Avoiding long load time. - Guild Wars Forums

Carnivorous Cupcake · Sep 02, 2009, 12:05 PM // 12:05

Hi!

I decided to re-install Guild Wars today but certainly not looking forward to areas taking ages to load. I heard there is a way to avoid it but I dont know exactly how. So if anyone knows, please tell, thanks.

Elephantaliste · Sep 02, 2009, 12:22 PM // 12:22

Unless you have slow computer/connection, it is generally quite fast.

You can load all gw at once, with a specific command line option, check wiki.
Will probably take long but you can do it before playing gw.

bsoltan · Sep 02, 2009, 12:31 PM // 12:31

Check out the command line option -image:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/-image#-image

The instructions of how to use it are at the top of that page. It takes a little while but you can always close it to play and image it when you're not.

*Darcy* · Sep 02, 2009, 07:10 PM // 19:10

There is no way to avoid a long load time. You can either download whole .dat file (3.8GB) while you sleep or work or at school, using the -image command as linked above. Or you can live with a download every time you zone until you have downloaded all locations individually.

dylyn · Sep 07, 2009, 04:43 AM // 04:43

Actually, if you set up a second link that runs GW.exe with the "-image" option, you can run it every couple weeks to force it to download any new content. I do this & have noticed a definite shortening of load times afterward.

Sep 02, 2009, 12:05 PM // 12:05	#1
Carnivorous Cupcake Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2009 Guild: Lolrus League [lol] Profession: A/E	Avoiding long load time. Hi! I decided to re-install Guild Wars today but certainly not looking forward to areas taking ages to load. I heard there is a way to avoid it but I dont know exactly how. So if anyone knows, please tell, thanks.

Sep 02, 2009, 07:10 PM // 19:10	#4
Darcy Never Too Old Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests Guild: Order of First Profession: W/R	There is no way to avoid a long load time. You can either download whole .dat file (3.8GB) while you sleep or work or at school, using the -image command as linked above. Or you can live with a download every time you zone until you have downloaded all locations individually. __________________ That's me, the old stick-in-the-mud non-fun moderator. (and non-understanding, also)

Sep 02, 2009, 12:22 PM // 12:22	#2
Elephantaliste Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2008 Guild: adblockplus.or	Unless you have slow computer/connection, it is generally quite fast. You can load all gw at once, with a specific command line option, check wiki. Will probably take long but you can do it before playing gw.

Sep 02, 2009, 12:31 PM // 12:31	#3
bsoltan Site Contributor Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK Guild: [SoF]	Check out the command line option -image: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/-image#-image The instructions of how to use it are at the top of that page. It takes a little while but you can always close it to play and image it when you're not.

Sep 07, 2009, 04:43 AM // 04:43	#5
dylyn Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: western Massachusetts, USA Guild: Oscen Ex Merito [wAw] Profession: W/D	Actually, if you set up a second link that runs GW.exe with the "-image" option, you can run it every couple weeks to force it to download any new content. I do this & have noticed a definite shortening of load times afterward.