Quote Originally Posted by Scenario View Post
It's more a consideration of disk space. Each new region comes with a new set of dat files. When we launch an update that includes a new region (such as Tales of Yore/Azanulbizar), we are usually monitoring things closely to make sure that the download weight isn't too onerous on the players (and on our data providers).
Oh that's actually surprising! That you had to monitor it closely during Azanulbizar. All of the client_map.dat files have only 22 MB and client_cell.dat about 400 MB for 1-4 maps and 60 MB for the one numbered 14 which I assume is Azanulbizar. About 80 MB for Azanulbizar map data doesn't sound like an awful lot, especially in 2023. Unless there is something more in other "joined" dat files (general, highres) that needs to be doubled for each new map created and can't be shared because that's just how the system works?