Anyone already saw this? : V - Skyrim

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:13 am

Thanks for the info, I'll have to give this a shot tonight after I... completely rebuild my OS... >.>

Gonna be a busy night, hopefully by the time I have the computer running smoothly the servers will calm down and I can let it run over night.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:44 am

Anyone has some numbers on how many people preordered it for PC?

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:24 am

Anyone has some numbers on how many people preordered it for PC?

Digital distribution services generally do not publish those kinds of statistics as far as I'm aware, so the only thing you'd actually see is the physical pre-orders - a number I suspect is dwarfed by digital pre-orders.

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:08 am

Steam settings -> Downloads & Cloud. You can change the server you download from(one of the many in the states, canada, france, etc, etc).

If you own Steam and have the Cd key validated....

Run "steam://install/72869" in a web browser (Chrome is a bit iffy) And it begins the Preload process, but i get an error because the files are not available yet. I'm in Europe, so even if the Pre-load begins Stateside it usually takes a little extra time for the files to be transferred to Europe for our pre-loads to begin. It really depends on who at Valve is uploading the stuff, and what method they choose, some wait for all the files to be in place world wide before initializing the Pre-load.

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:20 am

MW3 -- with presumably more sales than Skyrim -- has just been released and the Steam servers do not seem overly busy, so imo that bodes well for Steam coping when the preload becomes active. Non-scientific ofc.

Just hope the preload is fast here in little old NZ!

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:46 am

Steam settings -> Downloads & Cloud. You can change the server you download from(one of the many in the states, canada, france, etc, etc).

Yeh, i'm aware

But generally, i get terrible download rates from the US for whatever reason. So it usually ends up quicker in the end if i just wait for the download in my own region.

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:58 am

When you guys expect the Pre-Load to go up? Maybe they are waiting a certain time in PST or something like that...

I cannot sleep while my Pre-Load doesn't start. I need to start the Download after all. :hubbahubba:

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:58 am

I am waiting too. I wonder why some of the other websites can preload the game, and those who bought it directly from steam can not. But i guess we will in a hour or two.

» Mon May 07, 2012 2:34 pm

When you guys expect the Pre-Load to go up? Maybe they are waiting a certain time in PST or something like that...

I cannot sleep while my Pre-Load doesn't start. I need to start the Download after all. :hubbahubba:

I usually check with the Steam Staff on the forums, but they're down because of an attack. The last game i waited for a pre-load for, the Valve guy in charge of the files basically said he was waiting for the Files to distribute themselves worldwide to all the different servers before beginning, as that reduces download bottlenecking. That might be the case here, the files are distributing themselves globally and we're waiting on someone sitting at a computer to click a button.

I'd like to start my pre-load before bed too, though it's getting late.

» Mon May 07, 2012 12:08 am

I usually check with the Steam Staff on the forums, but they're down because of an attack.

.../sigh Steam Forums!

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:59 am

The Steam Pre-Load has now begun, restart your Steam.

» Mon May 07, 2012 1:48 am

pre-load on steam has started everybody - restart your clients

Mine is downloading right now

» Mon May 07, 2012 12:23 am

Now I can sleep with calm. More 4 hours and Skyrim will be MINE. (Mine and Steams)

» Mon May 07, 2012 1:11 pm

Looks like the download will take ~1 hour for me.

» Mon May 07, 2012 9:00 am

sweet 1.9 mb/sec, 57 minutes and it will be preloaded. that will do.

» Mon May 07, 2012 12:27 am

Game guide? what game guide?

the manual?

if you want access to the game guide, you'll have to pay about 30 bucks at primagames.com hehe

hopefully the manual isnt encrypted. something tells me it will be though

Yea srry, meant the game manual.