How to DL FFXIV patches faster?

[Len]

Slow and unreliable is Square Enix's specialty.

[SirEdeonX]

Already installing *.*

[REDace0]

And where is this metainfo folder? >.>

Should be [Your_Home_Folder]\Documents\My Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV\downloads\ffxiv\[alphanumeric]\metainfo.

Hunt through the metainfo folders under different [alphanumeric] folders to find D2011.04.13.0000.torrent. When you're done put the downloaded patch into [same_alphanumeric]\patch.

[Zenaku]

Open your FFXIV ports and you would download x10 faster a patch is taking me forever to download but my gf ports are open and download x10 faster. Onces her download is done i can switch it to my pc, for some dumb reason my Modem does not allow me to open the same ports for more then 1 pc -.-

Here are the ports

UDP - 55296 - 55551
TCP - 54992 - 55551
UDP - 443

[gifthorse]

Open your FFXIV ports and you would download x10 faster a patch is taking me forever to download but my gf ports are open and download x10 faster. Onces her download is done i can switch it to my pc, for some dumb reason my Modem does not allow me to open the same ports for more then 1 pc -.-

Here are the ports

UDP - 55296 - 55551
TCP - 54992 - 55551
UDP - 443

WTF, some of us don't have a masters degree in network theory. Honestly.

[Zayon]

I read that tip on another forum and I managed to do it after 5 mins on google and I'm no computer-wiz at all. It wasn't really hard at all.

Edit. And btw it instantly made my download-speed shoot up to 700kb/sec.

[Zenaku]

WTF, some of us don't have a masters degree in network theory. Honestly.

I hope you joking Setting up ports is very easy, with something called "google" you can even learn how to set your own networking without even going to school. Which i went for and i still learn everything before even going to a networking class.

But for others who may not know this.

1#Start --> Run --> Type "cmd"-
2#Type "ipconfig" on to the black box
3#Look for Default gateway you see numbers "000.000.0.000 type the numbers you see on yours on the internet.

Then go here "http://portforward.com/" look for your modem and learn how to set up your ports.

If you think this is hard then call your ISP and they can give you a step by step how to do it.

[gifthorse]

I hope you joking Setting up ports is very easy, with something called "google" you can even learn how to set your own networking without even going to school. Which i went for and i still learn everything before even going to a networking class.

But for others who may not know this.

1#Start --> Run --> Type "cmd"-
2#Type "ipconfig" on to the black box
3#Look for Default gateway you see numbers "000.000.0.000 type the numbers you see on yours on the internet.

Then go here "http://portforward.com/" look for your modem and learn how to set up your ports.

If you think this is hard then call your ISP and they can give you a step by step how to do it.

WTF... can't I just download the patch somewhere or something?

[Zenaku]

WTF... can't I just download the patch somewhere or something?

I just came with the Conclusion that you are trolling me and you pulling my leg here. But hey i bite this for a while

No this is not wow or other games that allow you to download each patch or download the full game and update the game launcher each few months. Sadly This is how SE does it and we deal with this for many years in ffxi.

[Zenaku]

Without ports open took me 1hour to get 22%

I open my ports: 8:43pm=22% 100% = 8:56

So if you want to download update faster open your ports.

"#Start --> Run --> Type "cmd"-
2#Type "ipconfig" on to the black box
3#Look for Default gateway you see numbers "000.000.0.000 type the numbers you see on yours on the internet.

Then go here "http://portforward.com/" look for your modem and learn how to set up your ports.

If you think this is hard then call your ISP and they can give you a step by step how to do it."