That Miserable Thief on 12/8/2003 at 12:36
I think the problem in downloading from sites with "waiting lines" formed is not the sites' fault, but that not enough people have made the step to a broadband connection (or have that option). Over a period of about fifteen minutes, all ten of ten possible download slots were filled to download OB, yet only 3 additional downloads had finished in that amount of time. I was able to download this 15.5MB mission in 1 minute 25 seconds. It seems that many others were tying up the line - most likely for about 45 minutes each - with a 56K or slower connection.
There's nothing like getting in the express line at the grocery store only to be held up by a customer writing a check. :grr:
Eshaktaar on 12/8/2003 at 12:42
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Originally posted by flying_hope there where all the dead family are, i was open the well but how i can open the tunnel after the deat burrick!?Darn... that's a bug that crept in. You shouldn't be able to open the well in the family tomb from the outside. I recommend restarting from a former save point and not opening it, since this can screw up the mission. Sorry about that.
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how i can open the other double door in the church!?[spoiler]You need a key, but you won't find it until later in the mission.[/spoiler]
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In the churchbarraks the symbol on the floor, what does it mean!?It's an upside-down gamma symbol - you'll read about it later on.
Nightwalker on 12/8/2003 at 12:43
Not everyone has access to or can afford broadband. I don't think you can expect them to wait to download it just because it will take them a bit longer. Stand in line and take you're turn and everyone will get it downloaded. Has it been sent to the Circle yet? How about The Keep? That would give more options for downloading.
Glenn Italiano on 12/8/2003 at 12:57
Nightwalker is right about that as i'm still on 56k and downloading this FM does take longer to get but I can go outside and do things around the house and come back to check the progress:thumb:
Hopefully I will get broadband very soon now and big FMs will take little time to get:cool:
John D. on 12/8/2003 at 13:05
John D. tosses a realistic-looking rubber snake into the room, sending the other taffers fleeing in terror and leaving the once-long download line open for him.:sly: Hehe, downloading now! ;)
Pistole2k on 12/8/2003 at 13:19
A very cool mission! YEAH! But... i cant find the blackjakc replacement... please gibe me a hint where i can find it. ;)
Silent _Warrior on 12/8/2003 at 13:31
Pistole2k
for the blackjack replacement look in the[SPOILER]Kitchen[/SPOILER] this is an excellent mission.:thumb:
Sxerks on 12/8/2003 at 14:46
For every mission released, as soon as I see it and download it myself, I then upload it to the newsgroup alt.binaries.games.thief. Once it is there, there are no lines to wait in and no bandwidth problems.
If you can use email or this forum, you should have no problem using newsgroups, and its free from most ISPs.
If you want more info I can start another thread to explain things and answer questions.
epithumia on 12/8/2003 at 15:25
It's amazing how people whine about not being able to download it, yet the download count keeps going up. Perhaps you'd get what you're after if you'd just wait a few minutes and try again instead of rushing off to complain about it.
BTW, things are so crowded because there have been several new missions and updates lately. The Enterprise is rather large, and the updated KotP is over 100MB now. It has little to do with dialup users. Since you folks can't see who is downloading what and how fast they are downloading, bashing dialup users is rather pointless.
Griffin on 12/8/2003 at 15:33
Even if you have to wait or look around, get this mission!
As another betatester I can tell you this is a fun, challenging, large, beautiful, funny, scary, intense and very enjoyable mission. It's got quite a story so you'll need to pay attention and read and observe.
Eshaktaar has really put some serious time, thought and effort into this mission, and it shows.
Enjoy!:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Griffin
