8 hours to download COH? :(
By
Firebeam,
Posted on: 2009-08-04 13:23 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Speedtests are really only useful if you use a beacon close to where the server you are downloading from is located. (Ex. I can get way better results using Minn or Chicago for my speedtests, but the CoX servers are located on the coasts. Use sacramento for better numbers).
4 hrs => 240mins => 14400sec. 917MB => 7300Mb. 7300/14400 => 500Kb/s.
Which really isnt that bad of speed to a server that isnt close to you (1000mi+).
Personally, I would have bought a hard copy of GvE for $20 at Best Buy. Comes with 1 month code and the $5 would have been worth it to bypass ALOT of the downloading.
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It comes with 1 free month *AND* the Good vs Evil 'goodies' (Jump Jet, Pocket D Teleporter and costume sets) which normally sell separately for $10. That's $25 worth of value unless you already have the GvsE goodies. In which case you could buy the Architect edition and get a free booster pack. Unless you already have them.
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Originally Posted by NetMinder
Personally, I would have bought a hard copy of GvE for $20 at Best Buy. Comes with 1 month code and the $5 would have been worth it to bypass ALOT of the downloading.
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Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
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For the most part, speed tests tell you nothing about how fast you'll be able to download. Your speed test says your connection is about 6 times better than mine. Furthermore, when I first downloaded the game, my connection was only HALF as fast as it is now, so about 1/12th of yours - and I downloaded in under 3 hours.|
Originally Posted by marc100
I did a speed test and I have
10128 kbps download speed and 9514kbps upload speed is that good speed? is there any way to do this faster? grrr only half done after 4 hours |
Single greatest factor in download speed: network traffic. I downloaded it around 11 PM.
So yeah, your connection kicks butt, but there are lots of other factors affecting download speed.
Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
Stop downloading. Don't worry, when you start again it will pick up where you left off.
Now right click the city of heroes shortcut on your desktop. Under target change the line to read as this.
"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -port 13094
That may not be the directory it's currently in so you might not change it to the above exactly. the important point is after the quotation marks put a space and then -port 13094
This will almost always speed up the download considerably.
Don't count your weasels before they pop dink!
I just got a new laptop this morning and started downloading COH
its been downloading for over 4 hours now and im up to 917MB downloaded, out of 1.8 gigs.
I did a speed test and I have
10128 kbps download speed
and
9514kbps upload speed
is that good speed? is there any way to do this faster? grrr only half done after 4 hours
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