Torrent download suggestions for the update.

[Myrthe]

ok so lets say i download bittorrent right now, then do i save or keep my current download of planeshift? or does it matter?

[micklen]

As a total newbie at Planeshift
But a very seasoned user of Bittorrents I would like to add my weight to what has been advised

It WILL be slow at the beginning
Loads of people trying to leech from few seeds will give very slow download speeds

However as you get more completed Users and AS THEY SHOULD DO they leave their torrent client on to seed things will really speed up
I have downloaded a gigabyte in a couple of hours at best
However if people just grab and then turn their client off that just throws the whole idea of Bittorrenting out the window

The idea is SHARE
Leave your client on until you have at least a 1 to 1 ratio
That is you have seeded the amount of meg you have downloaded
Ideally do as much as you can

Two good clients that are easy to use are - as already mentioned - uTorrent
Another good one is Bit Tornado

So remember SHARE and everything will go well 

[Karyuu]

The new download will install over the old, so ultimately there really is no point to keeping the previous version on your machine. If anyone has things like logs, screenshots, or command preferences saved from a previous release (good point Easton), they should back 'em up if they wish to keep them.

[Laith]

so what i ned to do right now is download utorrent and then as soon as it is publicly announced what do i do? download PS all over again?

Expirment with a few torrents to get it right make sure that you forward your ports and configure your firewalls there are a few guides a utorrent i beleive and if you do need to forward your ports and dont know where to go to access your modem settings go to run and type ipconfig and itll say something like default gateway 243.432.1.435 then you type that into your browser it took me awhile to figure that out
EDIT: type the numbers only including the decimal points

[LARAGORN]

This is a good site with step by step instructions on port forwarding
http://portforward.com/

[Mordaan]

It WILL be slow at the beginning
Loads of people trying to leech from few seeds will give very slow download speeds

Well, you will be limited to the upload speed of the single seeder.  At least once you catch up to the 'pack'.  If that initial seeder has a fast connection, things will move along nicely from the start.

[Dales Lierin]

now i'm starting to get concerned.
i have a very slow and often unstable dial-up (28800), not broadband.
i went to the posted test page and it never did anything.  after about 15 min, it still said downloading.
am i going to be able to even use the utorrent?

[svuun]

now i'm starting to get concerned.
i have a very slow and often unstable dial-up (28800), not broadband.
i went to the posted test page and it never did anything.  after about 15 min, it still said downloading.
am i going to be able to even use the utorrent?

have someone burn the install on a cd then mail it to you. it will probably be faster.  28.8k? and you weren't lagged at all while playing?  Perhaps not, I just imagine it would be slow.  Others would know better.

[LARAGORN]

now i'm starting to get concerned.
i have a very slow and often unstable dial-up (28800), not broadband.
i went to the posted test page and it never did anything.  after about 15 min, it still said downloading.
am i going to be able to even use the utorrent?

I feel your pain.
yes you will be able to use the torrent, but it will take a long time.
With all the time you have, you can become an expert by reading all the guides and histories of PS

Have you played the game before?
I am conserned you may have an awfull lot of lag with your slow connection.

[Ryvis]

How can people still sell 28.8K and call it internet access? That's garbage. Almost all Canadians that have internet are Cable / DSL etc.... you need a better ISP.

[Dales Lierin]

yes, i have had a great deal of lag.  but i considered it another exercise in patience...LOL
this is why i had so much trouble downloading the original client.  from the other link "as i recall it took weeks, not minutes to download"
i am also concerned that if i am trying to do this, that i will not be able to share as well as i should using utorrent

[Mordaan]

yes, i have had a great deal of lag.  but i considered it another exercise in patience...LOL
this is why i had so much trouble downloading the original client.  from the other link "as i recall it took weeks, not minutes to download"
i am also concerned that if i am trying to do this, that i will not be able to share as well as i should using utorrent

    
Yeah, at those speeds I'm afraid you're not going to be able to contribute much.  If you have the patience, just hang in there.

[Karyuu]

I'd be willing to just mail you a CD I've done it before, and it worked out nicely.

[Dales Lierin]

i am also very new to this message board system.
i tried to send a personal message to you karyuu, but nothing shows in my outbox and i'm doubting you got it.
tell me how to make the arrangements privately in order to enable you to proceed with your kind offer.

[Kalika]

ok so for the repeatedness of this question..i did read all the replys but maybe i was too stubborn 

ahaha my bad

anywho, so if i download this utorrent thing, and i "seed" that means i have to leave my comp on for awhile right? i have a pretty fast wirelsss connecton so im less concerened about the speed...but i am kinda crazy about things that take awhile to do...

as long as i konw it IS going to work correctly ill be a bit more willing to download it


but uhm..
would i really have to leave it on overnight? augh i dunnos

sorry for the inconvience *hug*