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Re: What's magic about these numbers?

From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
> > From: Leif Svalgaard
> > but that some of the programs (e.g. FTP) use 32-bit unsigned integers and
> > therefore get in trouble around 4G.
>
> I sense this is the case, Leif.  I'm pretty sure they're just overflowing
> and ending without telling anyone.  This would not be unusual behavior in a
> *NIX program.
>
> I think, though, that I may just have to limit my clients'
> individual savefiles to under 4GB.
>

compressing the save files might help.

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