Last update - Why so many files - Guild Wars Forums

jshetley1 · Jan 24, 2006, 07:44 AM // 07:44

I haven't played the game for about 2 months and guess now I never will again. I logged in tonight got updates just fine until starting one of my characters up. It then said I needed to download over 1500 files. Looks to be about 2-3 GIGS worth of files. No way to get these on a dailup connection. What in the world happened?

EF2NYD · Jan 24, 2006, 07:54 AM // 07:54

2 gigs worth...definitely not. I have almost everything updated and my files are roughly 1 gigabyte.

Here's a comparison:

Today: 1,230,709 KB

12/20/2005: 1,119,255 KB

jshetley1 · Jan 24, 2006, 08:03 AM // 08:03

I based that on fact that at 2mb it said I had 0% of the download. To me that ads up to over 2 gigs worth of new files. I reckon they want to get rid of dailup users. Well with me it worked. Goodbye.

romeo_longsword · Jan 24, 2006, 08:09 AM // 08:09

How about just leave it update over night?

jshetley1 · Jan 24, 2006, 08:14 AM // 08:14

If I'm right about the size of the download it will take about a week to get assuming I keep the connection going that long. NO way. Could this by any chance be a bug?

Dumeka · Jan 24, 2006, 08:21 AM // 08:21

Well I have a TDSL 2000 connection and so I can't say for myself that it took me long to update anything ever in gw.

Though I have a few 56k people in my Guild and I must say they had also no problems even with the factions weekend event.

Maybe you should run spybot and your antivir programms(update them first or run them before update if they won't update aswell) to see if any spyware is on your pc. I would also recommend (no matter if you have spyware, virus or not) to defrag your harddisk and check your internet connection.

Good Luck!

cagan · Jan 24, 2006, 09:16 AM // 09:16

If its making you download the factions stuff .. that was .. *maybe* 40 meg, and was about 1500 files if i recall correctly.

Do some checks as mentioned .. then, jsut let it try to download. While i've never noticed any major inaccuracies with the guildwars one, i believe it should always be a general rule that you never just *believe* a download timer. Take them as a rough guide at best, and downright fallacies at worst.

Check your guildwars folder size and compare. Mine is .. 1.5 gig, and i'd find it highly unlikely that for some reason you would be singled out to have a massive download that noone else gets.

One possibility perhaps, is that your installation has become corrupted, and the game is trying to dl everything from scratch. If this seems like a possibility, then reinstall the game to save some time, and let it go from there whilst you go do something else.

fallot · Jan 24, 2006, 09:51 AM // 09:51

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Originally Posted by jshetley1

I based that on fact that at 2mb it said I had 0% of the download. To me that ads up to over 2 gigs worth of new files. I reckon they want to get rid of dailup users. Well with me it worked. Goodbye.

The % on that bar renews itself very late, you cant tell how much the update has progressed by looking at that. The most you can expect the update to take is an hour or maybe two (on dial-up).

By the way, the game barely scratches the 1 gig mark, do you really think they'd add 200% of game content for a preview event ?

Loviatar · Jan 24, 2006, 03:39 PM // 15:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by jshetley1

I based that on fact that at 2mb it said I had 0% of the download. To me that ads up to over 2 gigs worth of new files. I reckon they want to get rid of dailup users. Well with me it worked. Goodbye.

my initial big dl was 12 meg.

after that there were several that added up to another 4-6 meg

check other dial up threads and most of them took from 2-4 hours at around 36-42k depending on how much needed to be dl

i am assuming you are using a downloader that will automatically reconnect and resume instead of starting over?

