OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Speed of league file and HTML reports generation

satchel · 11-19-2008, 10:42 PM

I use PeaZip and it is excellent. Takes a little configuration, but it's easy, and it can pack 400MB+ of HTML reports down to less than 20MB. Makes a great tarball/gzip, in the exact OOTP style.

I generate the reports, then use the "Copy files to" command to stick them in a new folder, then go to that folder and run PeaZip on them, and it Gzips up a great little tarball.

From there, you could use a third-party FTP uploading program (I use Filezilla but there are dozens out there, and Filezilla isn't especially good, in my opinion), or you could stick the tarball back into the OOTP folder that the game itself uses, and use the in-game FTP uploader. Just use the "Upload" command instead of using the "Archive and upload" combo).

I tarball and upload with third-party utilities. The in-game client was giving me the same headaches it was giving you guys, so I abandoned it right away, although I did give it a shot. I wasn't sure that doing it all outside of the game would be an equal substitute for what the game itself does, but it accomplishes the same thing and works exponentially more efficiently.

In theory, one could even create the league-file tarball outside of the game, but that's another matter, and I don't think it's necessary at all.

11-19-2008, 10:42 PM	#30
satchel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft Smith Ark. USA Posts: 2,681	I use PeaZip and it is excellent. Takes a little configuration, but it's easy, and it can pack 400MB+ of HTML reports down to less than 20MB. Makes a great tarball/gzip, in the exact OOTP style. I generate the reports, then use the "Copy files to" command to stick them in a new folder, then go to that folder and run PeaZip on them, and it Gzips up a great little tarball. From there, you could use a third-party FTP uploading program (I use Filezilla but there are dozens out there, and Filezilla isn't especially good, in my opinion), or you could stick the tarball back into the OOTP folder that the game itself uses, and use the in-game FTP uploader. Just use the "Upload" command instead of using the "Archive and upload" combo). I tarball and upload with third-party utilities. The in-game client was giving me the same headaches it was giving you guys, so I abandoned it right away, although I did give it a shot. I wasn't sure that doing it all outside of the game would be an equal substitute for what the game itself does, but it accomplishes the same thing and works exponentially more efficiently. In theory, one could even create the league-file tarball outside of the game, but that's another matter, and I don't think it's necessary at all.