Bit torrent map downloads for CA downloader
Client operation
- client checks your maps folder (using spring itself - unitsync) and creates torrents for all new maps
- client can be given user name to automatically download maps for game which you join
- client can optionally download all currently hosted maps
- client allows you to upload torrents to central server (only those which are new)
- client allows you to download maps using torrents from central server (only those you dont have)
- client is limited to 5 downloads at once (to not overload the client network)
Background
- server maintains list of "requests" - list of currently requested torrents - clients seed those requested torrents in turn
- server maintains list of torrents - along with map hash and name
- server maintains list of players who are currently in battles and maps of those battles
- client stores torrents in spring/updater/torrents folder (named by map hash), incoming torrents in updater/incomaing and incoming map files in updater/incoming/maps
- after map download is finished map is copied to spring but incoming copy is left there for seeding until you close program.
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