UNLAGGING THE GOLD MAPS!!! Slash - read this!!!

[JIMINATOR]

Ok dudes, this is the the problem and the fix!
I could test lag, by starting a gold server in a dos box, then joining in a lan game.
Things were big time laggy - on my own server.
After applying the fix, the lag is totally gone and things are smooth as they
are with regular sam sessions.

I think it helps me when I join the gold server, but Slash needs to apply also
to get rid of the server side lag.

The levels are stuck in a .gro file, which is really a zip file.
Everytime sam needs a texture or something from within the .gro file, it has to uncompress it.
The fix is to first stop sam, rename the gro file to a zip file, and unzip to the same directory.
Afterward all the levels should be in the
C:\Program Files\Croteam\Serious Sam - The Second Encounter\Levels\LevelsMP\Deathmatch
directory. If you screw up, you can always rename the zip file back to a .gro file and no harm
done, otherwise it can be left as is as a backup.
This can prolly be done for any other .gro files.

Hmmm, I wonder if the current sucky patch adds a bunch of gro files???


:wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock:

[Snip3r]

MY GOD I THINK WE FOUND THE NEXT EINSTEIN!
http://www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~jr/gif/phys/einst_20.jpg
I see the resemblence, thanks alot Jim, I need to do this with some other maps that are laggy :)

[V98ci]

Ok Jim. I have the maps but I can't rename the gro file. :bandhead: :bandhead:

[JIMINATOR]

in the folder, click tools then folder options then the view tab and uncheck "hide extensions for known file types" and click ok.

then highlite the file and press f2...

[Sirc]

Originally posted by V98ci@Jun 27 2003, 01:28 AM
Ok Jim. I have the maps but I can't rename the gro file. :bandhead: :bandhead:
Why not? Are they read only protected? If so then right click on them, go to properties, and turn of the read only protection.

[V98ci]

Originally posted by Sirc+Jun 27 2003, 12:32 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Sirc @ Jun 27 2003, 12:32 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--V98ci@Jun 27 2003, 01:28 AM
Ok Jim. I have the maps but I can&#39;t rename the gro file. :bandhead:&nbsp; :bandhead:
Why not? Are they read only protected? If so then right click on them, go to properties, and turn of the read only protection. [/b][/quote]
It won&#39;t let me rename and the read only is not checked in properties. All I get when I right click is open, cut, copy, delete and properties. Under properties I am not able to change anything. The read only is not checked. :WTF:

[merkwannabe]

Could this brilliant technique reduce lagggg in Yodeller?

[JIMINATOR]

Originally posted by merkwannabe@Jun 27 2003, 02:24 AM
Could this brilliant technique reduce lagggg in Yodeller?
no, it isn&#39;t in a gro file. time for a computer upgrade I am afraid....

[JIMINATOR]

BTW: V98ci, did you try doing what I said? and you can&#39;t have sam running in the background.
if you can view the .gro extension, you should be able to change it by hilighting the file and pressing f2

[JIMINATOR]

Hey Slash, as an experiment, can you try unzipping all of the .gro files on one of the boxes?

[ForrestFunk]

Originally posted by JIMINATOR@Jun 27 2003, 06:18 AM
[...]After applying the fix, the lag is totally gone and things are smooth as they
are with regular sam sessions.[...]
sorry, but :lol: :rofl: :lol: :rofl: