annoying initial download


I really hate to complain right off the bat, but …

A friend highly recommended this games site. I’m on a slow modem connection so I downloaded the installation file on campus where I have access to high speed, then brought it home and installed it on my machine.

So now here I sit and wait while it is loading update upon update. It has been a half hour with no end in sight. many of the things it is downloading appear to be for games I may never have an interest in.

Why couldn’t it have allowed me to download those with the installation file, when I had the fast connection?

Bob Harris


3 Responses to “annoying initial download”

  1. TheBoomer Says:

    We refresh the base client , the one you downloaded, several times a year. What are are experiencing is the client is fetching all the updates since the last client refresh. This is a one time fetch. This ensures that you have a latest version of all components including all bug fixes.

    We don’t update the download file for each update because it would add a great deal of time to the testing as we usually have at least one software update each week, sometimes more.

    Boomer

  2. cbstevens Says:

    What can I say — the folks that are providing this for zero cost have built it that way. The good news is once done, you have everything you need to play what’s out there. I think that installation is a small price to pay for what is in my opinion the best site available, especially for the money I am paying.

  3. fx4m Says:

    If you had installed the client and run it while on your fast connection, it would have done the available updates at that time. Then you can just copy the brettspielwelt directory to any other machine. Of course, as soon as a new update is available, you will be delayed when you try to login as it is downloaded.
    The real problem is that you have a slow modem connection. That is what you have fix to make your internet experience more acceptable, not just BSW.

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