Actually, what ARE you all doing here? The number if people online has gone from it usual ~100-150, to TWO HUNDRED AN SEVENTY FIVE. Play the game, people! Edit: it is now 333. Big change for 30 seconds.
some people have multiple hour waits to download the game
First I tried to join an existing multiplayer game.
After waiting for more than 5 minutes (no exaggeration) without ANY sort of timeout or feedback on what's going on, I got these two errors, after which the game just crashed to desktop.
Does Overhaul not test their games before publishing?
First I tried to join an existing multiplayer game.
After waiting for more than 5 minutes (no exaggeration) without ANY sort of timeout or feedback on what's going on, I got these two errors, after which the game just crashed to desktop.
Does Overhaul not test their games before publishing?
What a very impressive first experience. Sigh.
Having beta tested the game since august (and others were doing it long before I was) I can say with absolute certainty that Overhaul tests their games.
So hopefully the problems you are having can be fixed quickly.
Really disappointing that the preload was only 1.6GB out of a 2.6GB install. God knows why Beamdog did it, they KNOW their servers can't handle the load. I'm averaging 70KB/s. This is exactly what happened with BGEE.
And from what I hear, BG2EE has just as many bugs and stability issues as BGEE.
Oh, well. At least it gives me some time to write out my essays. Thankfully, all I need for tomorrow are rough drafts.
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Oh, and while I'm at it, anyone remember how to take screenshots with BG2? I was going to take one of the opening screen of BG2 and BG2EE to compare the two, but my usual go-to, the Print Screen key, did not work. Was it linked to a specific key and directory? I can't remember.
Is there anything we can do to increase our download speeds (a few people above mention something called turbo)? I'm on a Mac and can't seem to do anything within the launcher.
Having beta tested the game since august (and others were doing it long before I was) I can say with absolute certainty that Overhaul tests their games.
So hopefully the problems you are having can be fixed quickly.
I should hope so. What brought on my comment was the fact that it was the very first thing that happened in a fresh install, so it seemed like something that should have been quite easy to catch in a torough test.
OMG I can confirm... Downloading with the Beamdog Client is WAY faster than not. I WAS downloading at 20-50KB/s... I just downloaded the client and started again, now achieving around 350 KB/s
ui looks like shit, why not use the original BG2 ui? narv... and why no gemran language and why limited to 30 fps ...but well the magic spells looking better
I just finished downloading the game and it runs through the beamdog client ...
But where is the installation directory with the exe file for the game???
Open the client and click Settings. The third and final option will be "Download locations." Click the button that says "Configure" to see.
It defaults to the Games folder in the client's install directory. I installed the client to \, for example, so it's downloading BG2EE to \Beamdog\Games
550 MB out of 2.6 GB after 1 hr of downloading! At this rate, it'll be done by midnight. This is what I get for paying for the cheapest internet option available.
First order of business is going to be to finish The Black Pits on insane difficulty. Well, after I import my BGEE character to make sure that works OK. Then TBP!!!
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I've downloaded 138 MBs in about 90 minutes. T_T
I am a PC user. I guess it's cos everyone is trying to download the game at the same time, traffick jam at the Beamdog servers...
Can we play? stupid work event has me away from my PC! some @ me and tell me
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Damn, that title screen is snazzy as hell!
Your best bet is probably to see it to download and then play it tomorrow
Whole game is 2.6gb
After waiting for more than 5 minutes (no exaggeration) without ANY sort of timeout or feedback on what's going on, I got these two errors, after which the game just crashed to desktop.
Does Overhaul not test their games before publishing?
What a very impressive first experience. Sigh.
Your best bet is probably to see it to download and then play it tomorrow
Whole game is 2.6gb
ahh okay thank you for letting me know! guess I won't try to rush out haha
So hopefully the problems you are having can be fixed quickly.
And from what I hear, BG2EE has just as many bugs and stability issues as BGEE.
Oh, well. At least it gives me some time to write out my essays. Thankfully, all I need for tomorrow are rough drafts.
.....
Oh, and while I'm at it, anyone remember how to take screenshots with BG2? I was going to take one of the opening screen of BG2 and BG2EE to compare the two, but my usual go-to, the Print Screen key, did not work. Was it linked to a specific key and directory? I can't remember.
But where is the installation directory with the exe file for the game???
edit: SCS, but ascension is on the to do list for my throne of bhaal
It defaults to the Games folder in the client's install directory.
I installed the client to