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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Pre-Load begins Thursday, November 22nd.

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  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    You guys might want to try latter. I wish you all luck, but keep in mind local time in Edmonton is shortly before midnight. They will all be sleeping I'm guessing at this point.
  • M6k3M6k3 Member Posts: 180
    edited November 2012
    Is they can antyghing goood ? Only problems witch this game....
    Post edited by M6k3 on
  • theJoshFrosttheJoshFrost Member Posts: 171
    Maybe the tears of the cry babies in this thread will wash away what ever is blocking up the servers.
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    edited November 2012
    @M6k3, relaxe dude.. There are tons of people downloading..Patience :)
    We all cant play the game until the 28th. Ill bet you have it by that time ;)
  • M6k3M6k3 Member Posts: 180
    edited November 2012
    yes but this is so anoying nad irtating when you look only at crush on download...ehhhh i try tommorow
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    edited November 2012
    I know.. And you are for certain not the only one ;)...
    Look at the bright side.. Its weekend now :P

    its 9 o´clock in the morning here in Denmark :P
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited November 2012
    Thats the other thing. Its not a holiday in Canada today. So umm... Trent and others will still be hard at work in the morning I'm sure (when it is morning in Edmonton).
  • M6k3M6k3 Member Posts: 180
    edited November 2012
    Yes but imagine what will be in 28 th, if we can't pre load now w just be not able to download rest due the conection and servers problem to play at 28 and must waiting anyway. There was never such a problem on steam its only 2200 people who buy pre load so it isin't such a humulous number....this onky show the did not prepere for preload....
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited November 2012
    M6k3 said:

    Yes but imagine what will be in 28 th, if we can't pre load now w just be not able to download rest due the conection and servers problem to play at 28 and must waiting anyway. There was never such a problem on steam its only 2200 people who buy pre load so it isin't such a humulous number....this onky show the did not prepere for preload....

    Lets see. This is the first game Overhaul has ever come out with. Beamdog is still relatively new and only really sells older games (for the most part) but they are probably not used to sudden high volume downloading. Steam on the other hand has what nine years experience? I bet you when they started up they had exactly these same issues. Heck, they still have these issues today. The biggest difference is that they probably have a 24 hour staff on hand because they can afford it.

    Personally I don't think running to steam is either a good answer for any starting video game company, or good frankly from a consumer standpoint. Competition, even in video game distributors, is always good.
  • Aris4lifeAris4life Member Posts: 103
    WOW! that download takes years!
  • DecrepitDragonDecrepitDragon Member Posts: 120
    edited November 2012
    Just found this alternative on another thread, so I thought I'd share the love. For those of you out there with a dedicated torrent downloader (utorrent, bit-torrent etc), try this suggestion out -

    http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/comment/136038/#Comment_136038

    Thanks go to @Mortes
  • Aris4lifeAris4life Member Posts: 103
    DecrepitDragon said:

    Just found this alternative on another thread, so I thought I'd share the love. For those of you out there with a dedicated torrent downloader (utorrent, bit-torrent etc), try this suggestion out -

    http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/comment/136038/#Comment_136038

    Thanks go to @Mortes


    Too late! I'm halfway through now...but thanks!

  • mch202mch202 Member Posts: 1,455
    I have got the E-mail!!!!
  • moody_magemoody_mage Member Posts: 2,054
    edited November 2012
    I'm sure that this is a good pressure test for the servers highlighting areas which could cause problems come the 28th.
  • TheGrapeTyphlosionTheGrapeTyphlosion Member Posts: 29
    Oh, we can only download and not play. Guess I won't stress out too much then.
  • john_boyjohn_boy Member Posts: 18
    DecrepitDragon said:

    Just found this alternative on another thread, so I thought I'd share the love. For those of you out there with a dedicated torrent downloader (utorrent, bit-torrent etc), try this suggestion out -

    http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/comment/136038/#Comment_136038

    Thanks go to @Mortes

    That's done the trick ! 60% complete
  • flaviodupimflaviodupim Member Posts: 12
    I have been trying to download since yerterday at 11pm. Apparently the server crashes.
  • flame867flame867 Member Posts: 32
    I have it downloaded and ready on my computer, I look at my deck top and see the hopeful shortcut that promises joy and happiness, I click it and I realize, my dreams of playing it are but 5 days away. I'm so excited for it to finally be out though, i'm not even mad that it's taken this long, because it must mean that they are spending a lot of effort to get the game right.
  • PinkRosePinkRose Member Posts: 102
    BUt isn't the sound of te click so exciting when you click download?
  • MusaabMusaab Member Posts: 94
    Is it normal at this point for it to be stuck on "Getting Download Information" after 266mb?
  • TazokTazok Member Posts: 34
    have a question. I started with the standalone installer. Was downloading at speeds of 8 B/S.(Yes, B/S) So, switched to the beamdog client and knoked it out tonight. So question: how do I remove the part that is downloaded and the standalone downloader from my pc without breaking something important?
  • Brixton47Brixton47 Member Posts: 4
    I also gave up on the standalone installer. Switched to Beamdog and I'm done in about 15 minutes. I just used the standard windows software removal system and everything seems OK.
  • Brixton47Brixton47 Member Posts: 4
    IPhillip Daigle posted "An update to the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Launcher is now available. If you are experiencing slow downloads please restart your launcher. You will be prompted to apply the update and your launcher will restart."
    I didn't get a prompt to update my launcher so just downloaded it again. Now seems to work fine, if a little slow.

  • majinsnakemajinsnake Member Posts: 113
    I'm guessing the game will launch midnight on November 28th. Assuming that their is no delay in time-zones (east coast / west coast). Otherwise it is 3 am for everyone on the east coast.
  • ego1steego1ste Member Posts: 88
    edited November 2012
    what hour will it be in europe utc +1? Nvm i think it will be at 8 pm.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    ego1ste said:

    what hour will it be in europe utc +1? Nvm i think it will be at 8 pm.

    9pm
  • McwidowmakerMcwidowmaker Member Posts: 5
    Its 10pm GMT+2... as it only activates at 1pm in canada.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited November 2012
    Mcwidowmaker said:

    Its 10pm GMT+2... as it only activates at 1pm in canada.

    I'm just going to be that guy and point out that it actually activates at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, and 4:30 pm in Canada...all at the same time :p (mind blown).

    1pm in Edmonton though :)
  • ego1steego1ste Member Posts: 88
    it must be weird to have different time zones in one country :)
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    Well just ask the Russians how they feel... and the Brazilians... and the Americans... the Canadians too of course... oh and the Chinese...

    Did I forget any country with more than one time zone? :)
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