[Freeciv-Dev] zlib compression

[Lauri Tarkkala <ltarkkal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I tinkered with my freeciv-net* patches some more, and added compression
of all network traffic using zlib. I played a test game with 6 AI's
against each other, and with one client monitoring one AI. The
game lasted untill 1810 AD.

The bandwith use looked at this point like below. The number in 
paranthesis is the amount actually transmitted on-the-wire
in compressed form.

> list clistat
Nr: FD: User:
00   4  Ivan the Terrible <ltarkkal@localhost> Idle: 181 s  Lost: 18 B 
Sent: 4120775 (892894) B Buf: 0 B
00   4  Ivan the Terrible <ltarkkal@localhost> Packets: 1603 Min: 9 B 
Max: 38257 B Avg 1065.228271 B

Quick calculation shows that the bandwith used downlink
towards the client is reduced to 21.7% of what would have
been used without it. I'll probably try to roll up a patch
against CVS during the weekend if I have the time, which would
contain all the tweaking I have done with the freeciv
networking code.

Lauri

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