UT map/texture/etc. transfers are slow!

[DarkWarrior2]

(2 machines connected via crossover cable, Win95b w/ smc eznet 10/100, and Win98SE w/ netgear fa310tx)

A file approx. 50MB transfers in about 5-6 seconds over NetBEUI. Over TCP/IP, it takes about 3-5 minutes. Both ways.

TCP/IP should not be that much slower!!

Oh, and I need TCP/IP and IPX/SPX for lan games, and I just added NetBEUI because I'm sick of slow file transfers.

Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

edit: above solved, but UT doesn't notice that.

UT(Unreal Tournament) transfers maps/textures/etc. very slowly. It's very annoying over a lan. The current map will be over, while the other machine is still recieving!

Yeah, I could just transfer the stuff manually, but I want to fix this.

Thanks in advance.

 

[IceStorm]

Go here: http://home1.gte.net/awiner/Win9x.htm

Explains how to increase the DefaultRcvWindow under Winblows 9x. That should get you to about 100MB/minute.

 

[DarkWarrior2]

Thanks!

That made a big difference.

One remaining question- Why does UT still transfer maps/textures/etc. slowly? It's very annoying over a lan. The current map will be done, while the other machine is still recieving!

Yeah, I could just transfer the stuff manually, but where's the fun in that?

Thanks!

 

[DarkWarrior2]

ttt

 

[Xanathar]

Edit the INIs, UT maxes transfers at 20K so as it wont kill the game server or bandwith by default

 

[DarkWarrior2]

It's already at 20000 in unrealtournament.ini :|

Could it be the 420 patch?

EDIT: a 3-4 MB map transfers in about 6-7 minutes! Help!

 

[Xanathar]

20000 = 20000 bytes add like 4 zeros, and look for the same thing in a bunch of places... and a couple of other .inis i seem to recall changing it in 4 different plases before it worked

 

[DarkWarrior2]

Thanks, got it!