PlaneShift

Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: sepulturacide on March 18, 2005, 10:10:19 pm

Title: downloaded from bit torrent... and will NOT work. READ THIS!
Post by: sepulturacide on March 18, 2005, 10:10:19 pm

Time of test: March 18, 3:00p.m.
OS: Windows XP Professional Edition
Processor: Intel Pentium 3.6/HT
RAM: 1 gig
Video Card: ATIX600
Video Card Memory: 128
PS Client Version: 0.3.008
OpenGL or Safe Mode: OpenGL
Description of the bug: I downloaded it from Bit Torrent, and it wont even work. I despise bit torrent. Your link on the website wont even work for a direct download from the website in the download section.

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Post by: ThomPhoenix on March 18, 2005, 10:32:25 pm

Some more info would be very helpfull. :)

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Post by: Bearded Boy on March 18, 2005, 11:39:14 pm

im having the exact same problem bitturrent downloads but it wont download planeshift in step 2 of the planeshift main page

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Post by: Tharizdun on March 19, 2005, 05:25:04 am

If you are prompted to save the .torrent file to your desktop ( it will be tiny, like 20kB ) , this doesnt mean the download has failed. The .torrent file is something you need to open with a bitorrent client, it contains instructions on where to go to download the actual game content. If the official bittorent client is not working for you, there are alternatives. Azureus is one that many seem to find useful:

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

It could also be a problem with the planeshift site, I believe the bittorrent download feature for Planeshift_CB_0.3.008 is brand-new and it still may have some glitches, like a problem with the tracker for example. Give it a few days and try again perhaps.

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Post by: sepulturacide on March 20, 2005, 12:19:59 am

hmph, well, the website link to DL the game is working, but the connection keeps getting reset, and kills the download. the bandwidth is an issue too, staying at a slow 12KBPS, when i can download at about 150KBPS, give or take... but they warn that on the page, so i understand. everything i\'ve tried has failed. why not submit the file to download.com so that way i can give it one more shot? i\'d really like to get into it, but it\'s impossible when bandwidth, bootleg files, and some guy sitting there clicking on the \"Reset internet to anger people\" button. consider the thought of download.com, though im sure if you did do that, the game would explode. lol, or get rid of the disgruntled employee that likes that button.