tl;dr the whole topic but I've investigated this issue before, after scanning the Source Engine leak, I saw a folder called *QHTM* in the *VGUI*folder.
*QHTM* seems like entirely it's own engine, it's very lightweight and small: http://www.gipsysoft.com/qhtm/ 2009/6/4 ics <i...@ics-base.net> > Regarding P2P, there is no need for it (yet) because Steam content > servers seem to be able to cope with current need of bandwidth just > fine. I looked them time to time on free TF2 weekend when a lot of > players got on downloading TF2 and there was around 40%-50% use on them > globally at peak times, if you count them all together. Some content > servers at some countries were on quite heavy use but still worked > pretty fine, if you believe the graphs on Steam website. > > I also manage to dl these days 1MB/s - 1,9 MB/s compared to the old days > 20-90KB/s from Steam content servers. Some files come slower but thats > propably due to their smaller filesize and their count (a lots of small > files). Plus all the content is packed up so it saves some bandwidth > too. I personally like the current system over P2P a lot. > > However, if there is one thing to improve with the current system, that > would be the content servers managing server-side updates. At the most > urgent time when update is out and everyone is downloading the latest > files to their servers, there is often a lot of "connection reset" > messages and downloading the patch hangs a lot before it even starts. > > -ics > > David Kellaway kirjoitti: > > 2009/6/4 Roman Hatsiev <otst...@gmail.com>: > > > >> Sure thing, this is a key issue of Steam. IE is evil so P2P content > >> distribution, better server browser and other minor features can wait > >> till we finish the holy quest of removing IE dependency from Steam. > >> Yeah! > >> > > > > There's really no need to troll this discussion. There are numerous > > reasons why swapping out IE would be a good idea that aren't > > "Micro$oft are evil!!" kneejerks: > > > > - Control over which plugins can be run and at what privilege level > > (great for security) > > - Guaranteed consistent rendering behaviour > > - Increased performance > > - More features (like rounded corners via CSS) > > - Support for users who don't have IE installed or available on their > > PC (they do exist!) > > - Easier support for guys running Steam on Wine etc. > > > > Since Valve don't seem to be doing anything big with the platform or > > community right now, this would be a good thing to focus on. P2P is > > mostly pointless when Valve have a world-class server network to > > handle games (I routinely get 1.2mbps and up from Steam) and custom > > content is available from dozens of sources (not to mention FastDL on > > servers), and there isn't really anything else I can see that warrants > > updating (except maybe giving the server browser more "power user" > > features like advanced filtering). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- Thanks, - Saul. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
