Why is the patch/update system -still- broken?

[Randis]

same here, always issues with FF updates....

[Azurymber]

if you have to restart the download over and over again to get a connection for a few seconds each time, thats not a stability issue, thats broken. If you leave it at 0 for hours it will never go off 0 (at least the one time i tried it was stuck at a certain % and 0 for about 5 hours). You have to reopen it and then its like a random chance each time of getting a connection for all of 20 sec and a few % increase.

And you could tell its broken because it used to take me 5 hours to download a patch with the client, whereas it took 2 min with the torrent system.

[Elexia]

Took me only 5 minutes to update the second it went live.

[Ennvy]

Aye same, Dont have a problem with it at all. but.... My main computer it download super fast. but my old computer takes abit, sometimes just wait next day to update. Soo its random.

[gifthorse]

FFS I have tried everything... still 8 hours to download. LOL.

edit: wow, now at 20 hours.

[Azurymber]

and thats the problem. it works for some people and doesn't for others. That just frusterates people. I mean honestly I just feel like quitting rather than wasting hours trying to get the game to update (closing and reopening every 5min). Its little things like this that have made so many people quit already, and will keep people from coming back in the future.

[Mack]

I have to disagree. is not broken, just not STABLE. that the proper word for it. if it's BROKEN, i too will get 0 for hours. but i do not.

What are you arguing for? if its not working like it should its broken, not a big deal, they should fix it either way (whether you wanna call it unstable or broken).

[Zayon]

This worked for me:

Port forward all UDP/TCP ports to 55296-55551.

Port 443 UDP should also be forwarded.

Now this might screw something else up so dont blame me if it does. It gave me a stable d/l speed around 700kb/sec the moment I did it.

[viion]

Imo its broken.

I can have utorrent up and keep constant 500kb/s download and have it done, I start up XIV at same time and it goes 0-30-0-20-0 and spending ages at 0, with 6-7hrs estimated, Where has utorrent does it in like 30 mins.

[chime85]

Yea mine says it requires 2 more hours -.- does the old way of doing things not work anymore, where I download the patch through a torrent? I can't find the patch file in my FFXIV folder anymore what gives? this is taking forever.

you can find the torrent files in C:/ [user]/My documents/My games/Finalfantasy XIV/downloads/ffxiv/48eca647/metainfo

you can torrent straight from there, this particular patch is D2011.04.13.0000

I hope that helps you out

Kimiko x

ps: once you have downloaded the torrent file, copy that file (on your torrent window, right click the torrent and select "open containing folder"). copy the file in that folder, then go to C:/ [user]/My documents/My games/Finalfantasy XIV/downloads/ffxiv/48eca647/PATCH and replace that file.

run ffxiv as you usually would, grin as it installs