FastDL - Does GMod search for bzipped files first?

[serfma]

Just a simple question I wasn't able to find the answer for. Does the client search for bzipped files first before uncompressed ones? Such as if I have weapon.mdl and weapon.mdl.bz2. Would the client download the .mdl or .mdl.bz2 first?

Also, if there is a workshop addon that contains everything that I would have in the FastDL server, should I opt for resource.AddWorkshop() to force clients to download from the workshop or no?

[Willox]

The client will attempt to download the bz2 extension file first.
Workshop addon is up to you, I personally wouldn't if I had a decent FastDL server as workshop items seem (for me) to download and mount really slowly.

[serfma]

[QUOTE=Willox;46074982]The client will attempt to download the bz2 extension file first.
Workshop addon is up to you, I personally wouldn't if I had a decent FastDL server as workshop items seem (for me) to download and mount really slowly.[/QUOTE]

Would a large amount of files cause it to take longer to download regardless if they were smaller sized?

[Willox]

[QUOTE=serfma;46075391]Would a large amount of files cause it to take longer to download regardless if they were smaller sized?[/QUOTE]

There's no absolute truth behind the argument. Some clients may download from the workshop faster than your FastDL server.
Technically workshop downloads are more optimal (as in, less bandwidth is wasted as there aren't separate requests for each file), but that doesn't make it always faster.