Why is it taking me like 8 hours to download this game?
By
Bill Z Bubba,
Posted on: 2009-11-07 13:52 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
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For starters. City of Heroes has a file size of 2.9gb. That's almost 3gigs. |
Originally Posted by marc100
I reformat my computer every few months. I just like to do it to clear out the junk and keep it running fast.
I reformatted and my internet connection is fast, everything I download is fast. I started downloading COH at 12:30PM, its now 3:50PM and the progress bar looks like it's 39% downloaded. The downloade says there is 5:09:09 remaining, and its 101.8k/sec Why is this? And yes I followed someones tutorial on how to take a stored version of COH and have it run on your computer without downloading but it doesnt work for me. I know I sound annoyed, but 8 hours to download a game is like wth??? |
Second, just because you pay for a fast internet connection.. does not mean that your internet services connection to NCSoft's servers is fast..
You can actually find out how many servers are between you and your destination. Here, for example, is a picture of Xtraceroute tracking down the ip address for ncsoft.com... well. Up until it hit a firewall and got no responses.
Once you get outside of your own Internet Service Providers service area and start talking to the backbone you are at the mercy of the backbone providers and whoever connects you from there.
Change the target line in your updater shortcut to this.
"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -port 13094
or to whatever directory you have it in with the -port 13094 tag on the end. That should speed things up considerably. It may take a minute or two to kick in but the speed boost should be significant.
Don't count your weasels before they pop dink!
Just out of curiosity, what was it exactly that didn't work when you tried to copy over your existing CoH folder?
The steps that have worked for me countless times now are as follows:
1. Copy the CoHUpdater.exe to your desktop and run it. It will ask you where you want to install it. Allow it to install where it wants or change the path to where you want to install it.
2. Once the updater starts downloading, hit cancel and close out of the updater.
3. Browse to the new installation directory (The one you selected in step 1) and copy over the content of your old CoH folder.
4. Delete the checksum file in that directory.
5. Click on the City Of Heroes icon on your desktop. (If it didn't create a shortcut on your desktop, just browse to the folder you installed to and start it from there. You may need to make a shortcut to your desktop from that folder.)
From there the Updater should notice you have most of the files and go directly into verification. It will fix any issues and you should be good to go.
Give that a try if you still have a backup of your original CoH directory 
We'll see....
In the future, you should keep a copy of the install directory on a dvd or external drive. I make a new copy after every issue so that my downloads after a wipe stay short.
My guide for that.
Be well, people of CoH.
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Something else that could be an issue on the backup files is the user-name rights. If you are using a Windows NT5( 2000 / Xp), Windows NT6 (Vista / Win7), or Linux Install through Cedega you need to make sure that the files belong to the same username and group that you are trying the new install on.|
Originally Posted by Flameshot
Just out of curiosity, what was it exactly that didn't work when you tried to copy over your existing CoH folder?
The steps that have worked for me countless times now are as follows: 1. Copy the CoHUpdater.exe to your desktop and run it. It will ask you where you want to install it. Allow it to install where it wants or change the path to where you want to install it. 2. Once the updater starts downloading, hit cancel and close out of the updater. 3. Browse to the new installation directory (The one you selected in step 1) and copy over the content of your old CoH folder. 4. Delete the checksum file in that directory. 5. Click on the City Of Heroes icon on your desktop. (If it didn't create a shortcut on your desktop, just browse to the folder you installed to and start it from there. You may need to make a shortcut to your desktop from that folder.) From there the Updater should notice you have most of the files and go directly into verification. It will fix any issues and you should be good to go. Give that a try if you still have a backup of your original CoH directory |
E.G. : If your username is DaveMatthew and you save the files to a backup-partition, and then you try to copy those files over and use them on the username MatthewDave you could run into a permissions error.
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You are correct. Although this isn't always the case. Thankfully, I've never had this issue after following my above steps several times now. Granted, I do tend to use the same username when reinstalling an OS or upgrading an OS |
Originally Posted by je_saist
Something else that could be an issue on the backup files is the user-name rights. If you are using a Windows NT5( 2000 / Xp), Windows NT6 (Vista / Win7), or Linux Install through Cedega you need to make sure that the files belong to the same username and group that you are trying the new install on.
E.G. : If your username is DaveMatthew and you save the files to a backup-partition, and then you try to copy those files over and use them on the username MatthewDave you could run into a permissions error. |
Thanks for mentioning this. Wasn't even thinking about it.
We'll see....
8 hours is long but I got 100 this week and last :-)
I reformat my computer every few months. I just like to do it to clear out the junk and keep it running fast.
I reformatted and my internet connection is fast, everything I download is fast. This computer is 2 months old and running windows 7, its fast.
I started downloading COH at 12:30PM, its now 3:50PM and the progress bar looks like it's 39% downloaded.
The downloader says there is 5:09:09 remaining, and its 101.8k/sec
Why is this?
And yes I followed someones tutorial on how to take a stored version of COH and have it run on your computer without downloading but it doesnt work for me.
I know I sound annoyed, but 8 hours to download a game is like wth???
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