Project Reality Downloader for v0.85 - new experimental fast way to get PR files

[Leeu]

OMG it worked! 4 hours! I'm done, I'm online!!!!!!!!!.............*thud*.............

[Oddsodz]

Originally Posted by Leeu

OMG it worked! 4 hours! I'm done, I'm online!!!!!!!!!.............*thud*.............

4 Hours? Would that have been fast for you?

[hyraclyon]

It's going extremely slow for me... is there any chance this will improve or can i better just use the normal torrents?

[Leeu]

...*regains conciousness*...

Hmm, lets do the math:

Data downloaded: 3.22GB roughly (pr folder file size)
Time taken: 240 minutes roughly
Average speed: 0.224MB per second

hmmm, math not looking so good now. usually I can download at max speed of 1.6 MB/s. then again it is a freshly seeded file.

[Oddsodz]

Originally Posted by Leeu

...*regains conciousness*...

Hmm, lets do the math:

Data downloaded: 3.22GB roughly (pr folder file size)
Time taken: 240 minutes roughly
Average speed: 0.224MB per second

hmmm, math not looking so good now. usually I can download at max speed of 1.6 MB/s. then again it is a freshly seeded file.

Yes. I Seems that I might be running out of outbound traffic. But that's not a big issue really when you only 4 seeds. In about 2 days when the heat of release day cools down. It will be faster still.

[Zoddom]

hmm only need the core... and need backups for reinstall

[dyson20]

yay finaly got on website to download and look 32 hrs to dwnload core

[plimsoll]

this seems a little too complicated and risky just for a faster download speed, personally im gunna stick to the torrent i have going atm, im sure i'll still be alive in a few hours time lol.

and do i have to uninstall v0.8 in order to install v0.85? if so how do i go about doing this? cheers!

[evilspongebob72]

I just downloaded it used this but forgot I am going to re format very soon after I get my new sound card (few days). I can see above it says about no easy way of backing it up but is there any way of backing it up?

thanks
Alan

[Oddsodz]

Originally Posted by evilspongebob72

I just downloaded it used this but forgot I am going to re format very soon after I get my new sound card (few days). I can see above it says about no easy way of backing it up but is there any way of backing it up?

thanks
Alan

Yes. Just make a copy of the "BF2install-Folder\mods\pr" folder and burn it to disc or save it on to a 2nd hard drive and then when you have formmated/installed on your new PC. Install bF2 as normal. Then copy back the back "pr" folder into your BF2 "mods" folder and then run the "PR-Downloader". The "PR-Downloader" will file hash check all the files and add the desktop/start menu short cuts needed to play. As long as the backup folder was good. the "PR-Downloader" will not need to download anything at all. That's it.