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Curse You · Jul 18, 2007, 01:41 AM // 01:41

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Originally Posted by Muspellsheimr

Because you are wrong maybe? The cd's contain the full game (before all the updates), meaning if you install off the cd, you do not have to download the game through the client, only updates.

Then explain to me why, when you first install the game, you have to download every time you go to a new town or outpost. If it did what you said, you should already have most of the data for the towns and outposts, and only have to download the first time you log in.

It would be highly impractical to have all the data for the game already on the disk. The disks are full with the content they put on them as it is. It's cheaper to only include the bare minimum and have people download the rest latter (since they'll be downloading data anyways). That way they can save on costs for each disk they have to produce.

Aejorii · Jul 18, 2007, 01:45 AM // 01:45

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Originally Posted by Miss Eisei

* The Party panel now automatically resizes vertically to match the contents of the panel.
* The Party panel now maintains the same position it was placed in while in outposts and missions.
* The Party panel join frame has been moved to the bottom of the panel.
* Allies and pets are now listed in collapsible groups in the Party panel while in a mission

ARGH

for the love of dwayna and all other that is holy
REVERT, atleast were it has the same position inside and outside
it completely fsck's up my layout
i dont wanna have to move my windows around every time i zone
i love to monk , its my favorite proffession, so i have a very special setup on my interface, this just screwed it all up, BOOOOO

This needs to be quoted more.

Yaga Philipe · Jul 18, 2007, 01:45 AM // 01:45

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Party Search

* Whenever a party enters Party Search, an automatic message will now broadcast to players in that party’s current district. For example, if Flamingo Avenger sets “glf monk” as the party’s description in the Party Search panel, “Flamingo Avenger: Party Search – glf monk” will appear in the Chat panel of players in the same district as Flamingo Avenger.

* Whenever a party leader broadcasts “glf,” “lfg,” lfp,” “wtb,” “wts,” or “wtt” in All chat, that party will now be entered into Party Search automatically with that chat message used as the party's description.

User Interface

* The Trade panel now displays the name as well as the icon of trade items present in the trade cart, and a warning message now displays when the person you are trading with changes the offer.
* The Party panel now automatically resizes vertically to match the contents of the panel.
* The Party panel now maintains the same position it was placed in while in outposts and missions.
* The Party panel join frame has been moved to the bottom of the panel.
* Allies and pets are now listed in collapsible groups in the Party panel while in a mission.

I love those changes.

I always hated it how the party panel was always messed up when I loaded a new town or something and I would have to fix it. The Party Search changes sound good as well.

The Legg · Jul 18, 2007, 01:45 AM // 01:45

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Originally Posted by Curse You

Then explain to me why, when you first install the game, you have to download every time you go to a new town or outpost. If it did what you said, you should already have most of the data for the towns and outposts, and only have to download the first time you log in.

Unless you use the -image command at the end of the command prompt for laoding guild wars this will happen until you have loaded the full content from the gw servers.

Any big update it is advisable to use this command. It will ensure you rarely have long loading times under normal circumsatnces.

Coridan · Jul 18, 2007, 01:46 AM // 01:46

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Sorry for the huge download. I'm not quite sure why it was so large, but I figure maybe we're rollling out super-secret content for next Wintersday or something. (No, I'm only kidding!

)

Anyway, there are some issues I need to share with you, for instance, graphical bugs like:

Character errors (Some of them are sorta funny looking)
Changes to the position of the interface elements
Strange text in the territory drop-down menu

We're working to fix those things. The territory switching drop-down will give you an Err 007 if you try to move from NA to EU districts or vice-versa. It's not intended to work, it was just part of something we were fiddling with on the Development Server and somehow it all got mixed up into the Live Server. These are all no harm, no foul, non-long-lasting issues, but we'll tidy them up in a new build out today/tonight.

In fact, I understand the Live Build is in the oven right now.

Thanks for the update Gaile...any word on extending the text allowed in the Party Search Menu? I love the addition of this but it is barely useful with such a short text

Fates · Jul 18, 2007, 01:51 AM // 01:51

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Originally Posted by Tahlia Tane

Game is done downloading and very playable for me.

Anyway... why are some people seemingly avoiding the party search? People are now selling things starting their lines with "W T S" instead of "WTS". Jesus. What the hell is wrong with people? The party search gives me a nice overview of what people are selling and buying. And I'm talking about Temple of Ages, regarding the ecto and shard trading. JEEBUS!!!

