Downloading Full Client??? [not wanting to get game in 20MB pieces while i play]
silvertemplar
I bought an account online [same price as box @ playNC] and thus all i got was a key and the 72KB client setup. Everything works and i can play, but now the game downloads 10-50MB on -every- new area change. This is very disruptive and annoying. Does anyone know where i can at least semi complete .dat file or installation so i can just put it through the night and play in peace the next day??
jako
Yea, afew of my friends have the same problem. I suggest you write in to Guild war support and hopefully they will add a full client download for ppl who bought the serial key online when there are many people who request for it.
adam.skinner
Perhaps someone would be kind enough to put an torrent up of the iso.
Slade xTekno
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Perhaps someone would be kind enough to put an torrent up of the iso.
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Even better, try to find someone in the area who has the game and borrow their CD. No CD key is required to install, so it shouldn't be too hard.
Tyrius
Try the downlaod client at the guild wars homepage?
silvertemplar
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But yea, i guess i'll look out for a torrent, or just copy it from someone.
Obviously it's a great way to add new content i assume. They can slip in a new zone 'on-the-fly' . That i won't mind, but the entire game streamed to me in this manner is a bit much :P
Loviatar
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Originally Posted by silvertemplar
That is what i'm using. It is only a small file which downloads bits and pieces of the game as you go along. Problem is , if i'm in a group and we enter a new zone then they need to wait 10-20 minutes for me to download the entire area first.
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have them do something else for 10 minutes and when it is done you can all jump together
Vynn
@Loviatar
When you are in a party with someone and when you transfer to a different area the others follow with you and are automatically transfered as well. At least that's how it works when I adventure with other people
I bought the game so I don't have a problem, just curious that's all
When you are in a party with someone and when you transfer to a different area the others follow with you and are automatically transfered as well. At least that's how it works when I adventure with other people
I bought the game so I don't have a problem, just curious that's all
rocketspeed
Did this issue ever get resolved?
I have the same problem (I am downloading an area as I type) and it's really wearing thin.
I have the same problem (I am downloading an area as I type) and it's really wearing thin.
MegaMouse
This is for all the newest of us to Guild wars. When you install the game whether it be from the online store or from a cd, the only info put onto your computer is the main client and maybe the maps for the particular chapters cd you used to install. Now when first start Guild Wars it will have tto get several dozen (even more sometimes) updates from NC-Soft pertaining to the client on your computer. Here is where it gets tricky. The servers do not load everything that Guild Wars has to offer, they only load what you need at the moment to play, that is why when ever you go into an area that you have never explored you get to download more content. The servers are updating on the fly what you need at that moment. It has been this way from the start and can get rather funny when in a group their may be one or more players that do not immediatly load into the map, speculation can run rampant at the cost of the player downloading the content. usualy it is meant as fun jestering and I have been in several groups that joked the whole time on who has the fastest connection, but this was all in good fun. Pretty much we all wish that there was a way to get the whole game downloaded onto or computers to alleviate the Downloading, but I feel this is the best way to do it as it can conserve the limited bandwidth available.
Mega Mouse
Mega Mouse
sykoone
Even if you install from the cd, you are still required to download a majority of the content. The best way to do this is to add the -image switch to the end of the command line. This will download all files and fully update your client. The process will take over an hour for a fresh install, even moreso if your internet connection is slow. To add the switch, just right-click on the shortcut to GW, and in the target line type -image. Once the download is finished, you need to remove the switch in order to run the game.
To force download all files, he target box should read:
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image
To force download all files, he target box should read:
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image
Lonesamurai
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Originally Posted by MegaMouse
This is for all the newest of us to Guild wars. When you install the game whether it be from the online store or from a cd, the only info put onto your computer is the main client and maybe the maps for the particular chapters cd you used to install. Now when first start Guild Wars it will have tto get several dozen (even more sometimes) updates from NC-Soft pertaining to the client on your computer. Here is where it gets tricky. The servers do not load everything that Guild Wars has to offer, they only load what you need at the moment to play, that is why when ever you go into an area that you have never explored you get to download more content. The servers are updating on the fly what you need at that moment. It has been this way from the start and can get rather funny when in a group their may be one or more players that do not immediatly load into the map, speculation can run rampant at the cost of the player downloading the content. usualy it is meant as fun jestering and I have been in several groups that joked the whole time on who has the fastest connection, but this was all in good fun. Pretty much we all wish that there was a way to get the whole game downloaded onto or computers to alleviate the Downloading, but I feel this is the best way to do it as it can conserve the limited bandwidth available.
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If you install the client, it then downloads ALL map/skin/model/texture information for all chapters, wether you have the chapter or not...
