Pre-load and release information

Baddwarf · Post by **Baddwarf** » Tue, 12. Nov 13, 12:12

Working Friday afternoon. I hope it will let enough time to steam to download missing data to start playing at 7pm

On your mark,
Get set,
Play !!!

DaddyMonster · Post by **DaddyMonster** » Tue, 12. Nov 13, 12:17

Really appreciate you guys letting us know the release time - particularly as there's an outside chance that everybody will go crazy at 12:01 GMT if there's a delay. Next time, treat us like children, add an hour or two and then say there's a early release to be nice

helios · Post by **helios** » Tue, 12. Nov 13, 13:21

DaddyMonster wrote:Really appreciate you guys letting us know the release time - particularly as there's an outside chance that everybody will go crazy at 12:01 GMT if there's a delay. Next time, treat us like children, add an hour or two and then say there's a early release to be nice

Maybe they plan to flip the switch at 09:00 GMT and told us 12:00 GMT just because of that reason.

Or maybe the didn't...
Maybe we'll just have to wait until the game unlocks to find out.

Arraamis · Post by **Arraamis** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 01:34

Wanna know what's worst?

Guys who purchased the DVD, have it in-hand and find out they can't install the additional 1.5GB on the 15th because they're receiving the following "500 Internal Server Error" from steam ............

Hornet108 · Post by **Hornet108** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 02:07

Don't suppose you guys could be proper pals and release it a few hours early so us aussies can get some meaningful playtime on the 15th? <3

Yellowjack · Post by **Yellowjack** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 02:20

Hornet108 wrote:Don't suppose you guys could be proper pals and release it a few hours early so us aussies can get some meaningful playtime on the 15th? <3

Yup, 11:00PM is a really awkward time, I don't know whether it is better to stay up late or get up early. The latter is more sensible because the activation rush may have died down and I have a full day to start playing- on other hand the sooner the better feeling is very strong?

BKTiel · Post by **BKTiel** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 02:40

Wait, wot? It's not a midnight release?

o-O

Who releases a game in the middle of the day? Egosoft is a small company but couldn't one brave soul can work overtime into the wee hours of the 14th to flick the switch?

Mauzi! · Post by **Mauzi!** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 02:45

BKTiel wrote:Who releases a game in the middle of the day? Egosoft is a small company but couldn't one brave soul can work overtime into the wee hours of the 14th to flick the switch?

I am sure they prefer to rather stand guard when it's released, so they can act instantly if anything goes wrong. Which would be impossible for a "release at midnight by one brave soul".

No need to complain, they sure know what they're doing here.

Nomadski · Post by **Nomadski** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 03:07

BKTiel wrote:Wait, wot? It's not a midnight release?

o-O

Who releases a game in the middle of the day? Egosoft is a small company but couldn't one brave soul can work overtime into the wee hours of the 14th to flick the switch?

Its a midnight release for someone...

Inverness · Post by **Inverness** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 03:20

Midnight releases sound awesome in theory, but it's bad for developers that want to be awake and ready to go to handle any problems at release. It's also why Valve flips the switch around noon their time for Steam releases.

Of course there are always the people that will get so annoyed that they can't have their game on the dot that they cancel preorders and go elsewhere. I think that is pretty silly.

Whoozy · Post by **Whoozy** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 03:21

giskard wrote:To be honest why they include disks in the box version when they end up downloading from steam anyway is a mystery to me.

For me it was to cut down on the amount I had to download since I'm on a monthly allotment, 4.4gb to download would eat up under half my allotment. Now imagine if the first attempt failed somewhere after getting to 90 some odd percent, or the game didn't install correctly after downloading the first attempt... I can make more attempts reasonably/safely without going over my allotment with 1.5gb download to patch the current disc then with the full download.

If I have to reinstall for whatever reason at a later date, or the hard drive failed at a later date, all the time it would save me by having the disc too even if it's only going to keep only a portion of the data say with revision 1.xx it's less I have to download, more chances of successes within a month's data allotment.

