Slow stdshape.res downloads - please test the download speed

[hitech]

Some players have had very slow downloads of stdshape.res, the large art file the game downloads. We made a change on the download server today that should fix this.

If your stdshape.res download used to be slow, please help us check it:

1. Start this download in your web browser: stdshape.res (2 GB)
2. Let it run for a minute until the speed settles. There is no need to finish it, you can cancel it then.
3. Post the download speed your browser shows, and roughly where you are (country or region).

If you remember how fast it was before, please include that too.

HiTech

[popeye]

7.1 MB/sec

Michigan

[The Fugitive]

Tried 4 browsers (Chrome, Opera, Microsoft, Firefox)

All started at 10-14 meg/sec. After about one third to half of the download it dropped to 1 meg/sec. Microsoft's browser held on the longest.

Central New England, 14 hops/30ms pings

About the same as before, maybe a bit slower for me.

[AKIron]

I use Frontier. Took 1 min 8 seconds.

Texoma area.

[Bizman]

6.9 MB/sec

Finland

[hitech]

Thanks! The Fugitive, could you try once more now? We now log the timing of each download on the server, so this run will show exactly where it slows down.

HiTech

[The Fugitive]

Thanks! The Fugitive, could you try once more now? We now log the timing of each download on the server, so this run will show exactly where it slows down.

HiTech

Ran three time, Opera, Chrome, and MS. All three dropped at about the same 20-25% of the download.

[Spikes]

Upstate NY Fios - started at 20, at 25% dropped a little and fluctuated between 12-15 until complete.