If you only have prophecies, you have on your client all the data from Factions and nightfall aswell, you just can't get to it as its locked until you enter the right keys
Coloneh
i had this problem on my laptop, and there is a very simple solution. leave your GW client running overnight. you dont even need to be logged in. it will decompress and download all the files you are missing.
Heimdallw32
Sorry, but MegaMouse is right; When I bought Prophecies last March, it only installed less than a meg from the disk, and needed to download everything else when I needed it. As in, whenever I entered an area I hadn't been to before, or I loaded an area with someone who had a skill or a weapon that I hadn't seen before. Took me about a day to download Pre-Searing, then another several hours to download Post-Searing Ascalon City...after that loads were fairly short, usually at most 10-20 minutes...
Then I got Nightfall, and it had to load a ton of stuff for a few hours. Then I hit the Consulate Docks, and again, another hour of downloading.
So uh, yeah...maybe the -old- clients from the old CDs had a fair amount of content, but what they're selling now on both the CDs (I got two CDs and all it installed was 700kb from them! >_>) and online is the bare minimum for the client.
Then I got Nightfall, and it had to load a ton of stuff for a few hours. Then I hit the Consulate Docks, and again, another hour of downloading.
So uh, yeah...maybe the -old- clients from the old CDs had a fair amount of content, but what they're selling now on both the CDs (I got two CDs and all it installed was 700kb from them! >_>) and online is the bare minimum for the client.
Kuldebar Valiturus
The FASTEST way to eliminate download waits when zoning:
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image
Do this once and go do something else for a while. before bed, work school etc.
LET's not make this complicated.
-image as stated in an earlier post will force all data to be updated your client. Once that's done: NO MORE Extended load screens.
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image
Do this once and go do something else for a while. before bed, work school etc.
LET's not make this complicated.
-image as stated in an earlier post will force all data to be updated your client. Once that's done: NO MORE Extended load screens.
Lonesamurai
Firstly, heres the Client
Download and install that, then when installed, make a copy of the desktop icon
On the copy icon, right click and goto properties and in the Target box, you'll find "D:\Games\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" or similar
now add -image on the end of that so you have
"D:\Games\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image
and then click apply and OK
Double click this icon and it will open the download client and start to download all the information your missing and then decompress it all so you can access it quicker
This will download ALL the game information, even for chapters you don't have, so that as soon as you enter other chapter keys you can hop to other chapters straight away
There you go, I knew copying and pasting this info into a notepad file was a good idea
Download and install that, then when installed, make a copy of the desktop icon
On the copy icon, right click and goto properties and in the Target box, you'll find "D:\Games\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" or similar
now add -image on the end of that so you have
"D:\Games\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image
and then click apply and OK
Double click this icon and it will open the download client and start to download all the information your missing and then decompress it all so you can access it quicker
This will download ALL the game information, even for chapters you don't have, so that as soon as you enter other chapter keys you can hop to other chapters straight away
There you go, I knew copying and pasting this info into a notepad file was a good idea
Lonesamurai
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Originally Posted by Heimdallw32
Sorry, but MegaMouse is right; When I bought Prophecies last March, it only installed less than a meg from the disk, and needed to download everything else when I needed it. As in, whenever I entered an area I hadn't been to before, or I loaded an area with someone who had a skill or a weapon that I hadn't seen before. Took me about a day to download Pre-Searing, then another several hours to download Post-Searing Ascalon City...after that loads were fairly short, usually at most 10-20 minutes...
Then I got Nightfall, and it had to load a ton of stuff for a few hours. Then I hit the Consulate Docks, and again, another hour of downloading. So uh, yeah...maybe the -old- clients from the old CDs had a fair amount of content, but what they're selling now on both the CDs (I got two CDs and all it installed was 700kb from them! >_>) and online is the bare minimum for the client. |
If you image the game it will download everything straight away, however, when you goto the log in screen, it downloads the bare essentials for ALL Chapters, then when you first goto a new location downloads the textures, etc for that map, but the information is already there, it just needs to download and decompress the textures for you then, but the information for ALL areas in the game are downloaded at the beginning on the character selection screen
but the client ALWAYS downloads ALL game information and that includes all chapters! This has been confirmed by Gaile and Alex on many occasions!
