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Nasadaws · Jun 27, 2008, 06:03 AM // 06:03

What does it do?

Channeling_Monk · Jun 27, 2008, 06:10 AM // 06:10

It makes your client download the full GW.dat, reducing your load times to 0.

Nasadaws · Jun 27, 2008, 06:13 AM // 06:13

How would I do this?

Brianna · Jun 27, 2008, 06:40 AM // 06:40

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Forces the game to load a complete update.

Important: The program terminates after the update is completed; since Guild Wars will not be able run with this parameter on, make sure to remove it after all the content has been downloaded.
Downloading all the contents takes approximately 6 hours to complete at 150KB/s (broadband connection).

Recommended: Create an additional shortcut on your desktop to Guild Wars that is labeled "Guild Wars Updater" and has this command line switch.
Note: It's also possible to download all files simply by running the Guild Wars program and letting it "sit" on the login screen. You'll see a small lightning bolt near the bottom right corner that indicates downloading is in progress.

1. Right click on your Guild Wars shortcut and select 'Properties'.
2. In the 'Target Area' field you will see the location of your Guild Wars executable file: "..\Guild Wars\Gw.exe"
3. Write the desired command line arguments after the quote marks, each separated by a space:

"..\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -perf -windowed

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Command_Line

Icy The Mage · Jun 27, 2008, 06:44 AM // 06:44

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Note that it WILL take a very long time to download depending on your internet speed, as you're downloading the whole game in one go, so i suggest not doing it on a dial-up connection.

Nasadaws · Jun 27, 2008, 07:16 AM // 07:16

I don't have a dial up.

Channeling_Monk · Jun 27, 2008, 07:51 AM // 07:51

That's a good thing. If your GW.dat has nothing in it, or you've just installed the game, it takes about 30-40 minutes on DSL to finish. Every time you do it after that only takes a few seconds.

-image also decompresses the files in the dat. Useful if for some reason you can't load areas at all.

Etta · Jun 27, 2008, 08:04 AM // 08:04

It's also depending on which cd/dvd you're installing from. Guild Wars Platinum Edition (Prophecies + EOTN) will have the most up to date data (at the time of released) so you won't have to wait that long for the download.