Hit Deity on 3/9/2003 at 23:42
Hmmm. I did exactly like deadman suggested and double-clicked my .torrent file and it started downloading the whole thing again ... .. .at 64K/s. I just don't get it. I picked the same directory where I had the file before, and it still says it's downloading the file. Sheesh.
eepcat on 3/9/2003 at 23:45
Jason,
Is this the mission pack you were referencing in the earlier thread discussing the burning/mailing of CD-Roms to forum members?
- eep!
deadman on 3/9/2003 at 23:49
Are you sure, HitDeity? If so, my apologies for suggesting this. It was enough that you were serving it in #thief-fms, you didn't need to also seed it :(. All I can say is it's always worked for me in the past. I'd say it's a fluke. It could've been a failed hash check, but then I wouldn't think it would've let you download the whole thing without informing you before. I'm sorry! I can resend it to you in #thief-fms if you'd like. The speed might not be faster than rates on BitTorrent, but who knows.
As a last resort, are you sure you didn't rename the file? If your BitTorrent didn't come up with "Checking existing file" with a progress of that (going up to 100%) before downloading, that is likely the case. Not that you'd do this on purpose, but it's easy to be absentminded when one is new to something.
deadman.
Jabberwocky on 3/9/2003 at 23:58
I got the English file, have not tested it out yet but it is 167 MB at the end, and am now ready to start burning.
Epithumia
About snail mailing this FM, I sent you an E-mail regarding a central page for thieves in need of this FM.
Hit Deity on 4/9/2003 at 00:01
Oh, it went through the checking progress, got to 100%, then started to download it again. It's going at about 60K/s and it's at about 100MB, the little blue bar is going up just like before. It's supposedly saving it in the same spot as before, because I specified the same directory as before (I even saw the same file in that directory), but it's redownloading it for some reason.
So, if I want to share it by BT, then my choices are: leave Bit Torrent open and never close it, or just redownload the same files over and over.
Jabberwocky on 4/9/2003 at 00:17
HD, what torrent program are you using? I used bittorrent-3.2.1 and didn't have a problem. Although I am now serving English at only 7, and ger is going at Up5 Dn10 so it will take 3 hours+
I was downloading at about 60ish when it was english only. I figure the new difference is due to serving 2 while downloading 1. Or there are just less 'seeds' for the Ger verson.
shadows on 4/9/2003 at 00:25
It will take me 24 hours to d/l this on my 56k. Has anyone actually played some of these missions yet and what are the missions like, or is everyone still downloading? :erg:
Hit Deity on 4/9/2003 at 00:30
I'm using 3.2.1b CVS EXPERIMENTAL version. Nothing but the "edgiest" will do for me!! :p
And I think I've gotten it figured out now. Nobody mentioned the fact that downloading the .torrent link gets things started, then BitTorrent will open.... I was just told to start BitTorrent, and that part just wasn't explanatory enough for me. You have to double-click a .torrent file to get things going, and then I didn't know that you have to point the dialog box that opens to the file you downloaded already, and that if you move the file around, BT will probably just download the file again for you...... and so on.
Not knowing enough cost me.
To shadows: It's made by Christine, what more guarantee or encouragement do you want? I can put something in writing for you..... :p :joke:
deadman on 4/9/2003 at 01:26
Quote:
Originally posted by shadows It will take me 24 hours to d/l this on my 56k. Has anyone actually played some of these missions yet and what are the missions like, or is everyone still downloading? :erg: I've played it, shadows, and so far (though there's been one brightly lit area I couldn't traverse without alerting the guard -- d'oh!), it's worth it :cool:. If you're having really slow rates using BitTorrent, try getting it at my mIRC channel, #thief-fms! Just read the thread "Night Falcon at #Thief-FMs!!" for details if you don't know how. Like BitTorrent, it supports resuming (so all isn't lost if you get disconnected), so all is well :thumb:.
deadman.
Caradavin on 4/9/2003 at 03:35
Well, I downloaded the file and kept it up until about 9 pm. When I restarted my computer, I have no sign of bittorrent. How do I reopen it so others can dl it as well??
