22.7GB Patch Download Due To System Shutoff.. Fix When?

[Magic-Mal]

Had a power outage overnight and now I have to reinstall the whole game and its worth 22.7GB. Even worse, there are literally tons of people with this issue and it happens by just turning the game off, every time

Downloads take HOURS and prevent you from playing the game at all.

Fix. This.

And here's a 12 page thread in the tech section that still hasn't gotten Dev attention:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...logging/page12

[GrizzlyTank]

Think the game moves files to a temporary folder that gets deleted after download, or when the download is canceled. So you just have to redownload it all agin.

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

Think the game moves files to a temporary folder that gets deleted after download, or when the download is canceled. So you just have to redownload it all agin.

from what i can tell, FFXIV doesn't need a reserved amount of space to download the updates. in other words, the update would be downloaded directly to the games installation. and not copied over from a temp location.

it should behave this way, because of the internal updater. i have noticed that when games update from the dashboard of the PS4 that they need a minimal amount of space reserved. this is true regardless of download size. it could just be a 200MB update, but will still reserve 36GB for the download. FFXIV uses an internal updater, so 200MB only requires 200MB.

and because of that, canceling the download/update shouldn't cause you to lose any kind of progress. you should be able to pick up right where you left off at.



at any rate, sounds like people are having an issue with the download. what they are experiencing certainly isn't normal, i know that.

[Magic-Mal]

Bump .

[Derio]

Did you leave your pc on with the game up overnight?

[RLofOBFL]

SE pls this is an awful bug for slow internet people.

[KatenKyokotsu]

God blessed I have a nice net speed. Took me 27mins only :P

[TaranTatsuuchi]

Did you leave your pc on with the game up overnight?

Well, if he did and wasn't there playing, then he's using some exploit to bypass the afk kick timer.

People who do that are inconsiderate and selfish.
They're the ones to blame for how bad the queues have gotten.

[Fluffya]

Same for me. I was playing on PS4 then power got cut for a few seconds because of heavy rain after a heat wave. Now its downloading 22.7 gb.

I play FF14 alot so i did have power shortages while i play, but its the first time it trigger a download.