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This is a thread for the discussin' of the demo, hence the name. It isn't out yet but it will be soon and we'll need a thread to contain the excitement/crushing disappointment/indifference of those who have played it.
Let us hope it is good, demo legion.
The demo is being released on Friday 20th, 4pm via Steam. Be there or be a four-sided equilateral geometric construction :tongue:.
Maybe a few of the "demo this" and "demo that" threads could get merged with this one? There's an awful lot of discussion going on but it's sorta spread out among a number of threads.
I'd prefer if this thread was free from discussion speculating on when the demo will be released, which is what most of the other threads are full of. I'll close the irrelevant ones and then hopefully the rest will die a natural death as people begin posting in this thread. :2thumbsup:
That works too. :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Beane
I just perused the Steam news page and found no mention of the soon to be released demo. Kinda odd isn't it? I've never used Steam before so maybe I'm looking in the wrong place...
Nah. They are just likely trying to prevent people accessing it earlier than CA would like, like what happened a few weeks ago. They probably won't announce it until the moment CA gives the O.K.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
4pm GMT?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Beane
= 16.00 hours in England.Quote:
Originally Posted by miniwally
4PM GMT - so that's like 11am EST. Which means I will have to slog through another 5 hours of work before I can leave and get home to d/l.
Crap. :furious3:
I'm leaving early.
...and can someone be so kind as to post some screens this afternoon/evening to whet the appetite? :2thumbsup:
As a British Empire fan I am heartedly excited about charging my brave Redcoats up that hill to attack yet another US army camping like big girls blouses. Brandywine should be a British battle honour in my opinion, for all regiments involved.
And Lagos? Superb.
British triumphs all around; huuuuuzaaaah!
This is going to be the longest 2 hours & 6 minutes of this year.
You think the next 2 hours are gonna be long?
You wait until you click Download, now that is gonna be a long wait.
Point taken :bow:
It is almost here and now we will see what Polemist does with his power. Should the demo legion not disband....we know the true intent!
On topic I will post everything about it. I am American and have no problem playing the British, in fact I think Prussia should have won the war of Independence
"How are we doing on the field Lt?" General
"Sir the Prussians just announced victory" Lt
"Wait what the Prussians do not even have troops here?" General
"They are just that good sir" Lt
"Well blasts, lets go home...." General
That is how it should of gone down ^_^ :clown:
For those who would like to know what they are fighting.
This is a good account of the battle and goes into better detail than most.
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/brandywine/page1.asp
This is the best account of a rather lack luster event that has gone down as a decive British Victory.
I was a bit disappointed to see how one sided it actualy was.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lagos
Only an hour to go!
I checked my clock and saw it was 4 and almost peed my pants. After 10 seconds of joy, I remembered I live in a GMT +1 zone. =/
Ya sadly we have 38 more minutes left lol but soon we will have it soon!
31 more minutes of PAIN :embarassed:
I'll kill those last 30 mins by bringing a book back to the library
I'll pass the remaining 26 minutes by sitting curled up in the corner, shaking and crying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wausser
Okay, now I'm getting a little excited...
Pity I've got class in an hour and a half, which means that I won't be able to play it until the afternoon. :(
1am! Who on Earth releases a Demo at 1 in the morning :D Gar. Going to be tired tommorw.
Ugh, this annoying.
I have to set off for work, I clock in at 4pm and my mother hasn't a clue when it comes to PCs, so I can't even leave it to download whilst I am out! I am going to have to contend the servers being gridlocked. Gah.
I think they're surely much more likely to be gridlocked for the first couple of hours than when you clock off work?
Right now the official Sega site is practically buckling under pressure, I'm guessing from hits since they announced the demo is gonna be out in like... 12 minutes now...
I am actually dizzy with excitement :2thumbsup:
10 minutes to go! :2thumbsup:
This is terribly exciting. :laugh4:
Can't wait!