ALSO

check your connection stats to be sure you are actually downloading material instead of simply hanging and not downloading at all

jshetley1 · Jan 24, 2006, 07:08 PM // 19:08

I finally got into the game last night after about an hour. Still having to download files for each place on the map though these are not very big taking 10-15 min each. Thinking about getting dsl internet later on. That would help a lot.

onyo · Jan 24, 2006, 10:02 PM // 22:02

i have 26.4kbps dialup and it took a while to dl it (about 5 hours/15mb). But with the % that someone was saying, min egot to about 7mb then the %completed jumped to 50%... so look to the mb dld, and not the % or files left for accuracy

EF2NYD · Jan 24, 2006, 10:21 PM // 22:21

The status bar is not a download bar. The first half or so is for downloading, the rest is for decompressing and processing by your computer.

Pevil Lihatuh · Jan 24, 2006, 10:48 PM // 22:48

i downloaded the update last night. it was around 5mb. The first few files take a while to download (on a 2mb connection) and the last 1000+ went by in no time.

LifeInfusion · Jan 25, 2006, 01:58 AM // 01:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by EF2NYD

2 gigs worth...definitely not. I have almost everything updated and my files are roughly 1 gigabyte.

Here's a comparison:

Today: 1,230,709 KB

12/20/2005: 1,119,255 KB

Maybe you haven't been to everywhere. Mine is roughly 1.45 GB and I haven't been to the depths of Underworld (only about half of it).

fiery · Jan 25, 2006, 02:05 AM // 02:05

guessing the guy missed out on PVP weekend assasin and ritualists

Pevil Lihatuh · Jan 25, 2006, 11:33 AM // 11:33

heh my file is 1.18 gig, been *most* places.

I hate when guild wars updates. They ALWAYS look huge (like when you first enter Augury rock, its around 2000 files to download) but the files are usually tiny tiny things.

boxterduke · Jan 25, 2006, 01:33 PM // 13:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by jshetley1

I finally got into the game last night after about an hour. Still having to download files for each place on the map though these are not very big taking 10-15 min each. Thinking about getting dsl internet later on. That would help a lot.

Here you go, now we are talking.

The update was just to download the new areas and modifications to the game because of the new chapter coming out.

Once you are done upadting then you should be fine, well untill the next major update is available.

A piece of advice, after you login and have the time or doing stuff around the house, go into each town and let it download the files. This way you do not have to wait for it while actually playing the game.

=HT=Ingram · Jan 25, 2006, 02:57 PM // 14:57

it depends on if his gw.dat file got corrupted which happens a lot it seems on windows XP machines... I normally back up my GW directory after a large update just in case...

Best advise reinstall the game from the cd... then do the smaller regional updates. in your case it will be the Sorrows furnace update, and the PvP update from the last event... Basically ... Lions arch will take a while to load and War camp will take a while to load. maybe Droknars and Iron mines as well... rest should be very minor. but all in all no where near as large as a full rebuild of the GW.dat file... I have no idea why MS is always fussing with .dat files but when they do it really makes a mess... So I always have a backup of mine on another server to transfer if it does...

just a thought.. good luck.

Ingram.

Jan 24, 2006, 07:44 AM // 07:44	#1
jshetley1 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2005	Last update - Why so many files I haven't played the game for about 2 months and guess now I never will again. I logged in tonight got updates just fine until starting one of my characters up. It then said I needed to download over 1500 files. Looks to be about 2-3 GIGS worth of files. No way to get these on a dailup connection. What in the world happened?

Jan 24, 2006, 09:16 AM // 09:16	#7
cagan Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: Me/Mo	If its making you download the factions stuff .. that was .. maybe 40 meg, and was about 1500 files if i recall correctly. Do some checks as mentioned .. then, jsut let it try to download. While i've never noticed any major inaccuracies with the guildwars one, i believe it should always be a general rule that you never just believe a download timer. Take them as a rough guide at best, and downright fallacies at worst. Check your guildwars folder size and compare. Mine is .. 1.5 gig, and i'd find it highly unlikely that for some reason you would be singled out to have a massive download that noone else gets. One possibility perhaps, is that your installation has become corrupted, and the game is trying to dl everything from scratch. If this seems like a possibility, then reinstall the game to save some time, and let it go from there whilst you go do something else. Last edited by cagan; Jan 24, 2006 at 09:23 AM // 09:23..

