Curse

ubrikkean · Oct 30, 2006, 02:38 PM // 14:38

I thought I'd do a cleaning to make sure my gw.dat file was the right size. I had done a -image before and it was a little under 5 GB. I deleted gw.dat, and ran a new -image. I ended up with 7.12 GB instead. Clearly not all those files are still necessary, because it told me I had all the current files decompressed back when the .dat was 5 GB. How do I get rid of whatever extra stuff is now there? The original idea had been to remove any extra old files.

english storm · Oct 30, 2006, 03:03 PM // 15:03

there seems to be a bug when you download updates at a very slow speed. When ever i try, and it's going very slow the dat file always ends up a few gig to big. I always make sure i download the dat file when the server is likely to be less busy and it normally ends up at the correct size.

ubrikkean · Oct 30, 2006, 03:45 PM // 15:45

Well, with Nightfall just out, it seems unlikely that I'll find a time when the server isn't busy. :/

EternalTempest · Oct 30, 2006, 07:24 PM // 19:24

It's a bug, it should be around 3. There was a post about it (what happened was faction would load 2 copies if it's own data files) somewhere in this forum and how to fix it.

Found it: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10057470