Loading screen downloader

Viiper

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2007

Reinstalled guild wars, got me to dl a 150mb ~ patch then I log in, click on character and it starts a loading screen down loader.

Its @ 10mb so for with 0% done and 14,816 files remaining.

Any idea how long will this take?

Isileth

Isileth

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

R/W

Use -image and leave it running while you go do something else.

If your on a slow connection leave it overnight.

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

It can take a bit, just depends on how fast your connection is.

Vulkanyaz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Burn .dat and then

install > copy the old .dat over the new one > play

Viiper

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Vulkanyaz
Burn .dat and then

install > copy the old .dat over the new one > play
Quote:
Originally Posted by Isileth
Use -image and leave it running while you go do something else.

If your on a slow connection leave it overnight.
What are you talking about?

Coridan

Coridan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

US

Old Married Gamers {OMG}

W/

^^you said you reinstalled...so does that mean you still have your old GW.dat file...if so copy and paste it into the new directory...if not try using the -image switch to download the entire game file from GW then you will not have to worry about it.

Etta

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

^lol don't worry about it, seeing that you've already dl the update. Stopping it half-way might cause the file to corrupt. Anyway "-image" is a shot cut use to download all of the gw data in one sitting. Look up on tech faqs for the instruction.

Burn .dat mean you back up the gw.dat file, yes the 3gb+ file from your gw folder on a dvd. When you need to reinstall for whatever reason just swap the .dat file out. Also work on a new pc as well.

As for how long the dl will take, that's depend on your connection.

CyberMesh0

CyberMesh0

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Charter Vanguard [CV]

N/Me

My cable connection can download the entire archive in about 6 hours, that's 3.7 gb. Again, it's connection dependent.

Nemo the Capitalist

Nemo the Capitalist

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Trust me you dont want to know my Chasms of Despair

Zaishen Brotherhood

N/Me

my dialupo...56 k connection can dl 10,000 files ever 18 hrs.....GGG


as stated above it all depends on your cable conenction

Viiper

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2007

Bump, how do i download all the maps @ once.. give me a basic step through please.

Yanman.be

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

"G:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image

Make your shortcut look like that, replace the drive with w/e you have.

Viiper

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2007

And it will automatically download them all when i make the shortcut that?

Earth

Earth

Always Outnumbered

Join Date: Jul 2006

Yes, it will, -image enables you to download all files in one go, so you don't have to download things when you load into a new area.

Dante the Warlord

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/R

Well from personal experience the first and seconds loads are always the longest.