Demo Discussion Thread

[The Fuzz]

[Wausser]

lol I had a short moment @ 350kb/s but now it's back at 3,1 kb/s

[Monk]

You guys blew up the server.

Smooth.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I'm at around 400 KB/s

There's 91 people viewing the Parliament now!

[Zoring]

So the question i always end up asking around these points, why oh why do i pay for 8mbit ADSL when i get at most 50kb/s ho hum :P

[Fisherking]

For anyone who finds themselves with an "Install Demo" button that doesn't do anything, I suggest exiting Steam and restarting it. That worked for me.

Thanks!

That worked. Now the wait is 2 hrs and 18 min.

Not that anyone else is on the site right now of course…

Beefed up the servers huh?

Easy download no huge crowd huh?


I think some one was wrong!





there were 94 viewing when I came in...it will be more!

[Wausser]

currently at 150 which makes me sad cause I downloaded other demo's at 800kb/s

[Rhyfelwyr]

Wait.. now its says 'Download starting...' instead of a percentage, and the steam icon in the bottom of the screen doesn't show the downloading sign?

[Zatoichi]

Gah! Just went from 14% to 'Download starting...'

Gah I say! Gah!

[Monk]

Wait.. now its says 'Download starting...' instead of a percentage, and the steam icon in the bottom of the screen doesn't show the downloading sign?

Right click the file and click on "pause update"

Wait a few moments.

Right click again, click on resume update.

What's likely happened is that you got knocked down to 0 kb/s for whatever reason and have been continually downloading but the GUI has not updated. This should force it to update.

edit: this will not restart your download. It will resume it.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Right click the file and click on "pause update"

Wait a few moments.

Right click again, click on resume update.

What's likely happened is that you got knocked down to 0 kb/s for whatever reason and have been continually downloading but the GUI has not updated. This should force it to update.

You just saved an ambulance crew from taking a trip... I think someone unplugged the cable to the rooter than gives me my connection because they needed to plug a hoover in.

[ToeAndno]

right click and pause, then right click and resume

[Monk]

You just saved an ambulance crew from taking a trip... I think someone unplugged the cable to the rooter than gives me my connection because they needed to plug a hoover in.

You guys are crazy. Take it easy! Deep slow breathes. Go make a sandwich or something.

[Wausser]

I'll make my diner before I freak out


500 kb/s at 16%

[Monsieur Alphonse]

My dl speed has dropped to between 40% en 100%. It is going to be a long download. I am at 33% right now.

[ToeAndno]

See you guys later, off to kick some yankee ass.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Whooah, were half way there
Livin on a prayer
Take my hand and well make it - I swear
Livin on a prayer

[Fisherking]

I would say the pause helped after a while…went from 3.1 Kbs to 278...now I am all the way up to 2% complete…

[Divine Wind]

Download speeds are rather up and down for me. Goes from around 210kb/s to 350kb/s.

At 5% now...

[Gaius Terentius Varro]

I was getting 15-80kB/s then i switched to east coast servers from the default scandinavian ones and now its stable at 600kB/s

[Haxorsist]

You bastards! Stop downloading, I'm only getting 40 kb/s!

[ULC]

I have no idea why any of you are having trouble at all! I'm coming into this late with a continuous speed of around 450-520kb/s, with spikes into 600 or dips into 340, but that's it

Currently 35% btw

[Monk]

I was getting 15-80kB/s then i switched to east coast servers from the default scandinavian ones and now its stable at 600kB/s

I just did the same thing and am now enjoying 800 kb/s rates where i was only getting 300 before.

To all curious, if you want to change your download serve rto see if you can get a better rate, go up to file, click on settings. Go to the download tab. Then change your download region.

You will need to restart steam for this to take effect.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Almost done, at a steady ~600 KB/s. Thanks, nerd college internet!

[Rhyfelwyr]

79%, averaging around 500 MB/s

[Vuk]

It has installed, I am starting it now. I will post my impressions in 15-30 mins.

[Monk]

70% here. Logging off to enjoy the demo and not have my impressions biased by reading what others thought before I play it. If anyone has problems read what I and others have posted in this thread for fixes to the most common things!

[InsaneApache]

Thanks Monk, it's a lot faster.

[Haxorsist]

I'm trying different servers now. UK was better than Scandinavia. I'm trying some more, but I think I'll stay with UK.

[Fisherking]

I just did the same thing and am now enjoying 800 kb/s rates where i was only getting 300 before.

To all curious, if you want to change your download serve rto see if you can get a better rate, go up to file, click on settings. Go to the download tab. Then change your download region.

You will need to restart steam for this to take effect.

That didn’t work so well…

Steam had to restart and guess what happened…

Now It Won’t Start The Download!