hmm have the devs considered rapidshare?

jackal22 · Post by **jackal22** » 2007-01-02 01:12

since it seems all the downloads are on the blink, just saying that rapis share has a dl speed of about 250kb/s +

only down side is you would have to shop the files into 100mb rared chuncks and if you were to dl it you would have to wait 60 mins between parts unless you use a leacher but its still quite a good alternative imo.

Post by **e-Gor** » 2007-01-02 01:19

jackal22 wrote:only down side is you would have to shop the files into 100mb rared chuncks and if you were to dl it you would have to wait 60 mins between parts unless you use a leacher but its still quite a good alternative imo.

I don't see how that makes it a good alternative?

1.7gb in 100mb files = 17 files. With an hour wait between each, even with incredibly fast internet it would take you 17 hours to download. Requiring you to be available to click 'download' once an hour. And then on top of that need to get the files split and joined back up correctly. So it's not workable at all.

bittorrent is the best way to get large files like this, and failing that there are a lot of ftp and http mirrors with the file.

Desertfox · Post by **Desertfox** » 2007-01-02 02:16

You can chop the files up and make them some rar archive so you just ctrl + A them all then right click extract to and it becomes 1 big file but then you have the times.

coolhand · Post by **coolhand** » 2007-01-02 03:45

I still feel bittorrent is the way to go. When .4 came out, I downloaded the whole mod in no more than 40 minutes (thank you seeders). Whenever there is a popular release, the best way usually is through torrent, especially when there are tons of people working on the file.
As long as we have seeders, we shouldn't have any problems downloading anything at a decent rate.

acadiancrusader · Post by **acadiancrusader** » 2007-01-02 05:06

ontop of that, the chances of a torrent turning into a corrupt download is next to nil.

Dulk · Post by **Dulk** » 2007-01-02 05:14

firefox+DTA+direct link= very fasat downloads. dta is a dl add on for firefox and immensly speeds up dl's. I went from an average of 100kb/s to 700kb/s.

Ferocious_Imbecile · Post by **Ferocious_Imbecile** » 2007-01-02 05:28

Dulk wrote:firefox+DTA+direct link= very fasat downloads. dta is a dl add on for firefox and immensly speeds up dl's. I went from an average of 100kb/s to 700kb/s.

Downthemall is definitely the cat's ***.

I too invariably pull down an average 600kbps on my downloads.

It's so easy to use.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/201/

npsxbox · Post by **npsxbox** » 2007-01-02 05:37

jackal22 wrote:since it seems all the downloads are on the blink, just saying that rapis share has a dl speed of about 250kb/s +

only down side is you would have to shop the files into 100mb rared chuncks and if you were to dl it you would have to wait 60 mins between parts unless you use a leacher but its still quite a good alternative imo.

yeah, sorry, but that's an awful idea

I agree with everyone who disagrees.

jackal22 · Post by **jackal22** » 2007-01-02 11:00

how about box.net? you can upload up to 10gb and have the file all in one piece. there is also an option on box.net to publish the files publically...

or at least re-upload them or somtehing to filefront or where ever they are hosted because every new 'player' seems to get an error.

mammikoura · Post by **mammikoura** » 2007-01-02 12:54

there is nothing wrong with torrents. They are very reliable and as long as there are some people sharing the download will be fast. So why should we move to something else?

Bamboo · Post by **Bamboo** » 2007-01-02 13:22

the torrent worked great for me, but some people don't understand them or can't get them running right.
Rapid share sucks, espically with the wait between downloads, and there are some better alternatives.
Here is a review on 2 good ones:
File Sharing Just got that much Better with DivShare-
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/29/file-sharing-just-got-that-much-better/

MediaFire: Way Better Than RapidShare For Sharing Files-
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/30/mediafire-way-better-than-rapidshare-for-sharing-files/

MrD · Post by **MrD** » 2007-01-02 13:35

rapidshare is useless for free users with transparent proxies, normally those using cable services where an IP is given to 50 people at a time.

Torrents are the best way, but I wish that whoever was releasing them would rar the torrents up into small 20meg segments with a crc checker so that if there are corrupted rars they can be deleted and redownloaded. One single file of that size with any corruption and you have to redownload the entire thing!

huleboeren · Post by **huleboeren** » 2007-01-02 14:25

The best alternative to Torrents and http is USENET - I would like that VERY much

Post by **bosco_** » 2007-01-02 14:31

USENET... lol, have fun loosing money

edit: ah damn, that was UseneXt, sorry

Zrix · Post by **Zrix** » 2007-01-02 14:50

'[R-PUB wrote:MrD']
Torrents are the best way, but I wish that whoever was releasing them would rar the torrents up into small 20meg segments with a crc checker so that if there are corrupted rars they can be deleted and redownloaded. One single file of that size with any corruption and you have to redownload the entire thing!

BitTorrent uses a built-in integrity checker(SHA-1 hashes), so that is not necessary unless you want to reduce the total file size, but then you would only need one rar or zip file.

MrD · Post by **MrD** » 2007-01-02 15:35

In theory, yes. But if you've been using them long enough you'll know that you do get corrupted downloads.

Zrix · Post by **Zrix** » 2007-01-02 16:20

I have downloaded around 1TB, and it has never happened to me. Maybe the files you got was corrupt from the start?

Post by **Fullforce** » 2007-01-02 17:02

Rapidshare... rapidshit more like.

bullit_toof · Post by **bullit_toof** » 2007-01-02 17:07

It sounds as if copying the entire game to 1180.56 floppy disks, then sending them to each individual user, would be quicker than rapidshare.