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Echo Ecko x

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Somewhere Drinking Moutain Dew..

R/Me

04 Apr 2006 at 00:18 - 1

Right befre you log in, at the top by the minimize, it has the little symbol, and then, XX.Xmb. What is that for?

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

04 Apr 2006 at 00:20 - 2

Quote:

Originally Posted by Echo Ecko x

Right befre you log in, at the top by the minimize, it has the little symbol, and then, XX.Xmb. What is that for?

that is the amount of content you are downloading.

doskir

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

04 Apr 2006 at 00:20 - 3

tells you how much you downloaded while logging in (factions content mainly)

Echo Ecko x

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Somewhere Drinking Moutain Dew..

R/Me

04 Apr 2006 at 00:29 - 4

Oh well, right now. Its at like 17mb. Its just sitting there, so I get time on Xfire, because i played it while xfire was off a fwe times.

TheMosesPHD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oregon

Mo Mo Patty Blinks [MoMo]

R/

04 Apr 2006 at 00:42 - 5

Whenever there is new content available, GW will try to stream it onto your computer whenever it can to help shorten the length of the downloading/loading screen when you zone into a new area. While you're in game it looks for opportunities to use latent bandwidth to download the files in the background, but when you idle at the login screen, it uses as much bandwidth as it can to download any new files you don't have on your computer yet. So, if you see that lightning bolt with the X.XXMB next to it, it might be a good idea to let it sit there for a minute or two to let it download stuff for you.

Lateralus

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Mo

04 Apr 2006 at 05:31 - 6

Is it bad if it goes up to 38.MB like mine?

d4nowar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/

04 Apr 2006 at 05:33 - 7

If the GW client is downloading it, its never a bad thing. That just means faster loading time in the future.

Lateralus

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Mo

04 Apr 2006 at 05:42 - 8

Oh, well, everytime i see it I think 'Oh shit... lost my conection AGAIN' because I usualy do.

NatalieD

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

04 Apr 2006 at 07:24 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by d4nowar

If the GW client is downloading it, its never a bad thing.

Except when it causes the game to lag. Which is most times, for me.

ArisB

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

LowLand Lions

W/Mo

04 Apr 2006 at 10:06 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lateralus

Is it bad if it goes up to 38.MB like mine?

Mine went over 300 mb

Haggard

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Urmston, Manchester, UK

Greener Pastures [DVDF]

W/Rt

04 Apr 2006 at 11:24 - 11

and I thought 180MB of it was high

ArisB

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

LowLand Lions

W/Mo

04 Apr 2006 at 12:33 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haggard

and I thought 180MB of it was high

Remove the game, download the client from www.guildwars.com
and install that.
It must download everything then

Echo Ecko x

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Somewhere Drinking Moutain Dew..

R/Me

05 Apr 2006 at 08:57 - 13

Well, I got it to like 25mb. But i have shit internet

Whispering Siren

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maryland

05 Apr 2006 at 16:38 - 14

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArisB

Remove the game, download the client from www.guildwars.com
and install that.
It must download everything then

if you do that, it's almost 1 gb of files...

October Jade

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

drifting between Indiana and NorCal

06 Apr 2006 at 11:44 - 15

As of two days ago, it was 1,016 MB...a few hours of downloading, but nothing terrible. Just let the client run minimized.