Good news but Patch Size= Down Load time? Any Idea

HulluKarhu · December 7, 2001, 10:31

it looks along list that could mean lots of megabites and a long down load time..another overnight job?

Unspeakable Horror · December 7, 2001, 10:39

5 MB.

The Viceroy · December 7, 2001, 10:46

I don't think anybody can know, quite a few of those changes were cosmetics ... it very much depends what is changed and how the patch is implemented .. Usually, if a single byte in a DLL is updated, the entire DLL is needed in the patch for download .. however, a spelling correction in a text file will be as large as the text file .. so it really could be anything ..

I haven't got access to the code here on my work PC, so im not sure what the largest continual file size is .. and the chances of that being updated ?? This is where a bit of planning always helps .. relatively small DLL's mean, relatively small patches ..

I personally believe if your going to develop a project which requires patches .. a mechanism for update should be provided from within the game ... great example is Settlers 3&4 .. but thats not the way it has been done ..

eRAZOR · December 7, 2001, 10:57

They mentioned it would be around 5 MB and the vast amount of this is consumed by the new editor help file which could be left out in a separate smaller download. Hope this helps.

Farmer Jimbo · December 7, 2001, 11:16

Mirrors would be nice when it's released. That is of course assuming Civ3.com can't handle the initial load. Infogrames should have it on their site too.

Dan Magaha FIRAXIS · December 7, 2001, 13:20

Here's an update: it's gonna be more like 7Mb, and unfortunately I can't post a seperate version without the editor helpfile because the patch is done with an Installshield updater. Sorry

Dan

StSeer · December 7, 2001, 13:24

Any news on when the patch is coming?

hwinkels · December 7, 2001, 15:01

Installshield. Ugh.

Anyway I was able to d/l the patch in less than 2 minutes via my cable modem connection. I'm going to hold off installing it until my current game is finished. Probably later tonight...

klesh · December 7, 2001, 15:21

Didn't take me too long on me ol' 56k. Decent DL speed for me.

-FMK.

fanatic civver · December 7, 2001, 19:03

please, no complaints about the download size!!!! In this day and age 7mb is nothing, even on 56k. If you're still paying $1 per megabyte downloaded then sorry, but you're getting ripped off

If you reaaaalllly have problems downloading then use a download manager like getright or gozilla, or wait for your favourite magazine to put it on their cd, or get your friend to download it.