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10 minutes patching

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited October 2011 in Tribble - General Discussion and Feedback
i have now been waiting for 10 minutes patching colliseum mid level tring to get into the desert but the stupid f*****g thing wont work
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    woppy101 wrote: »
    i have now been waiting for 10 minutes patching colliseum mid level tring to get into the desert but the stupid f*****g thing wont work

    15 minutes and still patching 6 files
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Protip: Go to the launcher options and disable on-demand patching.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Suavek wrote: »
    Protip: Go to the launcher options and disable on-demand patching.

    thank you !!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    They really need some way to explain the whole on demand patching thing to players. many people dont have great connections and you can get very long loading screens.

    will put some people off if they dont realise and dont ask on the forums.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    In my opinion this should be disabled by default. I was surprised after coming back to STO on Season 4 to experience these long loading screens. Had to turn off on-demand patching myself. I'd rather download everything at once and play without issues rather than watch an entire trek episode while the map loads.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    on demand is great if you have a really good connection speed, or if you know about it but if you dont it an be an issue.

    i agree it should be off as default. when they did the switch over in season 4, most people who have an issue will have made some effort to work out what was wrong or may have seen the information or option by chance.

    i worry that new players will just assume loading times are terrible by default or their computer is not good enough and not play it instead of investigating the issue.

    id personally have this marked somewhere on the launcher, via a tab or something that people can look at, and maybe even mention it in game on the tutorial or bulletin board. This is something new players really need to know about and how it works.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    It's a cheap version of WOW's on demand patching. In that game, it's almost uninterrupted as the patch is streamed as you play. Here, you just get a long download in between loading screens. Either put in proper on demand patching tech so it streams as you play, or turn it off by default. It would be better than this cheapo half-effort mess we have now.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    I like on demand patching. less time on the launcher is a plus for me. and i don't waste time downloading things i will not use. and you only have to go thought the on demand patching once per mission / area. but there are good and bad points on both sides so i say to each there own.
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