Author Topic: How frigging long does this take? :) (Read 5141 times)

Leuthesius · **on:** April 30, 2011, 03:20:16 pm

file bastion.ogg is out of date...
file collossus.ogg is out of date...

If i'm at this point of downloads and extractions, how far am I into the install? I started the install over 4 hours ago and I have a pretty fast net connection.

Deadly in a Shadow · **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2011, 03:26:16 pm

You mean with Turey's installer? Took me around 2 hours when I first installed SCP

General Battuta · **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2011, 03:28:00 pm

It can be a slog. Just stick with it. If you get too annoyed, try a manual install if you're up for it.

Raiden · **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2011, 03:32:27 pm

Manual install is so much better. I much prefer to know exactly what I'm downloading and how recent or whatever it is.

Leuthesius · **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2011, 03:38:34 pm

No reason to do manual install imo... so far into this one already

At part2b.ogg already... I'm hoping that's it.

Nope... now intro.ogg....

is there a file listing somewhere so I can see how far away I am from the end?

Kolgena · **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2011, 04:44:47 pm

The cutscenes total to around 270MB, IIRC

Leuthesius · **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2011, 06:43:12 pm

OMG....sparky_hi_fs1.vp downloading and extracting.... I'm heading into eight frigging hours! Is it re-downloading everything that it downloaded to begin with or something?

Deadly in a Shadow · **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2011, 06:53:52 pm

Quote from: Raiden on April 30, 2011, 03:32:27 pm

Manual install is so much better. I much prefer to know exactly what I'm downloading and how recent or whatever it is.

Quote from: Leuthesius on April 30, 2011, 06:43:12 pm

OMG....sparky_hi_fs1.vp downloading and extracting.... I'm heading into eight frigging hours! Is it re-downloading everything that it downloaded to begin with or something?

Recommendation: Abort this crap and do it manually.

Jeff Vader · **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2011, 07:25:55 pm

Quote from: Leuthesius on April 30, 2011, 06:43:12 pm

OMG....sparky_hi_fs1.vp downloading and extracting.... I'm heading into eight frigging hours! Is it re-downloading everything that it downloaded to begin with or something?

You choose to download everything, you end up downloading everything. And everything takes time.

Raiden · **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2011, 07:34:02 pm

Quote from: Deadly in a Shadow on April 30, 2011, 06:53:52 pm

Quote from: Raiden on April 30, 2011, 03:32:27 pm
Manual install is so much better. I much prefer to know exactly what I'm downloading and how recent or whatever it is.
Quote from: Leuthesius on April 30, 2011, 06:43:12 pm
OMG....sparky_hi_fs1.vp downloading and extracting.... I'm heading into eight frigging hours! Is it re-downloading everything that it downloaded to begin with or something?

Recommendation: Abort this crap and do it manually.

Seriously.

Just go here man: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=47640.0

Really helpful guide that'll show you how easy manual install is. Although at this point I can understand you might wanna just finish up with the installer.

Leuthesius · **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2011, 08:17:43 pm

LoL... 9.5 hours.

spark_hi_fs1.vp....

I have one question about this whole thing: If I downloaded and installed everything, why is it redownloading and installing everything?

XD

With this many hours, no sense in stopping it. I'll just let it finish. If it's still running tomorrow morning? Well... then someone needs a serious talking to. ;D

Ok. Going on 14 hours. I'm going to bed. If it isn't done by morning, I have a feeling my laptop is going to go through a window. Well... the one that's already broken anyways. I don't think my insurance policy covers rage on my lappy.

FreeSpaceFreak · **Reply #11 on:** May 01, 2011, 02:37:20 am

Quote from: Leuthesius on April 30, 2011, 08:17:43 pm

I have one question about this whole thing: If I downloaded and installed everything, why is it redownloading and installing everything?

Because there's new versions of nearly everything

Scotty · **Reply #12 on:** May 01, 2011, 02:41:24 am

Srsly, just manually download tomorrow. Latest build of FSO, latest MVPs, then pick whatever campaigns you feel like instead. [shameless plug]There's an excellent way to find all of them stickied in the Mission and Campaigns board[/shameless plug]

Leuthesius · **Reply #13 on:** May 01, 2011, 10:32:23 am

Here's irony. Shortly after I went to bed, the download locked. lololol. I wasted all day yesterday ;_;

General Battuta · **Reply #14 on:** May 01, 2011, 10:35:16 am

Quote from: Leuthesius on May 01, 2011, 10:32:23 am

Here's irony. Shortly after I went to bed, the download locked. lololol. I wasted all day yesterday ;_;

No you didn't - the stuff you downloaded should still be there.

Leuthesius · **Reply #15 on:** May 01, 2011, 11:36:13 am

Well nothing really works....

Launcher.exe tells me that it has to be in the same directory as the binary that I'm trying to use, which tells me that something isn't working right. I'm really good at pointing out the obvious. None of the mods show up when I use ds2_open_..._sse_2.exe.

Looks like the freespace port failed. None of the mods appear to be anywhere....

How could that thing run for 15+ hours and not finish downloading everything? I used it specifically so that I wouldn't have to go hunting for mod links and doing anything manually. Expected it to go for a few hours. Now I wasted all day and it looks like I'm going to have to delete everything and start from scratch!

I would have listened to everyone saying to just go manual a lot sooner if I knew that it was so far from being complete--and never would. Anything more than 4 hours for an install with modern net speeds and cpu speeds is kind of ridiculous.

General Battuta · **Reply #16 on:** May 01, 2011, 11:38:29 am

That's pretty weird. It's possible something's wrong with the installer. Could you post a screenshot of your FS2 directory? That'll help us see what's gone wrong.

Jeff Vader · **Reply #17 on:** May 01, 2011, 11:38:48 am

Yes.

The E · **Reply #18 on:** May 01, 2011, 11:40:18 am

You need to tell us a bit more about your system, then. In addition, you should do a search on your system for the files.

Leuthesius · **Reply #19 on:** May 01, 2011, 11:47:30 am

Here's the directory, but there are a few things added since I've been going through the manual install process.

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