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3Gb patch this morning? (Answer: Nope, it's Pre-Patch Time!)
instynctive
Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,885 Arc User
Is the Underdark Mod pre-patching? Found it odd that a seemingly random patch is being applied this morning.
"...I grab my wiener and charge!" - ironzerg79
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zebular
Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
The pre-patching actually started last night around 6pm or 7pm Eastern, which the launcher would re-open after exiting the game just as in the past with pre-patches. If ever the launcher opens on its own after you close the game, that is a pre-patch. There was no "normal" patch this morning, or last night. A pre-patch will be larger or smaller depending on whether you had previously patched a preview server containing content that is in the pre-patch. This is because the launcher will pull files from the preview installation. As well, the displayed size of the patch is not how much it is downloading, but instead it is how much data it is processing.[ My Character Bios | Discord: Zebular#9524 | In Game: @zebular (PC) • @MtnDewFreak (XBOX) • @Terraseer (PS4) ]
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kolatmaster
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It's a long standing feature, at least for the past 2-3 Mods, that a pre-patch comes up the weekend before the launch date...
Sorry you didn't know this, no big deal really, just be ready in the future!
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kreatyve
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Yep! It leads to much less patch time come patch day.
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regenerde
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oliboyph said:3gigs? I only got 1.3gb.
No idea, but do you have "on-demand patching" active in your NWO game launcher options?oliboyph said:oh no, does that mean I'll have to download another 1.7 GB?
That might explain, why it's only downloading a part of this pre-patch.Post edited by zebular onI do believe in killing the messenger...Want to know why?Because it sends a message!0
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On the plus side, this patch is going fast, so..
"...I grab my wiener and charge!" - ironzerg79
Thank you. :-)
"...I grab my wiener and charge!" - ironzerg79
First part downloaded was around 700MB, second part downloaded was around 1GB, but it's still showing 3GB again.
Going to let it run the third time tonight, hopefully it will get the rest of this pre-patch done by tomorrow morning.