Bloody finaly the steam Bad Company pre-load is up.
So get installing guys....
PS! Dont forget to restart steam to actualy have it show up.
60% done and 1 day to go -.-
What size is it?
it should be about 6gig total
Almost 6GBs
Just got mine to show up too!
I still have the battlefield bad company beta application though.
I deleted the beta folder.
Make sure you do the same to save space :)
save space? hehe right..
for some odd reason my Beta is now listed as pre load complete and ready -.-
I'm shuddering to think how long 6GB will take on my 1Mbps connection. Oh well, see you when it finishes!
Quote from: TeaLeaf;305011I'm shuddering to think how long 6GB will take on my 1Mbps connection. Oh well, see you when it finishes!
Christmas tourney? :D
Hooray!
Downloading now :)
I did not have the beta on steam but from the official forums I would make sure you have done your best to get rid if the beta stuff it seems it may confuse punkbuster.
Did I mention you are all gits!! I am still waiting for play to say dispatched. Also I would take a look and see if you can get online there are already a good few servers live. You may just need to go outside UK. I am not sure if steam will block form playing until Friday in the UK.
Quote from: TeaLeaf;305011I'm shuddering to think how long 6GB will take on my 1Mbps connection. Oh well, see you when it finishes!
Welcome to my world :D
For that reason I pre-ordered from 'game'
Seems to be coming over at 400KBps - 800KBps (3.2Kbps - 6.4Kbps) so approx 4 hours later, assuming we keep to that rate of 400KBps.
Not like it can be played once it's done or can we play the single player at least? :eyebrow:
I'm at 2.2gb.. ur connection's poo albert
Just completed the preload.... to do anything at all you need to wait for the unlocking of the game :angry:
Blimey 86%:D
can't wait to wait for the unlock
95%
Do I stay up?
:woot2:
gotta see the back of that queue:woot2:
So why exactly does the rest of the World's release of BBC2 (that's going to be a problem!) come out a few days before the UK?
I'm sick of seeing that timer telling me I have 12 hours, 11 hours, etc....
It's only a game so why hold it back? :taz:
Albert, havening the entire globe getting 1 MP game released on the same day is a big problem for the game and the firm who made it.
Since BFBC2 for those who already can play is just a big pile of crap with all its bugs and stuff, haveing everyone play it the same time just spells doom overall.
Just read the steam forums on BFBC2 and you can see that you aint missing out on anything, unless you want the bug filled MP :devil:
Quote from: albert;305066It's only a game so why hold it back? :taz:
I believe it's done so as to protect the UK/EU 'street dates' for retail stores.
Publishers are scared that if the download version is available before the retail version, sales will be lost. EU and US street dates are usually different, something to do with sales patterns I guess (Brits like to go out and buy their games at the end of the week, Yanks at the start? *shrug*)
No, it doesn't make sense but then publishers rarely do..
Quote from: Tutonic;305080I believe it's done so as to protect the UK/EU 'street dates' for retail stores.
Publishers are scared that if the download version is available before the retail version, sales will be lost. EU and US street dates are usually different, something to do with sales patterns I guess (Brits like to go out and buy their games at the end of the week, Yanks at the start? *shrug*)
No, it doesn't make sense but then publishers rarely do..
And sales
are lost.
I cancelled mine (online at Amazon) as they were quoting 9th-11th for delivery.
CBA to drive 15 miles to pick it up at a store.
Exactly! I did say that it didn't make any sense :)
Not only do they lose sales, but it encourages piracy. Both BFBC2 and Supreme Commander 2 are both available in all good warez sites - well in advance of their release dates.
I bet there are plenty of people who have downloaded illegally, purely because they can't be arsed for it to show up in stores/steam :(
Quote from: valdeko;305067Albert, havening the entire globe getting 1 MP game released on the same day is a big problem for the game and the firm who made it.
Since BFBC2 for those who already can play is just a big pile of crap with all its bugs and stuff, haveing everyone play it the same time just spells doom overall.
Just read the steam forums on BFBC2 and you can see that you aint missing out on anything, unless you want the bug filled MP :devil:
I personally can't see 2 days making a difference, after all, bugfix releases don't come out 48 hours after general release do they, so delaying can't be because they are scared of giving everyone in the world a pile of cr@p.
I has to be the fact that we, the British game buying public, are the most stupid, vulnerable, gullable market on earth and we'll still pay top dollar (or pound) for something even though we don't get access to it the day we pay for it.
In so far as download time etc. is concerned, the Internet shifts far more PicaBytes of BitTorrent data than Steam ever shift with their content servers so I doubt bandwidth is an issue either.
Face it, we're just sitting ducks out there,.......
Oh and Steam is based in Ireland so our laws probably say retail release in the UK has to happen before non-UK sales can flood the market. Even though they have probably done so by the time the physical game hits the shops, which are mostly full of console games, after all Game and HMV are all that's left, perhaps Tesco and Sainsbury's but they rarely hold PC games,,,,, phew , out of breath.
My DVD was posted today, so it could arrive tomorrow and I may be playing later the same day. :D
And my "Supreme Commander 2" was also posted, but it's a Steam game so won't work until unlocked.
So I (fortunately) was too tired and old to wait till 12 midnight for that silly timer to count down to zero, and this morning the game still isn't unlocked on Steam even though it's released. I'm in a huff. :ranting2:
I thought it would not be unlocked until tomorrow. I was hoping my cd would arrive today but sadly not.
Two days into the marathon and I'm at 88% and still downloading, my snail-speed internet system will catch you all in the end.......maybe within the next 24 hours!
Muhahaha!
*Clunk*
1 x Limited edition BFBC2 DVD through letterbox.
:D
Quote from: Liberator;305147*Clunk*
1 x Limited edition BFBC2 DVD through letterbox.
:D
Bugger where did you buy from Lib?
Quote from: Liberator;305147*Clunk*
1 x Limited edition BFBC2 DVD through letterbox.
:D
He he, that means that mine will be waiting for me when I get home!!! :yahoo:
www.gameplay.co.uk (http://www.gameplay.co.uk)
Well as mine did not arrive today I have given in and bought it from steam as well. :roflmao: I have tomorow off and it would be very bad if the postman did not drop it through letter box. It is also getting delivered to my business address :doh: Well at least if I stay up I can get some time in tonight. :yahoo:
AMG, preload complete. Now to wait for minute I think someone said!
Quote from: Liberator;305147*Clunk*
1 x Limited edition BFBC2 DVD through letterbox.
:D
What he said!
I read on a forum yesterday that you can unlock your steam preload by using Hotspot shield (http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,71209-page,1/description.html).
I haven't tried it myself, but would like to hear what you think.
Apparently you have to make sure to decline all the toolbar rubbish that comes with the program.
just tried the above.
I've managed to unlock the game and play singleplayer (which is good fun so far)
I can't connect to ea to authenticate though.
that may be down to server load, if it's like all the other games on day 1.
I have been losing some connectivity since I ran this hotspot shield, sometimes all the servers showing on HLSW timeout and I lose Steam, yet I'm still able to browse:blink:
I've been playing on the dMw server for the last few hours. :D
Good fun, BF2 in a more restricted area.
I have a feeling we may end up having passworded nights on there, very full and only me and Lex from dMw.
I had a PB kick earlier in the night and so updated it all using the "pbsetup", it didn't update my version, but it put the server one on me and I've been fine since.
I can't find the dMw server in the list :sad:
me neither.. wierd
It is called Deadmen.co.uk at the start of the name.