BKTiel · Post by **BKTiel** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 03:31

Nomadski wrote:
BKTiel wrote:Wait, wot? It's not a midnight release?

o-O

Who releases a game in the middle of the day? Egosoft is a small company but couldn't one brave soul can work overtime into the wee hours of the 14th to flick the switch?
Its a midnight release for someone...

It's 12:00 midday GMT.

Which means it comes out at 6 AM for me...it's gonna be hard resisting the temptation to take a sick day

DarkKlown77 · Post by **DarkKlown77** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 04:11

4am PST for my PST people, I'm pre-loaded on steam, I'm sure it'll auto update when the switch flips, and BAM, I'm up at 5am shaping my universe, suck on that!

strude · Post by **strude** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 07:15

Whoozy wrote:If I have to reinstall for whatever reason at a later date, or the hard drive failed at a later date, all the time it would save me by having the disc too even if it's only going to keep only a portion of the data say with revision 1.xx it's less I have to download, more chances of successes within a month's data allotment.

Or you could create a Steam backup and have the most current files available to reinstall immediately.

Argonaught. · Post by **Argonaught.** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 15:00

CBJ wrote: • Notice to those who have bought the DVD but who cannot, or do not wish to, pre-load the game directly from Steam:
Once the game is released the Steam client will need to download and add approximately 1.5GB of data in addition to what is on the DVD before you can play. Again, this additional data consists mainly of videos and voice recordings which were not ready at the time the DVD was manufactured. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Will there be a boxed version that will include the 1.5gb data at a later time, if so when would it be available?

Argo.

Post by **CBJ** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 15:01

Boxed editions are up to the publishers in the various locations. I'm afraid I don't have any information about their future plans, and quite honestly I doubt they've thought that far ahead anyway.

Argonaught. · Post by **Argonaught.** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 15:04

No Problem, I live in the country and don't have access to the superspeeds the cities do so that kinda download will take an age :/

Vandragorax · Post by **Vandragorax** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 15:08

Argonaught. wrote:
CBJ wrote: • Notice to those who have bought the DVD but who cannot, or do not wish to, pre-load the game directly from Steam:
Once the game is released the Steam client will need to download and add approximately 1.5GB of data in addition to what is on the DVD before you can play. Again, this additional data consists mainly of videos and voice recordings which were not ready at the time the DVD was manufactured. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Will there be a boxed version that will include the 1.5gb data at a later time, if so when would it be available?

Argo.

This is VERY unlikely since Steam is a requirement to play. If you don't register your game with Steam, you can't play, and when you DO register it on Steam, it will automatically update with whatever data it needs.

This is the 'future' people, we are years ahead now from the old days of patches having to arrive in the post on 10 floppy discs (thank God)

Argonaught. · Post by **Argonaught.** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 15:55

BlackDemon wrote:
Argonaught. wrote:
CBJ wrote: • Notice to those who have bought the DVD but who cannot, or do not wish to, pre-load the game directly from Steam:
Once the game is released the Steam client will need to download and add approximately 1.5GB of data in addition to what is on the DVD before you can play. Again, this additional data consists mainly of videos and voice recordings which were not ready at the time the DVD was manufactured. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Will there be a boxed version that will include the 1.5gb data at a later time, if so when would it be available?

Argo.

This is VERY unlikely since Steam is a requirement to play. If you don't register your game with Steam, you can't play, and when you DO register it on Steam, it will automatically update with whatever data it needs.

This is the 'future' people, we are years ahead now from the old days of patches having to arrive in the post on 10 floppy discs (thank God)

I didn't mention steam, your just trolling me now and the Mods seem to be backing you, a report on you failed Mod said your infallible.

Troll you are and troll you'll ever be, good luck with that.

I'm out.

Vandragorax · Post by **Vandragorax** » Wed, 13. Nov 13, 16:15

*sigh* Not this again please.

No, you didn't mention Steam, but I did. Because it is directly related to your query, which I answered fully and with actual facts.

If you believe that to be trolling, you are gravely mistaken. Can't you just drop the attitude already? It's really not befitting of you, I'm sure, and I'm really not interested in an argument over nothing.

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