Shadowbringers pre-download

[Edax]

My job involves things similar to what SE is doing right now with SHB, believe me when I say it's incredibly difficult to get something like this right without breaking anything in the process.

It's not as simple as pressing an Upload button and calling it a day.

I'm curious, what is the process of uploading a new version of the game onto the servers?

[Minas-tepes]

I'm curious, what is the process of uploading a new version of the game onto the servers?

I don't know for SE, but at work we use a software configuration management tool to deploy new software version on our servers.

Of course it need a minimum testing before going on live servers.

[Mistyregions]

My job involves things similar to what SE is doing right now with SHB, believe me when I say it's incredibly difficult to get something like this right without breaking anything in the process.

It's not as simple as pressing an Upload button and calling it a day.

I know jack about coding but I feel if someone wanted to make BUKU bucks in real life, they would build a contracting service that handles these updates so it's as simple as hitting upload. I'm talking BzuzkIzkzuzkzizku amounts of money people would pay for that service.

[Edax]

I don't know for SE, but at work we use a software configuration management tool to deploy new software version on our servers.

Of course it need a minimum testing before going on live servers.

In my minds eye, I just imagined they have a play-test server with the new patch and patch-fixes and then they would just upload that version onto live servers one by one on patch day.

[SerLuke]

The size hasn't been announced as of yet as far as I am aware. This goes for all platforms. In regards to downloading it, just place your console in rest mode and it will download the ShB EA update for you.

This only works if you have PSPlus, if you don’t you have to have it online

[Starrie]

does this expansion include all the previous ones?

[Edax]

does this expansion include all the previous ones?

No. You can get Heavensward for Free now, but you need the code to redeem the free copy first.

[Starrie]

where do you get the code? and what about the expansion before Heavensward?

[disturbedcobra]

This only works if you have PSPlus, if you don’t you have to have it online

Nope. Stated this in another thread that it doesn't require PS+ for game patches.

Game patch download - Free (Detection, download and installation)

Source

[Edax]

where do you get the code? and what about the expansion before Heavensward?

Either it's too late or this is the last day for it:
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...4d62177375d0f2

And if you mean AAR, the base game isn't free either. And you'll have to buy Stormblood to play Shadowbringers.