fresh install, how big is download please?

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• batolemaeus Member CommonPosts: 2,061

  February 2008

  Well, as Guildwars uses a streaming-technology, telling that is pretty much impossible. It will download the maps/stuff it needs..
  I would expect about 200mb initially and then growing. But this is from memory, als i havent played gw for a long, long time.
• Zerly Member Posts: 35

  February 2008

  Thanks for the reply!

   

  200Meg Approx is fine for me as an install, I was just worried as when I tried EQ2 it was gigabytes and blew my monthly quota out.

   

  So it doesntt install updates / maps etc from the other expansions ? (as Eq2 does).

   

  Thanks again

   
• Lonesamurai1 Member Posts: 1,210

  February 2008

  Actually ifyou want to minimize ingame loading times, you can do a game image which will download all the information upto the current patch, the current game client is 3.8Gb to 4.2Gb depending on when you last did a full image

   

  To do an Image, follow these instructions:

   

  When its installed, you should have an icon on the desktop, right click on this and make a copy, then right click on the desktop and click paste. This will then create a second Guild Wars icon.
  
  
  
  Once you have the second icon, right click on it and rename the icon to "Guild Wars Image" or similar (as your going to hide this icon later anyway, it doesn't matter what you call it).
  
  
  
  Right click on your Guild Wars shortcut and select 'Properties'.
  
  
  
  In the 'Target Area' field you will see the location of your Guild Wars executable file:
  
  
  
  "C:Program FilesGuild WarsGw.exe"
  
  
  
  Write the desired command line arguments after the quote marks, so it should look like this:
  
  
  
  "C:Program FilesGuild WarsGw.exe" -image
  
  
  
  Click apply, then click ok, then double click the icon to start it and the client will start and find and download all relevant and up to date game files and decompress them, this makes the game so much faster and saves people waiting whilst you load an area that you haven't been to before
  
  
  
  Now, whilst this is doing its thing, move the icon you just made into the Startup section in your start menu (click All Programs and goto "Startup", right click on it and click explore to open a file window) by clicking and dragging into the file window. This will now make the installer check for updates whenever you start up your PC, meaning your always up to date and if you watch your start up, you also see if there has been an update so you can go and see whats been changed (if your as anal as me that is )
  
  
  
  Now, the imaging can take anywhere between an hour to 5/6 hours depending on your connection, time of day and timezone (for the server it will connect to), so whilst your doing this, go and have a good read through of the official Guild Wars Wiki to get to know the game better

   

  

  
• Zerly Member Posts: 35

  February 2008

  Thanks for that detailed advice (appreciate your time on my query). I'll stick to in game loading for the moment as its spreading the download out as I explore the game, which is more friendly to my quota. The downloads between zones seem quite minimal, the biggest being when I went to observe an international team pvp match. Exciting stuff

   

  Thanks again

   

   
• Lonesamurai1 Member Posts: 1,210

  February 2008

  Originally posted by Zerly
  
  
  the biggest being when I went to observe an international team pvp match. Exciting stuff
  
  
  

  Your two years too late for the truely exciting ones

   

  They used to give out $100,000 prizes

  
• endlesone Member Posts: 109

  February 2008

  oh yeah welcome to guild wars zerly 

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