Jan 24, 2006, 07:54 AM // 07:54	#2
EF2NYD Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jun 2005	2 gigs worth...definitely not. I have almost everything updated and my files are roughly 1 gigabyte. Here's a comparison: Today: 1,230,709 KB 12/20/2005: 1,119,255 KB

Jan 24, 2006, 08:03 AM // 08:03	#3
jshetley1 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2005	I based that on fact that at 2mb it said I had 0% of the download. To me that ads up to over 2 gigs worth of new files. I reckon they want to get rid of dailup users. Well with me it worked. Goodbye.

Jan 24, 2006, 08:09 AM // 08:09	#4
romeo_longsword Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: United Kingdom - London, China - Hong Kong Profession: R/	How about just leave it update over night?

Jan 24, 2006, 08:14 AM // 08:14	#5
jshetley1 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2005	If I'm right about the size of the download it will take about a week to get assuming I keep the connection going that long. NO way. Could this by any chance be a bug?

Jan 24, 2006, 08:21 AM // 08:21	#6
Dumeka Academy Page Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Germany Guild: Lords Of Blood Profession: N/Me	Well I have a TDSL 2000 connection and so I can't say for myself that it took me long to update anything ever in gw. Though I have a few 56k people in my Guild and I must say they had also no problems even with the factions weekend event. Maybe you should run spybot and your antivir programms(update them first or run them before update if they won't update aswell) to see if any spyware is on your pc. I would also recommend (no matter if you have spyware, virus or not) to defrag your harddisk and check your internet connection. Good Luck!

Jan 24, 2006, 07:08 PM // 19:08	#10
jshetley1 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2005	I finally got into the game last night after about an hour. Still having to download files for each place on the map though these are not very big taking 10-15 min each. Thinking about getting dsl internet later on. That would help a lot.

Jan 24, 2006, 10:02 PM // 22:02	#11
onyo Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2006	i have 26.4kbps dialup and it took a while to dl it (about 5 hours/15mb). But with the % that someone was saying, min egot to about 7mb then the %completed jumped to 50%... so look to the mb dld, and not the % or files left for accuracy

Jan 24, 2006, 10:21 PM // 22:21	#12
EF2NYD Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jun 2005	The status bar is not a download bar. The first half or so is for downloading, the rest is for decompressing and processing by your computer.

Jan 24, 2006, 10:48 PM // 22:48	#13
Pevil Lihatuh Jungle Guide Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Yorkshire, UK Profession: R/Me	i downloaded the update last night. it was around 5mb. The first few files take a while to download (on a 2mb connection) and the last 1000+ went by in no time.

Jan 25, 2006, 02:05 AM // 02:05	#15
fiery Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: maryland Guild: InYurFace Gaming [IYF] Profession: R/	guessing the guy missed out on PVP weekend assasin and ritualists

Jan 25, 2006, 11:33 AM // 11:33	#16
Pevil Lihatuh Jungle Guide Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Yorkshire, UK Profession: R/Me	heh my file is 1.18 gig, been most places. I hate when guild wars updates. They ALWAYS look huge (like when you first enter Augury rock, its around 2000 files to download) but the files are usually tiny tiny things.

Jan 25, 2006, 02:57 PM // 14:57	#18
=HT=Ingram Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Anchorage Alaska Guild: Haz Team [HT] Profession: R/W	it depends on if his gw.dat file got corrupted which happens a lot it seems on windows XP machines... I normally back up my GW directory after a large update just in case... Best advise reinstall the game from the cd... then do the smaller regional updates. in your case it will be the Sorrows furnace update, and the PvP update from the last event... Basically ... Lions arch will take a while to load and War camp will take a while to load. maybe Droknars and Iron mines as well... rest should be very minor. but all in all no where near as large as a full rebuild of the GW.dat file... I have no idea why MS is always fussing with .dat files but when they do it really makes a mess... So I always have a backup of mine on another server to transfer if it does... just a thought.. good luck. Ingram.