They are doing that because the amount of allowed text is too short. For instance, you can't write "WTS Urgoz long bow 100k +20 ecto" as you will end up with "WTS Urgoz long bow 100k". Yes I know, bad example, but you get the idea.

As well, you can only sell one thing at a time, so as soon as you type a second WTS item, it replaces the first. Anyone that does any volume of trading would be totally wasting their time if they could only sell one item at a time.

tox_169 · Jul 18, 2007, 01:57 AM // 01:57

At work now so I can't see the updates.

Probably they uploaded the GW:EN data early seeing as the Prerelease Bonus Packs will be released this Friday, July 20th.

1gb update, is it? Good thing I spent last weekend redownloading my dat file, I trimmed it down from a bloated 3.7 gb to 2.8bg. (1st redownload/reinstall since starting GW on December 2005)

After this update I'll be back to 3+ gb then, but at least it's "lean" and not bloated data.

EDIT: It was announced in the log-in screen that they'd be doing some server maintenance, this might be the culprit that's affecting everyone's download speeds?

Shanaeri Rynale · Jul 18, 2007, 02:05 AM // 02:05

DoA is a lot easier now in NM. although the non environmental effects in NM mean that for foundry you cant kill your pet.

I really dont like the new tyria map when zoomed out. It has two nasty black bars each side instead of the normal widescreen I used to have

scrinner · Jul 18, 2007, 02:07 AM // 02:07

Wow. At the rate this update is downloading, It makes Guru look fast!

Besides, this looks like it also contains the preload of EotN content. 6%= 52 Megs? Looks like alot more then DoA Fixes.

lucifer_uk · Jul 18, 2007, 02:08 AM // 02:08

Have they just made a small change?
My client just downloaded an extra 3 files after I closed and reopened.

(I ran -image before)

Bryant Again · Jul 18, 2007, 02:15 AM // 02:15

So far, DoA isn't too bad. Me and my friend (who had horribly subpar Hero builds) were able to get pretty far until I overaggroed.

rcollins779x · Jul 18, 2007, 02:15 AM // 02:15

Yes minor fixes from the original update. Graphical issues and such.

Curse You · Jul 18, 2007, 02:17 AM // 02:17

Well, they've now actually noted the change they made to the name of the European English District.

They also added a new glitch in the /bowhead emote for the Male Paragon. They just stand their rubbing their arm.

jammerpa · Jul 18, 2007, 02:25 AM // 02:25

LOL, after waiting an hour for all the downloads, my toon loads in my GH. I then go to storage and just as I clicked on it, I get the gw.exe box that says I have to close the program down. GG Anet, nice update!

ChaoticCoyote · Jul 18, 2007, 02:28 AM // 02:28

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Originally Posted by Shanaeri Rynale

I really dont like the new tyria map when zoomed out. It has two nasty black bars each side instead of the normal widescreen I used to have

The black bars have always been there for anyone running a widescreen monitor. I had black bars with the "old" map when playing at 1680x1050, for example.

Curse You · Jul 18, 2007, 02:42 AM // 02:42

It looks like they're working on a kick vote system. This was found by someone while they were looking for the new icon for Whirlwind Attack.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:Kickbuttons.jpg

Divine Slaya · Jul 18, 2007, 02:46 AM // 02:46

I dislike the fact that I cannot size my party window vertically. While I do see the point in making the update to it, for people that heavily modify their interface it really screws it up. I'd really prefer there to be an option to turn autosizing on/off the party window instead. If that cannot be done it should resize automatically but still allow the user to extend vertically after loading.

scrinner · Jul 18, 2007, 02:48 AM // 02:48

Yup, I've always had black bars with this widescreen. 1680 x1050 resolution as well. Though annoying, I can live with it

Shadis · Jul 18, 2007, 03:02 AM // 03:02

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Originally Posted by Curse You

It looks like they're working on a kick vote system. This was found by someone while they were looking for the new icon for Whirlwind Attack.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:Kickbuttons.jpg

That's very interesting and a godsend if that's what it is.

seut · Jul 18, 2007, 03:13 AM // 03:13

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

The territory switching drop-down will give you an Err 007 if you try to move from NA to EU districts or vice-versa. It's not intended to work, it was just part of something we were fiddling with on the Development Server and somehow it all got mixed up into the Live Server.

please fiddle with it some more and implement it..
in my eyes the favor system was and is the largest mistake in gw's history