a warning to goa etc

[fortunefish]

some of use have 56k and use freeserve anytime (wehay)

dont make patches download time longer than two houres long or you may loose some customers

this hasnt happend yet but i had 20sec left after dling DF patch and i wonder if fronteers is gonna be a close shave aswell.

 

[fortunefish]

lol i cant spell

all feel sory for me :wub:

 

[Overdriven]

*Cringe* I was running off that at one point. :/ 50mb download for the game... Had to reconnect 3-4 times.

 

[Eva]

Larges pathc I've dl'ed on 56k was 120~ meg I think, just patch it during hte night and when you wake up it's not long to go, only an hour or two. ;p On 26 mbit now though so no more problems with that for me \o/ But I do feel sorry for you and I know how annoying it is to be on 56k ;I

 

[Justicator]

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some of use have 56k and use freeserve anytime (wehay)

dont make patches download time longer than two houres long or you may loose some customers

this hasnt happend yet but i had 20sec left after dling DF patch and i wonder if fronteers is gonna be a close shave aswell.

If you can't stand the fact that you might have to download big patches (patches include loads of files, so they can be quite big), why are you actually playing daoc? You know patches can include new graphics and stuff, which tend to be quite big files, atleast sometimes?

You think daoc patches are a pain in the ass to download? try Horizons. There you might have to dl a lot of updated files everyday and the patching server is kinda slow...

 

[Archeon]

Patch downloads can be resumed y'know.

More to the point, this patch isn't Frontiers. Frontiers is 1.70 - this is 1.69. And if your DLing the patch which contains DF then you've still got shit loads to go because you seem to be missing over a years worth of patches and such

 

[Azathrim]

With normal patches, you don't have to restart all over if you lose the connection. One file downloaded is one file downloaded, even if the next one fails due to a disconnect.

However, with the New Frontiers patch it will be one big file to get. As far as I am aware GoA distributes this in various forms. One is a (huge) download from their site, others is frontcover CD's on certain PC magazines. Perhaps that's an option for those with third world connections.

Alternatively, I'll bet someone puts up a BitTorrent of the NF installer. With a good BT client you can continue where you disconnected, thus allowing people with ISP's like FreeServe to get it all even with a download longer than 2 hours.

 

[Influenza]

Nerf 2 replies in the same minute as i was typing mine and saying the same as what i had wrote in my post.

 

[Joxer]

I dont know if anything in the patchprocess changed over the last years but when the first update went live on Europe a lot of peeps had huge problems downloading it - outtimed connections, etcetc.

Think there was a 10MB patch involved and everytime I logged in and started the updater it barely managed to download a few 100k at best.

On the bright side: I didnt have to restart the download on a new login. Each time the download was automatically resumed at the point where the con went down. So even if it takes you more than a couple of hours and several reconnects to d/l it - I still wouldnt be worried

 

[Tafaya Anathas]

More to the point, this patch isn't Frontiers. Frontiers is 1.70 - this is 1.69.

You are right but many NF files in the patch, like oil_splash.nif and many others This makes teh patch so big

 

[Archeon]

You are right but many NF files in the patch, like oil_splash.nif and many others This makes teh patch so big

Silence you! Or the Ninja-Granny death squad will be paying you a visit

 

[old.Whoodoo]

Yet another "cater for meh or Ill quit" thread. I feel for the plight of 56k'ers, but come on, theres little more GOA can do. Oh and BTW, the patcher system is created by MYTHIC so theres no point shouting at GOA. The player base wont be affected, so please drop the "Ill quit!" crap, cause we both know you wont

As stated, its resumable, so you wont be restarting the DL each time you discon. Some games patchers are not, and DAoC doesnt do patches as large or as often as most games in the genre, like SWG or Horizons. We do have it good to be realistic. Try patching to Steam on CS sometime too.

As for frontiers, well I hope you do have a decent freind about with a good connection, if you do, heres a tip (PS, this goes for ALL patches too!).

Get them to save their c:/toa folder and its contents on a split CD or DVD (removing user.ini and <charname>.ini) and mail it to you, copy it to your own HD and presto...ya patched! Saving you the time and effort of reconnecting every 2 hours for a day to collect the addon! Simple eh, assuming you have freinds ofc and you can wait 24-48 hours for the post.

 

[NeonBlue]

If you can't stand the fact that you might have to download big patches (patches include loads of files, so they can be quite big), why are you actually playing daoc?

Why shouldnt he/she be allowed to play Daoc?....just because not everyone has the privlege of being able to afford a better connection..doesnt mean to say they shouldnt be allowed to play.

