app or thing i might need for specific things.

Lugent said:

However, HTTP has kind of a downside which lags the client when downloading as is not in a separate thread (which is something is gonna be fixed soon on both games in order to remove that issue).

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With this, you are NOT joking, this is why my Kart server has a ping spike for everyone, even making myself to timeout from my own server, when someone starts downloading, unlike in Srb2 where its barely noticeable often than not.

By simply giving a quick glance to the ping icon at the screen you can already see how quick it goes from normal, to brazil, directly in the same frame. Theres not even an increment, its directly like, in one frame you have ping, and in the next frame you have the brazil thing with numbers over 600Ms