After some trouble with my game. I decided to download the installer and install Allegiance again. The current installer is terribly out of date. I enter the game and with my 8Mbit internet connection I have to wait for a really long time to get everything on auto-update. Also my first download of the installer was going at speed of 16 KB/s but because I knew that there are different hosts I canceled and clicked on the link again and the download went at full speed as it should. 850 KB/s.
So new people who get the really slow download will just cancel and think that is as fast as it goes and go play something else and if they wait they will get the slow auto update as the installer is really out of date. People are really impatient and I wonder how many people we lose because of that.
We should keep the installer updated all the time with every artwork release.
Allegiance installer
This depends on from which mirror you're downloading.kramari wrote:QUOTE (kramari @ Jan 23 2011, 10:48 PM) After some trouble with my game. I decided to download the installer and install Allegiance again. The current installer is terribly out of date. I enter the game and with my 8Mbit internet connection I have to wait for a really long time to get everything on auto-update. Also my first download of the installer was going at speed of 16 KB/s but because I knew that there are different hosts I canceled and clicked on the link again and the download went at full speed as it should. 850 KB/s.
So new people who get the really slow download will just cancel and think that is as fast as it goes and go play something else and if they wait they will get the slow auto update as the installer is really out of date. People are really impatient and I wonder how many people we lose because of that.
The Escapist (Justin Emerson) @ Dec 21 2010, 02:33 PM:
The history of open-source Allegiance is paved with the bodies of dead code branches, forum flame wars, and personal vendettas. But a community remains because people still love the game.
I was talking about the installer...kramari wrote:QUOTE (kramari @ Jan 23 2011, 11:04 PM) Autoupdate or installer?
I know installer depends and I can just cancel it. Because I know there is another mirror which is faster I can get a faster download. New people do not know this.
The Escapist (Justin Emerson) @ Dec 21 2010, 02:33 PM:
The history of open-source Allegiance is paved with the bodies of dead code branches, forum flame wars, and personal vendettas. But a community remains because people still love the game.
madpeople agrees with all of kramari's points. madpeople was surprised when he went to download the latest installer two days ago that he was asked if he wanted to overwrite his allegsetup258.exe from 06/2010.
QUOTE So new people who get the really slow download will just cancel and think that is as fast as it goes[/quote]
That's what he saidpkk wrote:QUOTE (pkk @ Jan 23 2011, 09:58 PM) This depends on from which mirror you're downloading.
but it wasn't his pointkramari wrote:QUOTE (kramari @ Jan 23 2011, 09:48 PM) Also my first download of the installer was going at speed of 16 KB/s but because I knew that there are different hosts I canceled and clicked on the link again and the download went at full speed as it should. 850 KB/s.
QUOTE So new people who get the really slow download will just cancel and think that is as fast as it goes[/quote]
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Most new online games has a token downloader which then asks them what they want (hi-def packs, microsoft redis etc) then downloads it from a server.
Maybe that'll be a better approach?
Maybe that'll be a better approach?
I decided to relive the days gone by in my new blog.
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Remember, what I say is IMO always. If I say that something sucks, it actually means "I think it sucks" OK?
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Remember, what I say is IMO always. If I say that something sucks, it actually means "I think it sucks" OK?
Cookie Monster wrote:QUOTE (Cookie Monster @ Jan 31 2012, 03:09 PM) True story.
Except the big about dorjan being jelly, that's just spidey's ego.
When I was writing my version of modulous in java I intended it to be able to install all the files in the default installation as a "Base Configuration" mod.Dorjan wrote:QUOTE (Dorjan @ Jan 24 2011, 01:17 AM) Maybe that'll be a better approach?
Putting all the files (optionally .wav in addition to .ogg) in the alleg install folder and writing the reg keys is all that's required to install allegiance correct?
yep.madpeople wrote:QUOTE (madpeople @ Jan 24 2011, 09:20 AM) When I was writing my version of modulous in java I intended it to be able to install all the files in the default installation as a "Base Configuration" mod.
Putting all the files (optionally .wav in addition to .ogg) in the alleg install folder and writing the reg keys is all that's required to install allegiance correct?
So it shouldn't be an issue. With this method you can keep the "small download" for people who don't want hi-res, and you don't have to have a big initial download! Also you can / maybe able to take the files from auto update
I decided to relive the days gone by in my new blog.
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Remember, what I say is IMO always. If I say that something sucks, it actually means "I think it sucks" OK?
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Remember, what I say is IMO always. If I say that something sucks, it actually means "I think it sucks" OK?
Cookie Monster wrote:QUOTE (Cookie Monster @ Jan 31 2012, 03:09 PM) True story.
Except the big about dorjan being jelly, that's just spidey's ego.