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Cryptic, Why this dumb patching process?

cypherouscypherous Member Posts: 183 Arc User
edited April 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Why for the love of all that is holy did you opt for an "on file access" patching system instead of just patching the entire client like everyone else?

Now i'll have to verify my client via steam in the hopes that it can fix the file that your "patching process" can't seem to patch which is literally preventing me from progressing, god forbid you actually pay any attention to this terrible design choice you made as fixing it wont actually earn you any money
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  • jarvisandalfredjarvisandalfred Member Posts: 1,549 Bug Hunter
    edited April 2015
    cypherous wrote: »
    Why for the love of all that is holy did you opt for an "on file access" patching system instead of just patching the entire client like everyone else?

    Now i'll have to verify my client via steam in the hopes that it can fix the file that your "patching process" can't seem to patch which is literally preventing me from progressing, god forbid you actually pay any attention to this terrible design choice you made as fixing it wont actually earn you any money

    That's an option for those who have bandwidth caps or wish to launch early. Since that's apparently not you, uncheck on-demand patching from your launcher.
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  • cypherouscypherous Member Posts: 183 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    jarvisandalfred wrote: »
    That's an option for those who have bandwidth caps or wish to launch early. Since that's apparently not you, uncheck on-demand patching from your launcher.

    Bandwidth isn't the issue, the patcher downloads the patch files or did you completely ignore the 504mb patch download before the game launched :P
  • tigerariestigeraries Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    it is a bandwidth issue... on demand will not download the full complete patch. only the parts that the devs deem critical and needed.

    you will then need to download additional files as you zone from map to map.

    I took that option off the previous update (#9) cause I hated that I need to keep downloading files as I zoned into new maps. result... I needed to download another gig of data... i stopped it and went back to on demand so I can play and unchecked it when I went to sleep so it can download the full patch.
  • quintarisquintaris Member Posts: 816 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Thanks for reminding me to log into my machine remotely and start patching, so I'm ready to go when I get home from work.
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  • cecil08cecil08 Member Posts: 163 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    cypherous wrote: »
    Bandwidth isn't the issue, the patcher downloads the patch files or did you completely ignore the 504mb patch download before the game launched :P

    Learn to read what the poster actually said.

    You can turn off the "on demand" patching. It's in the launcher.

    While "on demand" CAN be annoying, I personally like it because it allows me to get into the game faster with the main patcher only downloading what I need to get going. Then if I zone into a place that needs updates, it just gives them to me.
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