Demo Discussion Thread

**Sheogorath** · 02-20-2009, 19:43

And now the server issues begin.

I got to %30 before my download stopped. Now it says it's 'updating' and went down to %0

My friend over in Scotland reported a similar thing happening at almost exactly the same time.

ITS AS IF A MILLION FANBOYS SUDDENLY CRIED OUT IN PAIN

**peacemaker** · 02-20-2009, 19:48

gah. i warned myself not to visit this thread till ive played the demo since i want to try and get this thing all by myself before seeing your strategies...the demo is SO SLOW!!! or maybe it's just my internet connection...Steam said there was a demo and a big button "play now!" but i just closed that and am hopefully resuming the original demo from this morning. 29% so far after a few hours...hopefully it'll be done by tonight.

**Meneldil** · 02-20-2009, 20:00

First comments make me feel like a sad panda.

Furthermore, I'm not really found of the battle aspect of the TW serie, and this demo apparently only offer a few battle tutorials. Too bad.

**peacemaker** · 02-20-2009, 20:01

GAH 47.8 kb/s download speed...Im dying with excitement but am also worried about what some comments have been said....

**Sir Beane** · 02-20-2009, 20:02

Originally Posted by peacemaker

GAH 47.8 kb/s download speed...Im dying with excitement but am also worried about what some comments have been said....

You aren't the only one who is worried. The fact that the demo is taking ages to download only makes things worse.

**Elmar Bijlsma** · 02-20-2009, 20:08

Just had a quick go at both battles.
Controls were unfamiliar, so I struggled more with that then the enemy. No giving orders when paused? That can't be right! The AI didn't seem to suck, which is nice.

The naval game was a huge let down. I expected an arcadish approach but wasn't prepared for what I saw. Overly manoeuvrable ships (and not a little, think handbreak turn manoeuvring) and the French sailed dead into the wind at a fair pace while my man o war were crawling along at what should have been the ideal angle (just to the side of the wind direction) Hope the modders can fix this because it's a mess.

**Elmar Bijlsma** · 02-20-2009, 20:11

Forgot to say that the Naval battle froze up on me too. Also, menus are choppy.
Smooth gameplay though, even if I had to turn stuff down a notch more then expected.

**Zenicetus** · 02-20-2009, 23:29

Originally Posted by Elmar Bijlsma

The naval game was a huge let down. I expected an arcadish approach but wasn't prepared for what I saw. Overly manoeuvrable ships (and not a little, think handbreak turn manoeuvring) and the French sailed dead into the wind at a fair pace while my man o war were crawling along at what should have been the ideal angle (just to the side of the wind direction) Hope the modders can fix this because it's a mess.

Ugh, that's exactly what I've been afraid of, and griping about, for months. I'm not even downloading the demo until I hear more about the naval battles. So far, it doesn't sound good at all.

**Rhyfelwyr** · 02-20-2009, 20:03

I've had similar problems with the time loading screens take, and the battles have been a bit laggy, even on Low settings. Also, has anyone else gotten crashes playing naval battles?

**Daimon** · 02-20-2009, 20:19

Originally Posted by peacemaker

GAH 47.8 kb/s download speed...Im dying with excitement but am also worried about what some comments have been said....

Try switching to a other region, I switched from Holland (Benelux) to USA East Coast and it boosted my download bij 300 kb/s (I was downloading around the 150 kb/s before)

**Sir Beane** · 02-20-2009, 19:54

Originally Posted by Sheogorath

And now the server issues begin.

I got to %30 before my download stopped. Now it says it's 'updating' and went down to %0

My friend over in Scotland reported a similar thing happening at almost exactly the same time.

ITS AS IF A MILLION FANBOYS SUDDENLY CRIED OUT IN PAIN

Same problem on my end. How can it be updating if it hasn't even downloaded? Anyone got any ideas on what's going on?

**ToeAndno** · 02-20-2009, 19:55

Pause the download and then resume

**Sheogorath** · 02-20-2009, 20:00

Originally Posted by ToeAndno

Pause the download and then resume

Yup, that starts the download again.

Still doesn't bring the % back, though. Eh, oh well. It's going at a decent rate.

I'm thinking Steam assumed the download finished normally and is counting the rest of the demo as an 'update' to the partial download. I recall this happened to me once before...so it should be alright.