BZip2 used to be applied for S2A_RULES and S2A_PLAYER responses. They still use split packets, though. I tried dozens if not hundreds of servers. Not a single one replied with compressed packets. I don't know an exact timeframe, but I guess it has been dropped a few months ago.
2013/7/9 Kyle Sanderson <kyle.l...@gmail.com> > > Is bzip2 still used to compress server responses to queries? > > I believe it exists, but is not utilized (It may be with A2S_RULES?). > > > Wasn't that LZMA compression (not BZip2) for the regular client <----> > server packets? > > It was LZSS; I believe it's Snappy now (which is still pretty slow, > unfortunately). > > > Hopefully I too am not confused, > Kyle. > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Netshroud <netshr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wasn't that LZMA compression (not BZip2) for the regular client <----> > server packets? > > > > On 10/07/2013, at 12:31 AM, ics <i...@ics-base.net> wrote: > > > >> There was some talk about compression during mid may here on the list, > either this one or the windows one. It was related to lag spikes servers > had. Valve uses compression for the gameserver traffic so i'd figure also > other traffic is compressed. There was no mention of the compression > though, but was some talk about rewriting it or something. Check out the > archive if you can. > >> > >> -ics > >> > >> Sebastian Staudt kirjoitti: > >>> @Josh: I think you didn't read my entire mail. :) > >>> > >>> @Gordon: Thanks for the additional input. > >>> > >>> Nevertheless, I'd love to see some official resource that clarifies if > >>> bzip2 support is still required for querying Source servers. > >>> > >>> > >>> 2013/7/9 Gordon Reynolds <thisisgordonsem...@gmail.com> > >>> > >>>> Is bzip2 still used to compress server responses to queries? > >>>> > >>>> I do not believe so, I use SourceLib in python to do some simple > querying, > >>>> and in the source for that there is a note/comment about how there is > >>>> support for bzip2 compressed packets - but the author (at the time of > >>>> writing) has never found anyone using this, and so has just left it > out. > >>>> > >>>> bzip2 is still used to compress maps and other resources, but as far > as I > >>>> have seen, I can't say I've heard of anyone compressing the actual > packets > >>>> - as is documented possible. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Josh Stratton <bibby101...@gmail.com > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> bzip2 is still being used. 7zip doesn't have great comparability with > >>>> Ruby > >>>>> to my knowledge but I've been using it for years for compressing. > Open > >>>>> source and it works better than the previous programs I've used. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Monday, July 8, 2013, Sebastian Staudt wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Some of you might know that I'm the author of the Steam Condenser > >>>>> library ( > >>>>>> http://koraktor.de/steam-condenser) which is available for Ruby, > Java > >>>>> and > >>>>>> PHP. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Currently I'm in need to find a new bzip2 compression library for > Ruby, > >>>>>> because the current one (bzip2-ruby) is not compatible with Ruby 2.0 > >>>> yet. > >>>>>> Although I started working on an alternative implementation (rbzip2) > >>>>>> myself, I have one simple question at the moment: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Is bzip2 still used to compress server responses to queries? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I recently tried to query random Source servers from the master > server, > >>>>> but > >>>>>> not a single one replied with compressed data. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> So before I put more effort into this, I'd like to now if this is > still > >>>>>> needed or if this feature can be deprecated safely. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Best regards, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Sebastian > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > >>>>>> please visit: > >>>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > >>>>> please visit: > >>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> - Gordon Reynolds > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >>>> please visit: > >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
