It would be a good idea to have network/internet multi-player commands to send, receive, and ask for files and transfer them. That way, multi-player maps could be customized and stored on a server without players being required to obtain the map beforehand. Also, models and sounds could be transferred to add mod-ability to an online game if a developer so desires.

Sending and receiving files could also be handled similarly to how send_skill is handled using events like EVENT_FILE_RECEIVE or EVENT_FILE_REQUESTED

I have made a DLL to do this, simply transfer a file - and it works. I made it a few months ago but I made it to work with C-Script, not sure what things need to be changed to be compatible with Lite-C.

I will release it soon under User Contributions, but its still in the testing stage at the moment.

dude, thats awesome. Can it download a file from a server using a URL?

Have a look on my multiplayer plugin GSTNet.
There are non-blocking functions (GSTNet_HTTPGetFile(), _HTTPGet()) for this purpose.
Filetransfers from gameserver to one or all clients are not supported,
but could be coded via ClientSend(), ServerSend() and the integrated event system.

@nfs42: Interesting, will it work with A7 or should I use A6 if I'm using GSTNet?

@adoado: How fast can it transfer a model?

atm i'm testing only with A6.
but i think it's possible in lite-c to include wdl-scripts

later this year i will upgrade to A7.

The DLL itself is very simple, no encryption (as yet) and is fast, but certain factors such as file size, latency, etc. all affect the total time. You can even make a progress bar to show the progress of the transfer.

I'm guessing GSTNet works by downloading files from the web, wheres mine is only a server-to-client transfer. Depends on what you need

Adoado.

hmmm... each has its uses...

Are there be any issues that could arise from using both?

Does anybody knows a way to download files from web with GS? I used bigdll for that, but i can't make it work with Lite-C

Sending and reveiving small files should be relatively easy with the new send_data functions. Huge files should be split in smaller parts before sending them with send_data.