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  1. 05-18-2012 01:47 PM #11
    RAIST
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    Quote Originally Posted by wildsprite View Post
    having packed files that could be run to place the files in the correct directories would be best, 7zip allows you to make installers, a script that would search for the correct directory would be possible since all it would need is the correct region's registry entries for that

    it would not be as difficult as you make it seem RAIST, its a matter of how lazy the programmers are or are not, after all, it would not take even that much for SE to make a entry so that the update files would go into a directory in your "My Documents" directory and the game would search there and update from there, that would only take a small POL update to make that work
    Easy for windows yes, but the consoles are a different animal. That is the problem. Hell, I used to embed a simple .BAT file in a standard .zip that would stop webservices, update all the apps, purge the cache, and reload tomcat....made it a standalone .exe with Winzip and pushed it out to our sales team to update the demos. Would take me all of 15 minutes to push out a new series of Java Demos to the whole division that way.

    But, they have this thing about keeping certain components consistent across all supported platforms....would expect this would surely be one of them they would insist on because of their limited support options.
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  2. 05-18-2012 02:19 PM #12
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    Most mmos including FFXIV use bit torrent to distribute patches and its usually fast since you're downloading from so many people.

    All they really would have to do is put it in Playonline program. But I think SE is past the point of reprogramming the POL client to use bit torrent protocol. Due to how old the game is.
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  3. 05-18-2012 02:47 PM #13
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    they really should consider it since they basically made POL viewer a framework with a chat program that allows you to log into FFXI, at least make POL a bit more useful than news most people barely even look at because they already saw it somewhere else, and age should not matter honestly as long as POL still makes them money they should work on ways to make it more efficient
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