*.u files with distinct filesizes, question

[darksonny]

Hi all and happy new year everybody
I have a question, i saw on unrealarchives.org several *.u files with distinct filesizes, or does not have same filesize, what happens if I overwrite on system folder, it could lead to crash UT game? what if I rename two u files could this required file the map work?

[Barbie]

Since online gaming is possible, published files with same name but different content have been a source of trouble (aka "file mismatch"). If you are lucky version B of a package contains all of version A with some expansions (A is a subset of B). All packages (also maps) requiring A also work with version B but not in reverse.
If not, loading a package (map) fails if the required package is not available.

Further reading

[Buggie]

Actually there exists specific case - textures. Textures marked as optional. So if map use textures from package and package loaded, but there no such texture, map will load, but everywhere, will appear default texture instead of missed textures.

For other, non-optional resources, map will not load. Same if in memory loaded pacakge without need resources, and this package can't be unloaded (used for example).
In such case you can't start such map or join to server.

[darksonny]

Since online gaming is possible, published files with same name but different content have been a source of trouble (aka "file mismatch"). If you are lucky version B of a package contains all of version A with some expansions (A is a subset of B). All packages (also maps) requiring A also work with version B but not in reverse.
If not, loading a package (map) fails if the required package is not available.

Further reading

Thanks for these info, then... speaking only for *.u files and seeing what Buggie did here:
viewtopic.php?t=15506

This mismatching issue could be solved by editing the u file with notepad, copy and paste all code that another u.* files does not have the same code into a single *.u file and save it with the same filename?

[Barbie]

This mismatching issue could be solved by editing the u file with notepad, copy and paste all code that another u.* files does not have the same code into a single *.u file and save it with the same filename?

And create another file with same name and different content?
If it concerns only one or a few maps it might be easier to edit the maps and republish them with an unique name.

[darksonny]

This mismatching issue could be solved by editing the u file with notepad, copy and paste all code that another u.* files does not have the same code into a single *.u file and save it with the same filename?

And create another file with same name and different content?
If it concerns only one or a few maps it might be easier to edit the maps and republish them with an unique name.

how would you do to solving a u file mismatch?

[Barbie]

how would you do to solving a u file mismatch?

Depends on specific case, do you have an example map? One approach could be: loading the package with other content, find all references in map to first package and replace it with references to latter one.

[darksonny]

Hi!
I will have to look at which maps can give problems, it will take me a long time to know what they are, there are thousands of maps on the Medor site.

If I find the time before I retire I will put it here or in a new post, thanks.

pd question, I have several versions of, for example, a file called 2k4Sounds002.u to the file 2k4Sounds006.u Shouldn't I use only the sixth version instead of having all the versions inside the System folder? Is it possible that this is the problem with the game crashing?

[Barbie]

I will have to look at which maps can give problems, it will take me a long time to know what they are, there are thousands of maps on the Medor site.

What is/are the U-file(s) in question? I could do a simple text search on my available (MH) maps.

I have several versions of, for example, a file called 2k4Sounds002.u to the file 2k4Sounds006.u Shouldn't I use only the sixth version instead of having all the versions inside the System folder? Is it possible that this is the problem with the game crashing?

I don't think that having multiple versions of a file cause a game crash.
If you remove a file, other packages may depend on it and cannot be loaded then.

[darksonny]

I will have to look at which maps can give problems, it will take me a long time to know what they are, there are thousands of maps on the Medor site.

What is/are the U-file(s) in question? I could do a simple text search on my available (MH) maps.
I cant remember which are they. As I said earlier, i dont have full time to look for thousand of maps to get what problematic *.u files are having crashes. Someday ill post a list of them. Thanks for your help and buggie.