Duuuuh...What is Preloading again??
By
HighTech_Wonder,
Posted on: 2011-09-14 04:21 in Player Questions
I kept my beta client updated and then copied the piggs/exes/dlls over to my live install, after 5 mins of verifying it was all ready.
Considering this is a head-start we really are still in pre-release hence the lack of pre-load.
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Yup did this myself saved me a couple of hours waiting
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Originally Posted by Serva_Obscura
I kept my beta client updated and then copied the piggs/exes/dlls over to my live install, after 5 mins of verifying it was all ready.
Considering this is a head-start we really are still in pre-release hence the lack of pre-load. |
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The devs were intending to allow us to play while it was downloading. ie the costume creator would be down first then the tutorial and then the maps in level order but they didn't get it implemented in time.
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Yep it sounds like that system should be done within the week but it wasn't ready for launch.|
Originally Posted by _Klaw_
The devs were intending to allow us to play while it was downloading. ie the costume creator would be down first then the tutorial and then the maps in level order but they didn't get it implemented in time.
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Anyway copying the key folders from an up to date beta copy and then running repair works like a charm. 10 minutes and your up and running. You did beta test it right?
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my updater is telling me that the ncsoft server is down...
I couldn't get the copy-piggs-from-beta trick to work.
But the entire d/l only took 30 min. for me.
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I copied everything but the EXE files, the chat logs, screenshots and character folders over from my Beta install so that I could make sure I got the qt stuff.
Since my normal download speed with the launcher is under 50, I didn't want it taking forever.
No problems simply launching the game from there.
The only oddity is that the launcher shows that the game was last updated around a month ago (not at home so can't remember exact date). Probably whenever the last Live update was.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
The key is after you copy the files you'll need to start the launcher then right click on the CITY OF HEROES link and choose repair.
If you forget to repair after copying it will do the full download.
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Mine didn't.
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Originally Posted by TerraDraconis
The key is after you copy the files you'll need to start the launcher then right click on the CITY OF HEROES link and choose repair.
If you forget to repair after copying it will do the full download. |
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
I hate to start a new issue off with moaning, but seriously.
A 2.5 gig update. Fair enough..lotsa changes.
But WHY was there no pre-loading of an update this size? I remember another issue of around 800 mb, and I happily let the old launcher update a bit every night for a week, secure in the knowledge that when the issue hit, all those files would be ready to go.
Maybe someone can quote the download size of the incremental patch updates to Test for this issue, but I doubt it was a fresh 2.5 gb each time. And even if there was an 11th hour update to the issue, requiring major changes and additions, then the issue should NOT have gone LIVE today!
So again, why was it possible to pre load on the old launcher and for previous issues, but a biiiig update like this, none at all. It just makes me wonder if people just dont think at all. Yes, it is an MMO..yes..we are required to have a decent connection. Is everyone going to have 8mb cable (as some lucky guy quoted)..no!
Update: I typed and posted this directly from the forums, only to get the following error. Must be their method of stopping people even getting onto the forums to moan about download times.
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Update Mk2: Finally done. It really IS awesome to spend the entire first day of a new issue downloading said new issue. But on the other hand, I did get most of the second season of Twin Peaks watched. Can only hope BoB finds the people whose job it should have been to figure out preloading might have been a good idea. Even Mr Cable would have saved himself 30 minutes.