smithpd on 4/5/2005 at 03:53
Quote Posted by Dafydd
I just checked, and my download has exactly the same number of bytes as are listed on the CheapThief site, so I don't think it was a download error. I'm stumped what's going on, why it keeps crashing to the desktop... anyone have any suggestions?
Dafydd
You could always try downloading it again. I imagine that it is possible for the byte count to be correct but for corruption to occur. In the absense of error checking, this is obviously possible. I don't know if CRC error checking is 100% foolproof. Does anyone else?
ffox on 4/5/2005 at 06:25
Quote Posted by smithpd
I don't know if CRC error checking is 100% foolproof. Does anyone else?
In a previous existence I worked on hard disk controllers and software. IIRC, a 16 bit CRC will allow one error pattern in 65535 to slip past. I don't know what the chances are of an error pattern occurring in the first place, but you have to multiply the two together to calculate the (very long) odds.
juvat on 4/5/2005 at 14:43
WinRar has a zip file repair ability. Sometimes it can repair slightly damaged mission zip files & get them playable. Desktop ace or Winace can do this as well. Times I've had to do this I ended of with missing some textures, but the missions were "playable" and no cdt's.
JimB
majikku on 4/5/2005 at 17:44
Heh, okay so Im slow.
Ive just started downloading on Torrent, because although it doesnt download anywhere near as close as Im able to get it, I like torrent. Besides its nearly doing 60kb/s. Thats quite impressive for torrent compared to what Im used to.
Its also good because it means I have to wait and... revise for my A-levels :( .
Meh.
So after wizzing past anything that may give a glimse about whats happening Im excited! :cheeky:
Enchantermon on 4/5/2005 at 17:59
Quote Posted by majikku
Besides its nearly doing 60kb/s.
Lucky. I can't get above 6..... :(
Enchantermon
epithumia on 4/5/2005 at 18:15
It should be going plenty fast for everyone; there are eleven seeds, four downloaders and plenty of free bandwidth.
Anyway, if you can't get it via torrent from me very quickly, I don't know how you'd be able to get it via FTP from me any faster. You'll be able to try it out once I get home from work and turn on regular downloads.
frobber on 4/5/2005 at 21:03
Quote Posted by Dafydd
Argh, I'm having crashing problems! I was fine with the two betas, but suddenly with the release version, I can't get past the conversation at the beginning of Reversing.
If I leave the room, the game crashes; if I wait through the conversation, then when Alisha leaves, the game crashes. I think the commonality is Alisha leaving (being teleported out)... I think she disappears if I go into reception, right?
Dafydd - Looks like Moghedian's suggestion works... uninstall KotP, reboot, then reinstall the FM. Glad to hear you're okay now. Not sure what that could be about, but I'll have a look before I release the 'campaign' version (all missions in one pack) this summer.
Ethne on 4/5/2005 at 23:23
I am also having issues with Lady Alisha and her disappearance in Reversing the Order. I went through Kevel's apartment, killed evil guy what's his face, and waited... then went looking for her. I looked for two hours straight and I'm pretty sure I killed all the bad guys. Can't find her anywhere. She hasn't wandered to Garrett's apartment and I can't find a corpse, and I figure that if she were killed, the mission would fail.
Never the less, I start again. I leave before the conversation is finished, she never comes out the door. I restart again. I wait till the end of the conversation, and I see her outside for two seconds, then she disappears completely in front of me...
So, now what? Do I have to uninstall/reinstall and start all over again? Or is there some nifty dromed way to figure out where she is? I love the series, but this is driving me to distraction (I even had nightmares about it last night!!!)
Other than that, really cool level design. I was lost in the industrial district for about 45 minutes. :)
PS: Playing on normal, with patched version. (1.18)
picklocke on 5/5/2005 at 01:57
Just finished this campaign (finals week escape); simply amazing, absolutely loved it. And normally timed missions just piss me off.
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Had a little trouble in The Inheritance, since I originally went around ko'ing all of the remaining guards (2 were sleeping, 1 was walking around) when I saw them, and when I tried to go see Alisha, it would say Mission Failed and check off that I had killed someone. I'm not sure if this is a bug or what but restarting and avoiding them was easy enough (Played on expert, version 1.18)
Edit: Don't know if this may help but I KO'd the one walking guard in the upper walkway area and it may have been one of the areas where the [SPOILER]fires are located in the final fortress seige scene[/SPOILER]
juvat on 5/5/2005 at 03:24
Bit Torrent for me(version3) is 3-5k download and 0-2 upload. 9+ hrs estimated at start and 5 and 3/4hrs to go now over a span of 3 days. I've been getting a tracker error and have to cancel the download. Maybe Aol and BT don't like each other?
So, I thought I'd be clever and upgrade to bt 401; the download has started all over again. I had hoped it would resume as it had been. But, the download rate has improved to fluxing between 3 and 6k now. I know KotP5-9 will be worth the wait. If I read right, BT is supposed to be more community friendly so I like it.
Using regular download in the past I average 8mb/ half-hour (7.9 hrs for a 126mb file) using Mozilla, Opera, Dap. IE's download manager is a crawler.
JimB
