OK I have a problem...

My (UK) home broadband connection is slo--o-o-ow (thanks BT for the rubbish telephone exchange)... whereas my work broadband connection is very fast indeed.

Logging into Steam last night at home, I'm prevented from playing FONV (I bought a retail copy) because Steam wants to update my game to the latest version (haven't played online in a while, it being Christmas and all). I'm getting approx. 25kbps and the latest update is going to take approx. 6 hours or worse to download.

I don't have this problem with other games I play - the patches are available on the internet somewhere, I d/l on my fast work connection, copy the patch over to a memory stick, take it home, etc etc...

Oh, and I can't install Steam on my work PC, and I can't install games on it either, so that option's not available.

All I want is to be able to d/l the 1.2 patch over a fast connection from Bethesda's website (or wherever), copy it to a memory stick, and execute it on my home PC. I should add I'm hapy enough to have Steam online (or offline - if I remember to switch the cookies option to"off" when I delete my browsing history...) while I'm playing, and for logging in etc. I just hate being forced to update over my awful home broadband connection via Steam.

How hard can it be for Bethesda to help those of us with slow internet connections with this? I mean, what's the downside if they hosted the updates here?

6 hours or so.....let me think.....that would be less than your average work day!

1) Start the update downloading via steam in the morning
2) Go to work
3) ?????
4) Profit

Download the update on your PC while your at work, that way your not playing fallout for the same amount of time as if you had downloaded it at work, but you don't have to patch it when you get home!

That may work, but not if they don't have a dedicated phone line, and there's someone at home during the day. Not being able to use the phone all day would be really inconvenient, if not dangerous (if there was an emergency). What I do is download at night after we all go to bed. Same amount of time, much less inconvenience!

Cheers, Phyrie

True Phyrie, however not many people have dial-up these days. Im guessing he has adsl, but at a poor speed

Cheers all. Had to svck it up and grind my teeth while it d/l’ed the update. Done now though, so it’s “Offline Mode” for me…

PS Dunno whether it’s the new Nvidia drivers, or the patch, but the game seems to run a lot smoother on my less-than-stellar rig.

Hey Swifty Good to hear.

As a sidenote, this mod allows the game to use more ram (supposedly), and also allows you to launch the game outside of steam just using the shortcut.

http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=38644

Give it a while! Or grab the fallout mod manager, which can also launch this outside of steam (obviously only do these if steam is giving you offline issues)