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Whats up with the new area patching speeds

terascqueterascque Member Posts: 10 Arc User
edited February 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Seriously whats up?

I am not talking about the slow initial install speeds I am talking about patching a new area in game I have never been to before. 50kb/s is a bloody joke in 2022 when you have 500MB download clocked on multiple different speed test sites.

I can even play the bloody game for petes sake.
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  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 5,963 Arc User
    Turn off On-Demand Patching and turn on Force Verify in the options menu of the launcher. Let it patch and try again.
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  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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    Yes, if On-Demand Patching is on, that's the likely culprit - that thing is seriously broken and it really ought to be removed at this point...or at least set to Off by default.​​
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  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,671 Arc User
    edited August 2022
    legendarylycan#5411 wrote: »
    Yes, if On-Demand Patching is on, that's the likely culprit - that thing is seriously broken and it really ought to be removed at this point...or at least set to Off by default.​​

    On demand patching probably needs to be kept in, as I and many others (the US isn't so great with Internet outside of major cities) wouldn't be able to effectively play on major launches, with basically needing to patch overnight for any release over a few hundred megabytes.

    Not sure what the cost-benefit for Cryptic would be on having it on by default, as when it works, it should reduce the load on their patch servers, as well as getting people with OK connections into playing the game faster.
  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 5,963 Arc User
    edited August 2022
    tom61sto wrote: »
    legendarylycan#5411 wrote: »
    Yes, if On-Demand Patching is on, that's the likely culprit - that thing is seriously broken and it really ought to be removed at this point...or at least set to Off by default.​​

    On demand patching probably needs to be kept in, as I and many others (the US isn't so great with Internet outside of major cities) wouldn't be able to effectively play on major launches, with basically needing to patch overnight for any release over a few hundred megabytes.

    Not sure what the cost-benefit for Cryptic would be on having it on by default, as when it works, it should reduce the load on their patch servers, as well as getting people with OK connections into playing the game faster.

    I am in agreement with tom61sto.
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  • fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5
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    legendarylycan#5411 wrote: »
    Yes, if On-Demand Patching is on, that's the likely culprit - that thing is seriously broken and it really ought to be removed at this point...or at least set to Off by default.​​

    At least it should remain turned off once set.

    I had it turned off and apparently it switched to on by itself.
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  • thunderfoot#5163 thunderfoot
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    edited August 2022
    (Ranting comments moderated out. - BMR)
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  • thunderfoot#5163 thunderfoot
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    For those who may be experiencing a similar problem. Today I purchased a flash drive big enough to hold STO. My install of just the game came to nearly 45GB. Transferred the files over to my new laptop. Double checked to ensure the file count and size was correct. Didn't help me get back ingame but apparently it has sped up my patching time considerably. I say apparently because I am unsure if someone at Cryptic looked at the patch servers today or not. I'll assume they did because tomorrow has a pretty good size patch based on the information in the Patch Notes. If this is true and correct, thank you Cryptic.
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  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,671 Arc User
    thunderfoot#5163 wrote: »
    For those who may be experiencing a similar problem. Today I purchased a flash drive big enough to hold STO. My install of just the game came to nearly 45GB. Transferred the files over to my new laptop. Double checked to ensure the file count and size was correct. Didn't help me get back ingame but apparently it has sped up my patching time considerably. I say apparently because I am unsure if someone at Cryptic looked at the patch servers today or not. I'll assume they did because tomorrow has a pretty good size patch based on the information in the Patch Notes. If this is true and correct, thank you Cryptic.

    Ouch. 45GB... How much of that is the "prepatch" folder ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Star Trek Online\Star Trek Online\Live\prepatch" if Steam)?
  • thunderfoot#5163 thunderfoot
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    @tom61sto None of it. Never saw the sense of using a launcher to open another launcher lol. Only recently started using PWI's...oops. We're supposed to call them GearBox now...launcher.
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  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,671 Arc User
    thunderfoot#5163 wrote: »
    @tom61sto None of it. Never saw the sense of using a launcher to open another launcher lol. Only recently started using PWI's...oops. We're supposed to call them GearBox now...launcher.

    That's really odd and extremely high then. Did you check where you have it installed installed instead of where Steam puts it? Even the bare Launcher should prepatch. I last updated my Steam Deck during the Risa event and it's only 23.5GB, and that's with On Demand Patching off(as Steam Deck basically has to have it off). Main PC w/On Demand (though I turned it off for the prepatch) is currently at 33GB, but 6GB is prepatch.
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