Patch is up

[MilitantB0B]

Thats right, the patch is up. Its an art patch, so put in a movie, it'll take a while :).

[MilitantB0B]

And, just as an interesting side note, it downloads a file called offlinetraining.pak. Hmmmm, interesting ;).

[ZipUoff]

so is it really there yet? or are they just "SLOWLY" bringing it in?

[Fire_Monkey]

yeah, it's mainly graphics fixes though.

[michaelsuave]

dear GOD!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! it says its going to take 1.5 hours! and i have my own cable connection right to my schools hub. dang, either that or my school is slow.

[Hamma]

I have several days of patches to catch up to :ugh:

[MilitantB0B]

Yeah, its a monster. I gave up all hope of playing this game much this evening as soon as I read the words "art patch". I can just start downloading and hope for a speedy recovery.

[MilitantB0B]

Originally posted by Hamma
I have several days of patches to catch up to :ugh:
You haven't been playing for days?!?!?! :nono:

[Feign]

Can they not start mirroring this elsewhere??

Im tired of having to wait hours longer because of my location and the thousands of people downloading from their server.

[Hamma]

There was a slight problem, I was on the opposite coast. Therefore I could not download it :(

[MilitantB0B]

Server is up to by the by. :)
I'm being really informitive tonight. I demand a cookie.

[Matuse]

Can they not start mirroring this elsewhere?? Im tired of having to wait hours longer because of my location and the thousands of people downloading from their server.

The short answer: No.

The long answer: Hell no.

The complete answer: Beta testing is more than just making sure the code works and the game is balanced. They need to test their machines and bandwidth to see if they can stand under a "Live" load. This includes the patch server. In between the game going gold and going to printing, there will be probably 2-3 patches, which EVERYONE who buys the game will need to get. Going with a (severe) underestimation of 50,000 units sold on opening day, that is a hell of a lot of work in patches. Of course it won't work perfectly, but the idea is to make as painless as possible. Additionally, the game is not static with 2 guys working part time on a patch to fix some little thing once every 3 months like a normal game...Planetside is going to have regular (possibly even frequent) downtime for additional patches to introduce new content, fix bugs, etc, etc, etc...every time this happens, every player is again going to have to patch. If the patch server doesn't work, nobody plays, so clearly a great deal of effort needs to be invested to be sure that the damn thing is working.

I'm sure mirror sites are out of the question for a whole pile of reasons (the ease of cheating being foremost).