I have to agree. While Steam is usually pretty good (really good) about having high download speeds, I can only imagine how many people are just sitting, waiting, with their finger on the proverbial button. :dizzy2:Quote:
Originally Posted by ETWUnofficial
10 (+/- 5 min) to go. God help steam if they aren't right on time, just think of all the "OH GOD ITS NOT THERE" posts that will happen. :laugh4:
the demo is allready in the list, but I can't seem to download it
Because it's not available yet
Yup. The link is up but it doesn't lead to anything, they are still in the process of setting up the actual download page.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToeAndno
Patience all!
I'll go and play EB until someone posts their first impressions about E:TW! :beam:
My clock says: 2 minutes to go!
I'm going nuts right now :smash::whip::2thumbsup::sweatdrop:
I'm downloading now....yeaaaaaah
Wait... I need 2GB RAM to play this on Vista???
EDIT: How come mind wont install yet, you click 'Install Demo' right?
One minute to go according to my pc.
I am downloading with 500 KB per second !!
my computer says it's time, but no not yet
patience .....
It's up now, we're already downloading it
Try restarting steam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr
Can't download it.
I have now 4%. It is huge!!
Click on install to download it.
This is gonna take hours to dl...
CBR
I believe steam is lagging :P who would have thunk it
:2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Monk
I only have 1GB RAM though with Vista... should I be worried? My graphics card etc are all good, its just my PC came with 2GB but one of them caused a crash
EDIT: Got up to 900 KB/s there, 5% complete!
11% in 5 minutes. Not hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by CBR
Downloading, it's making speed right now
If you get caught in an endless refresh of the demo page while trying to click on Install then restarting steam will(should) fix the problem. I was stuck unable to begin the download as well but a restart of the program fixed it.
I'm getting around 200kb/s and still on 1%... this is going to be painfull.
[Edit] Dagnabit it just dropped to 30KBs
completely restarting Steam fixed it for me.
I'm looking at ~120 kb/sQuote:
Originally Posted by Monsieur Alphonse
CBR
That is what the demo is for IMO. One, getting a taste of a game's full product and two finding out if you can run the darn thing. Gauge your PC's performance in the demo but start out with most of the eye-candy turned down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr
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.
urgh stupid steam, still sorting it out cant even download the demo without installing it LE SIGH
I just got the dreaded "Steam server is too busy, try again later" message. Shouldn't you people be at work or in school?~;p
Thanks - restarting Steam did it for me too. Currently getting 225KB/s download speed, which is nice.
2%...
Time for another cup of tea or 3 I think...
I'm at one MB a second!!!
14%!
...The KB/s has just dissappeared... I'm downloading at a rate less than 1kb/s:wall:
15% at 600 kb/s
I have no downloading speed atm
You know what they say about how a watched kettle never boils...but this demo is steamin'!
EDIT: Not meaning to rub it in, you can all laugh at me when my 1GB RAM fails to cope...
:gah:
lol I had a short moment @ 350kb/s but now it's back at 3,1 kb/s
You guys blew up the server.
Smooth.
I'm at around 400 KB/s
There's 91 people viewing the Parliament now!
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
Quote:
Originally Posted by timski
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!:smash:
:yes:
there were 94 viewing when I came in...it will be more!
currently at 150 which makes me sad cause I downloaded other demo's at 800kb/s
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? :help:
Gah! Just went from 14% to 'Download starting...'
Gah I say! Gah!
Right click the file and click on "pause update"Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr
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.
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. :sweatdrop:Quote:
Originally Posted by Monk
right click and pause, then right click and resume
:laugh4:Quote:
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.
I'll make my diner before I freak out
500 kb/s at 16%
My dl speed has dropped to between 40% en 100%. It is going to be a long download. I am at 33% right now.
See you guys later, off to kick some yankee ass.
Whooah, were half way there
Livin on a prayer
Take my hand and well make it - I swear
Livin on a prayer
:thrasher:
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…
:laugh4:
Download speeds are rather up and down for me. Goes from around 210kb/s to 350kb/s.
At 5% now...:sweatdrop:
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