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The reason I can't play the demo is because it takes 4 hours to install,
so is there anyway I can get it to install faster?
 

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coryman said:
The reason I can't play the demo is because it takes 4 hours to install,
so is there anyway I can get it to install faster?
Do you mean download? Installing it only takes around 2 minutes but it can take a while to download it. The download speed depends on your connection. To make it faster, change your connection to cable or DSL.
 

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4 hours :rofl: thats nothing try 11 hours 2 min and 21 sec and i can give you proof if you want that it took that long

download getright or something like it

http://www.getright.com/

it stick on auto download and your computer to auto reconnect (under internet options then somewhere about the connections bit) then go to sleep and when you wake up it will be done :D
 

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If you are stuck with a slow connection that takes hours to grab 80 MB, the only reasonable alternative is to get a friend who has a better connection to download it and burn it onto a CD for you.
 

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- The mirrors were much faster (100 times or so) than a download from the Paradox site directly
- I stated it earlier already but I think it got buried in responses: This kind of stuff should be released as BitTorrent trackers. It is exactly what the technology was designed for, Paradox could have avoided the death of the servers and a whole lot of bandwitdth bills.
 

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The Half-Life 2 demo is the size of many full games, something like 700-800mb. This is a rather small one in contrast ;) Luckily I haven't had dialup for over 4 years now, but I did download a lot of patches when I did, so I feel your pain. But download managers like GetRight are indeed a godsend.
 

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smn said:
This kind of stuff should be released as BitTorrent trackers. It is exactly what the technology was designed for, Paradox could have avoided the death of the servers and a whole lot of bandwitdth bills.

Very true. If you take a look at the free-for-a-year promo Anarchy Online has running, they allow people to download a BitTorrent for the 817MB files needed for playing. Finished it in two hours last night with zero hassle, ads, Fileplanet download manager junk, popup windows, etc. I loved it, and it probably saved Funcom a lot of money.