Gaming companies have to realise that not everyone has access to good connection speeds or some even have limits on their internet access...like download limits..cut off times etc

If they want to keep these people as customers then they have to apply sense when it comes to patches and such.

 

[Chimaira]

On 26 mbit now though so no more problems with that for me \o/

Big downloading ability e-penis meight

 

[Bunnytwo]

Why shouldnt he/she be allowed to play Daoc?....just because not everyone has the privlege of being able to afford a better connection..doesnt mean to say they shouldnt be allowed to play.

Well said, if people didn't play because they disliked one aspect of the game there would be a server popualtion of about 6 and thats at peak times.

 

[fortunefish]

thanks guys

didnt know u cud resume downloads

whoodoo dont take my damn head off ffs

and i am not one of those people... played game from 5 days after release in SE and always loved it... and always will

thanks for your help the nice people out there and chim i hope u start palying again

 

[NeonBlue]

thanks for your help the nice people out there and chim i hope u start palying again

he's weak...he'll be back playing....just u wait and see

 

[Damon_D]

Patch servers run fine wft you whining for dude ???

 

[Dommelsch]

only took me about a minute to get the patch x<

 

[Teh FnoRd]

Why shouldnt he/she be allowed to play Daoc?....just because not everyone has the privlege of being able to afford a better connection..doesnt mean to say they shouldnt be allowed to play.

Erm Read it again Neon...

If you can't stand the fact that you might have to download big patches (patches include loads of files, so they can be quite big), why are you actually playing daoc?

He's merely asking why he keeps playing when he's opposing the large patches and not saying anyting if he/she should be allowed to play.

 

[Jpeg[LOD]]

i hate my 56k modem and aol as isp to boot makes it dble sucky..


i aint looking forward to dl NF cos iirc that dl was 250+ MB .... and its no-resumeable (cos downloaded from other spot) so im gonna have to ask friend etc to dl it for me and then send it me

 

[NeonBlue]

Erm Read it again Neon...

He's merely asking why he keeps playing when he's opposing the large patches and not saying anyting if he/she should be allowed to play.

hmm maybe so...but the orginal thread starter...sounded like if was saying Mythic didnt take into consideration connections etc...even though downloads can be resumed.(though he didnt know that by sounds of things)

Justicators post just to me sounded like...basically if u dont have a good connection...or u cant handle the big patches why should u play Daoc

maybe i read into it too much...or just didnt read it properly

/shrug

 

[fortunefish]

guys this isnt a damn whine thread...

was wondering if ny goa people could put the NF/ foundations and three or four smaller peaces for us to download as my isp cuts me off after two hours.. is goa cant do this then fine ... ill get a friend to dl it and put it on disk or something.

thanks guys...i learnt alot from this thread

 

[NetNifty]

Download Getright, it will let u resume downloads and doesnt include spyware like some alternatives.

 

[fortunefish]

wow... thanks alot m8

dling it now

 

[Boni]

With normal patches, you don't have to restart all over if you lose the connection. One file downloaded is one file downloaded, even if the next one fails due to a disconnect.

However, with the New Frontiers patch it will be one big file to get. As far as I am aware GoA distributes this in various forms. One is a (huge) download from their site, others is frontcover CD's on certain PC magazines. Perhaps that's an option for those with third world connections.

Alternatively, I'll bet someone puts up a BitTorrent of the NF installer. With a good BT client you can continue where you disconnected, thus allowing people with ISP's like FreeServe to get it all even with a download longer than 2 hours.

Re-read this guys post again, he got it all spot on, esp the bit about CDs on PC mags, thats their solution for anyone who cant cope with a download.

 

[Tafaya Anathas]

Silence you! Or the Ninja-Granny death squad will be paying you a visit

Pwease, anything but not the Ninja-Granny death squad, pwease!

 

[Justicator]

he's weak...he'll be back playing....just u wait and see

He's back already.

 

[Bleam]

If you can't stand the fact that you might have to download big patches (patches include loads of files, so they can be quite big), why are you actually playing daoc? You know patches can include new graphics and stuff, which tend to be quite big files, atleast sometimes?

You think daoc patches are a pain in the ass to download? try Horizons. There you might have to dl a lot of updated files everyday and the patching server is kinda slow...

Verry simple reason... They'll have more bandwith for porn then ;(

 

[old.Whoodoo]

Fortunefish m8, sorry, I didnt mean to seem so angry, but lets face it, these days every other thread has te same result, do this or I quit.

I did give you and alternative idea for patching tho, OK, so you might have to wait on the post, but think about this too, even with Getright on 56k a 250Mb file is going to take you 2-3 days for it to get to you.

Why not ask on here if theres someone kind enough to do this whos local to you? Patch>burn to CD and meet up or sommit..