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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Lizard3 on September 08, 2005, 07:46:36 PM

Title: New version
Post by: Lizard3 on September 08, 2005, 07:46:36 PM

I'm on dial up being that I live in the sticks, so even updates take a while. 65M takes hours, usually ending in a disco somewhere over the half way point.

Do you fellas purposefully not include a update every once in a while so people hafta download the full version? I've noticed this happens at least every 5-6 or 7 releases, breaking my chain.

Title: New version
Post by: Skuzzy on September 09, 2005, 10:08:55 AM

The patch was 30MB, or so, and it is the only thing downloaded by the in-game auto-updater.

Title: New version
Post by: MachNix on September 09, 2005, 11:03:50 AM

Lizard3,

I'm dial-up too and did not find a link for the update.  Using the auto-updater was the only way to just get the 30MB patch – took 3 hours.  HTC not providing a link to the patches may be their new style.  And I must say the link is/was somewhat redundant to the in-game auto-updater – I think/hope it will start where it left off if you get discoed in the middle of a download.

Title: New version
Post by: Skuzzy on September 09, 2005, 11:08:55 AM

The in-game auto-updater does give you the option to resume the download if you lose your connection during the download.

Title: New version
Post by: LePaul on September 09, 2005, 03:11:33 PM

I dont know why...but in the past I had a much faster download downloading the Update from the website versus the in-game downloader.

Different hosts?  Or just the magic of internet mojo?

Title: New version
Post by: Lizard3 on September 09, 2005, 03:32:07 PM

Ummm, yeah... I got it using the auto-updater, but now I don't have the file itself, unless its hidden somewhere. By breaking my chain, I refer to my occasional full download and all the patches after saved in my downloads folder. If I have a problem with either AH or my HD or system, I'll have to download the full version and that could take days if not weeks to get it right. Its happend before. Usually we are offered the option of auto or the download page for the update, but it seems like every once in a while its a auto-update only.

I was wondering if this is on porpoise or an oversite?

Title: New version
Post by: hubsonfire on September 09, 2005, 03:37:00 PM

I think I read in another post that people would download the wrong patch, install in wrong order, etc, so they took the individual patches off, offering only the current full version to download.

Title: New version
Post by: Pyro on September 09, 2005, 03:39:53 PM

The autoupdater puts the download file in whatever folder your running AH out of.

Title: New version
Post by: Schatzi on September 09, 2005, 03:48:30 PM

For me autoupdate also slower than downloads from homepage were.

But i can understand the problem of people installing patches in wrong order (counting really difficult sometimes) and complaining afterwards in tech support.

Title: New version
Post by: wrag on September 09, 2005, 04:26:49 PM

Auto updater goes at under 37k dialup for me.

If I get it from the AH site I'm lookin at 42k.

I just downloaded the entire new version yesterday.  Took all night!!!!!!!!!

Now i'm lookin all over HTC web site for the 7meg patch and ..........

No can find??????????

Title: New version
Post by: Pyro on September 09, 2005, 04:34:13 PM

Here:  http://downloads.hitechcreations.com/AH2041T2051.EXE

Title: New version
Post by: wrag on September 09, 2005, 04:40:29 PM

Thank You Sir!

You are a gentleman and a scholar!!! :aok

Title: New version
Post by: Lizard3 on September 09, 2005, 08:32:38 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Pyro
The autoupdater puts the download file in whatever folder your running AH out of.

Ha, I never new that. All I ever saw was the .exe file.

THanks.