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Unread 11-16-2008, 03:54 PM  
Lantis

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Kiara wrote:

Yes, parts of this expansion have been Bits'd.

Thanks Kiara.

If memory serves right, you have to tell the EQ2 Launcher to "Download as I Play" for it to start downloading it in background.  Mine was disabled here - now that I enabled it it seems to have started trickling down a good bunch of files:

C:Windowssystem32>bitsadmin /listBITSADMIN version 3.0 [ 7.0.6001 ]BITS administration utility.(C) Copyright 2000-2006 Microsoft Corp.{11B3028D-AC8C-4BA9-8D8D-800574CF41ED} 'SOE [EverQuest 2|Main Distribution-bitsonly|0]Username' TRANSFERRING 0 / 104 10574 / 793710481Listed 1 job(s).

So for shorter download times on Launch Day, it's probably a good idea for people to go into their Launcher, click on "Preferences", and make sure both options are set to "Download while I play".  Windows will then start downloading the expansion files in background whenever the bandwith is unused.  This will be quite a few hundred megs less to download on Launch Day

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