AW Lore
if you do the image thing, then yes it will download everything.
but if you just download the client,install it, it will then install the game mechanic and stuff, it will download core content like skills, pvp arenas, etc.
if you move from one chapter to another, without using the -image, you will be downloading the areas as you move. the client will download most of the areas, but it wont download urgoz if you only have Nightfall, unless you do the -image, then it will download urgoz
but if you just download the client,install it, it will then install the game mechanic and stuff, it will download core content like skills, pvp arenas, etc.
if you move from one chapter to another, without using the -image, you will be downloading the areas as you move. the client will download most of the areas, but it wont download urgoz if you only have Nightfall, unless you do the -image, then it will download urgoz
Ashleigh McMahon
Don't worry- the download sizes get smaller every time with the exception of towns. I wouldn't use a torrent-may contain viruses/spyware.
KamikazeChicken
Right click on your GW icon, and change the Target command line to have -image at the end. You'll download and decompress EVERYTHING in one sitting. It'll take a lot of time to complete, but it'll stop the downloading inbetween areas.
NOTE: I'd suggest creating a second GW shortcut and naming it Update because it's easier than removing/adding -image from/to the command line for every update.
NOTE: I'd suggest creating a second GW shortcut and naming it Update because it's easier than removing/adding -image from/to the command line for every update.
MegaMouse
I personaly have checked into this and unless you use the "-image" command the only thing that the disc installs is the main connection client and simple character data, and map details for the begining of the chapter that you bought. Using the "-image" command forces a download of almost all data that pertains to the chapter that yo currently have. But even then there may be some data that will download as you go into a new area, or like one of the other posters said if someone in your group has some piece of equipment that you haven't seen yet in the game. Until you visit each area you only have the basic data about the maps and the characters. Once you have visited an area then there might be a couple files that you will have to download especialy if they added something to the map. If I know I haven't ben to a particular area or mission in a while then I will go into it wiht henchies to load the content then cut out to join a group making the wait for the group less (unless someone else hasn't been there yet). Too date the Guild Wars main file is about 2.1 to 3 gigs well over what a couple cd's can hold and that depends upon how many screencaps you have taken, the main data file should be in the range of 2.1 to 2.2 gigs thatsit.
Mega Mouse
Mega Mouse
Arteful Dodger
OK, I've read all the posts here and I'm a bit confused. I posted a question earlier and thought I had it straight but now I'm not so sure.
I'm thinking of getting a new CPU. On my current system, I installed tbe Prophecies and Factions campaign from CD's that I purchased at a retail store. Nightfall I bought from the online store and got immediate access.
The question I asked in my earlier post was that if I do buy a new computer, do I have to reinstall Prophecies and Factions in order to play GW on the new computer. The reply I received for that post was that all I had to do if I did get a new computer was run the small client program that would allow me to log in to my GW account with my user name and password and I would have access to everything in my account and the game as if I was still using the old computer.
So I guess what I'm trying to ask is, is that true and if so am I going to experience the long load times some people were experiencing in this post?
I'm thinking of getting a new CPU. On my current system, I installed tbe Prophecies and Factions campaign from CD's that I purchased at a retail store. Nightfall I bought from the online store and got immediate access.
The question I asked in my earlier post was that if I do buy a new computer, do I have to reinstall Prophecies and Factions in order to play GW on the new computer. The reply I received for that post was that all I had to do if I did get a new computer was run the small client program that would allow me to log in to my GW account with my user name and password and I would have access to everything in my account and the game as if I was still using the old computer.
So I guess what I'm trying to ask is, is that true and if so am I going to experience the long load times some people were experiencing in this post?
KamikazeChicken
Arteful, you'll have to either copy/paste your gw.dat file from the old computer to the new one or re download the entire thing. Either way you'll have full access to your account.
Loviatar
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check your data files on your install discs and it is 1.5 GIGS more or less.
EDIT..........THAT IS COMPRESSED ON DISC GIGS.....on your drive decompressed is larger
WHEN DECOMPRESSED it is much larger on your drive
as for not installing anything not needed right now explain how i can just leave it at the login screen and download more than a GIG of not need now data.
Heimdallw32
Some people arn't reading...I never said the -image command doesn't work. Of course it does.
What I said was that when you install GW from a disk, it ONLY installs under a megabyte. This is a fact, this is what happened when -I- personally installed it. The rest, I had to download. Despite having -two- disks. It never even asked for the second disk.
-image is -downloading-. Installing from the CD is not. These are two seperate things.
Installing the client before you -image or fire up the client for the first time -only- installs a slight amount of data. The rest is downloaded. Anyone who says otherwise apparently hasn't read that -this is precisely what happened to me-. I am not hallucinating, thank you very much. I would appreciate not being called a liar when I'm stating my own experiences.
Yes, the data on the disks is quite a bit. But it simply does not copy it to your hard drive. That's how it is. The rest comes from the internet. Maybe the Factions and Nightfall installers on their respective CDs are better with that, but the Prophecies installer is not.
