11 replies to this topic

[Klorox]

I've been downloading for the past 45 minutes, and it's still not done. I'm on a cable line.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Well, it's +800Mb's so, kinda yes. Cause with 100kb/s it takes 2hours at least.

[SConrad]

How fast is your internet connection, and what speed (on an average) did you experience while downloading CA?

[leahnkain]

I did an experiment and downloaded it from spellhold. It took less than 5 minutes. It is your connection speed. I couldn't reach my max downloading speed. I was able to downnload at 6.5m. It is a large download. I think it is bigger than the install disk for IWD.

Edited by leahnkain, 19 April 2008 - 11:39 PM.

[Sir BillyBob]

And will keep getting bigger. At some point, we will probably have to break it into two parts (then more as it keeps growing). We aren't to the point of breaking it out yet but expect it this year once some more mods get added to the package.

[SConrad]

I did an experiment and downloaded it from spellhold. It took less than 5 minutes. It is your connection speed. I couldn't reach my max downloading speed. I was able to downnload at 6.5m. It is a large download. I think it is bigger than the install disk for IWD.

Broadband in Japan really are great.

[Lysan Lurraxol]

I have to ask, is there any way we can reduce the download time of CA?

I'm using a very new XP computer with fast broadband and it still took almost 2 hours (add another 2 hours of installation due to my screwy pcs and ouch).

[leahnkain]

In the near future it will be broken up unto two parts. (Wow...I guess I am one of the few people who has true high speed internet.)

[Hoppy]

It took me 15 minutes but my internet is reasonably fast cable. The multi part download will be cool and maybe CA will be as big as the original game

[Sir BillyBob]

My plan will be to have it available in both variations, a full package and a 2 part package. For some even the two part will be too big. I only have satelite service in my area so I can't upload or down CA. I use other locations (usually hotels since I travel so much). For the two part, I had always like the way CBisson had packaged CtB into a large CORE download which had all the graphics and sound files. It is usually non-changing and therefore you would only need to download probably once or twice a year. The smaller UPDATE download would contain all changes, updates, etc to the mod. This allows for smaller downloads. We are not ready for something like this because of all the changes to both soundsets and map graphics. So it will be some time before I attempt to create such a project. For now, since we are still building this mod, always assume Leahnkain or I will make major changes as we accomulate more area graphics and original soundsets for our NPCs.

[VIIIofSwords]

Have you considered using a torrent instead if the size starts to get really big? Internet connections where I come from (and where a lot of others come from, I'm sure) might not be up to the task of downloading something this big in one go.

[SConrad]

Have you considered using a torrent instead if the size starts to get really big? Internet connections where I come from (and where a lot of others come from, I'm sure) might not be up to the task of downloading something this big in one go.

Torrents have been talked about many times when it comes to mod distribution. The general opinion seems to be that it's a bad idea, simply because we don't believe there would be enough peers for each file in order for it to actually be beneficial. It would require us to set up the server as a seeder (and a tracker!) for it to viable, so it doesn't take any strain off the server, either.

You can, however, download something in blocks as you suggested by using a download manager.