MobMapUpdater v1.73

A new version of the MobMapUpdater has just been rolled out via the auto update process. This update contains some changes in anticipation of the WoW patch 2.4 as well as a bugfix and some improvements.

The fix is for the old "MobMapUpdater in automatic mode preventing Windows XP from shutting down" bug. I've finally been able to reproduce this error (funny enough, I managed to reproduce it in a virtual machine after I failed to reproduce it on several physical machines) and fix it afterwards. The MobMapUpdater shouldn't prevent Windows from shutting down anymore.

The improvements concern the data upload process. It should be more stable now (thus being less likely to block indefinitely) and the data is being compressed before being uploaded, which drastically shortens upload times especially on slower connections. I definitely should have implemented this compression way earlier, as the bzip2 compression ratio is simply phenomenal (like 1/5th to 1/10th of the original size) for the XML data format used to transfer the collected data.

As always: please report if there are any new problems with this update.
This entry was posted by Slarti on Sunday, March 23. 2008 at 20:43. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog.

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  1. Kondouyisami says:
    #1 2008-03-25 11:26 (Reply)

    Thanks for the hard work。

    where the v1.73 could be download？

  2. vhptedioar says:
    #1.1 2008-03-28 14:55

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    #2 2008-03-28 05:30 (Reply)

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  4. Zaki says:
    #3 2008-03-29 15:53 (Reply)

    Upload not working through web proxy. Download works well.

  5. ataraxia says:
    #4 2008-03-31 19:28 (Reply)

    tried to auto-update but got the little box with red X "Connection Closed Gracefully" Then I tried making it do anything and it would just sit there. So I downloaded the installer from the website and installed it, then tried. Couple of times on the update I got that same little box come up, but finally it got the updated database, which took FOREVER and for a time the app was unresponsive (just a white box). Same thing with the upload. Not sure if this is a known issue or just my net connection being off, but all my other Internet usage seems fine. Just FYI :)


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