-image is the only way I've found that gets more than around 780kb after installation.
What I said was that when you install GW from a disk, it ONLY installs under a megabyte. This is a fact, this is what happened when -I- personally installed it. The rest, I had to download. Despite having -two- disks. It never even asked for the second disk.
-image is -downloading-. Installing from the CD is not. These are two seperate things.
Installing the client before you -image or fire up the client for the first time -only- installs a slight amount of data. The rest is downloaded. Anyone who says otherwise apparently hasn't read that -this is precisely what happened to me-. I am not hallucinating, thank you very much. I would appreciate not being called a liar when I'm stating my own experiences.
Yes, the data on the disks is quite a bit. But it simply does not copy it to your hard drive. That's how it is. The rest comes from the internet. Maybe the Factions and Nightfall installers on their respective CDs are better with that, but the Prophecies installer is not.
-image is the only way I've found that gets more than around 780kb after installation.
Arteful Dodger
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Arteful, you'll have to either copy/paste your gw.dat file from the old computer to the new one or re download the entire thing. Either way you'll have full access to your account.
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If I don't copy/paste my gw.dat file to the new computer then the first time I log into my account it will download all my account information to the new computer. And from that point on there should be no long loading periods like has been discussed here? I'm I understanding that correctly?
Loviatar
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all 3 (three) chapters of data are downloaded even if you do not have that chapter (s)
from your statement you do not have Factions or Nightfall .
since they came out after your disc was stamped you have to get the rest by download.
i did a reinstall recently from the Nightfall DVD and only had a small update plus the event download.
it installs everything on the cd/dvd to prevent the slow dial up connection person from downloading for a week 24/7 just to get the data right there on the disc.
if it wont be installed why have it there in the first place?
KamikazeChicken
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Originally Posted by Arteful Dodger
If I don't copy/paste my gw.dat file to the new computer then the first time I log into my account it will download all my account information to the new computer. And from that point on there should be no long loading periods like has been discussed here? I'm I understanding that correctly?
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Just stick the gw.dat file on a portable hdd and put it on the new computer. It'll save you tons of time.
Arteful Dodger
Thanks for the info Kam.
I don't have another HD to save the .dat file to so looks like I'll have a large download once I run the client and long on to my account the first time on the new system. But once that big initial download is complete that should be the end of it except for the future updates from Anet.
Thanks again.
I don't have another HD to save the .dat file to so looks like I'll have a large download once I run the client and long on to my account the first time on the new system. But once that big initial download is complete that should be the end of it except for the future updates from Anet.
Thanks again.
Loviatar
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that is what everybody else seems to do.
and the client is tiny and the same for all chapters.
all the rest is server side data
Arteful Dodger
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BURN THE DAT TO A DVD AND COPY IT TO THE NEW GW FOLDER
that is what everybody else seems to do. and the client is tiny and the same for all chapters. all the rest is server side data |
Thanks to all.
sh4d0whunta
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Originally Posted by silvertemplar
That is what i'm using. It is only a small file which downloads bits and pieces of the game as you go along. Problem is , if i'm in a group and we enter a new zone then they need to wait 10-20 minutes for me to download the entire area first. Not quite what i had in mind. I rather turn it on, and let it download 2GB all at once through the night than taking a coffee break every other area.
But yea, i guess i'll look out for a torrent, or just copy it from someone. Obviously it's a great way to add new content i assume. They can slip in a new zone 'on-the-fly' . That i won't mind, but the entire game streamed to me in this manner is a bit much :P |
billypowergamer
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Originally Posted by MegaMouse
Using the "-image" command forces a download of almost all data that pertains to the chapter that yo currently have. But even then there may be some data that will download as you go into a new area, or like one of the other posters said if someone in your group has some piece of equipment that you haven't seen yet in the game.
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Sword
dont know if thids has been covered:
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image
assuming that that is where your gw.exe is located
be prepared to go afk for several hours while it downloads though
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image
assuming that that is where your gw.exe is located
be prepared to go afk for several hours while it downloads though
Lonesamurai
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Originally Posted by billypowergamer
Your still a little off there, -image downloads ALL CURRENT data, regardless of which game you have. Keep in mind that there are updates on a regular basis, and most areas/items get updated in some small way during these updates. This is why your having to download data when you go to some areas after a full update. The only way to stop this from happening is run the -image command after every time they do an update. Personally, I have my -image on a schedule that runs once a week to grab any new updates that come up, so the only time I have to wait for any downloads is when they do emergency updates.
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But I have the Image icon in my start up incase theres been an upadte that I've missed whilst I've been asleep/at work