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cheaterbeater · Mar 26, 2008, 12:01 AM // 00:01

Hey my game is going really slow, like when iam trying to zone in and it says i have to download the map it seriously takes almost 30 minuets i dont understand its really weird.

any suggestions?

Thanks,

Jeff

mr_groovy · Mar 26, 2008, 12:04 AM // 00:04

try using -image command.

Copy your short-cut to gw. Go to properties.
Change "c:\program files\guildwars\gw.exe" to "c:\program files\guildwars\gw.exe" -image.
It will download all maps + uncompress it. Also real good idea to write the install folder to a dvd, when temporary uninstalling the game. This will save you loading on the next install.

Next time ask this in the Q&A section.

Terraban · Mar 26, 2008, 12:06 AM // 00:06

When theres no logical explanation...

Vista?

Maybe some of your RAM took a poop?

Processor is overheating causing it to slow itself down severely?

cheaterbeater · Mar 26, 2008, 12:07 AM // 00:07

wait wait groovy you confused me so i took my shortcut and changed the target to c:\program files\guildwars\gw.exe, but it says invaled target path..

cheaterbeater · Mar 26, 2008, 12:08 AM // 00:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terraban

When theres no logical explanation...

Vista?

Maybe some of your RAM took a poop?

Processor is overheating causing it to slow itself down severely?

xp pro

ram is fine checked it

processor is fine,

all my other games run fine.

Terraban · Mar 26, 2008, 12:08 AM // 00:08

It won't be that if it is an old install....it just downloads all of the maps and stuff. If it is an old install you should already have them.

cheaterbeater · Mar 26, 2008, 12:10 AM // 00:10

thats the thing it just started trying to download all that stuff again its really making me mad :/

Terraban · Mar 26, 2008, 12:12 AM // 00:12

make a shortcut for guild wars.
Right click on shortcut and go to properties
Click on the shortcut tab
In the Target box, add -image after the quotation marks.
Run the shortcut and leave it running all night.

cheaterbeater · Mar 26, 2008, 12:14 AM // 00:14

the name "C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe"-image specified in the target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct.

cheaterbeater · Mar 26, 2008, 12:15 AM // 00:15

it says iam having to download 19,000 different files... isnt that a little big for a map?

Terraban · Mar 26, 2008, 12:17 AM // 00:17

it is everything in the entire game...just as if you went to every single area in the game and downloaded the map.

Hence why I said leave it run all night.

cheaterbeater · Mar 26, 2008, 12:18 AM // 00:18

no i didnt run the -image shortcut this is just the noraml game... i did this like a week ago when i did a fresh reinstall.... why would it be making me do it again?

cheaterbeater · Mar 26, 2008, 12:28 AM // 00:28

anyone else have any suggestions as to how i can solve this issue?

Risus · Mar 26, 2008, 12:31 AM // 00:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheaterbeater

xp pro

ram is fine checked it

processor is fine,

all my other games run fine.

This happens to me my first load on a friends PC.
This is my explanation:
Game has to load up all game commands, terrains, textures, sounds, special animations, and features.

Cutscenes take forever first time cause it loads like 20MB up.

mr_groovy · Mar 26, 2008, 12:43 AM // 00:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheaterbeater

it says iam having to download 19,000 different files... isnt that a little big for a map?

See you have to download because you did a reinstall >.>

Just do the -image overnight. Then write the gw.dat to a dvd. No more load times

Ku Ku · Mar 26, 2008, 12:27 PM // 12:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheaterbeater

thats the thing it just started trying to download all that stuff again its really making me mad :/

sounds like your .dat has gotten courrpted somehow - it happened to me loads when my ram was on its way out. Move your current .dat and run an image.exe overnight to install a fresh one and see if that helps.