Steam is Preloading on my PC - US : V - Skyrim

» Mon May 07, 2012 12:38 pm

WOOOOHOOO! its preloading! sorry for caps but im so damn happy

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9925/118201185554pm.png

DUDE ACTION CENTER has got a RED "X" message for you! jeez...

» Mon May 07, 2012 12:57 pm

DUDE ACTION CENTER has got a RED "X" message for you! jeez...

It's probably his firewall! :ohmy:

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:30 am

PST? Then you should see it unlock at 10PM PST, Thursday the 10th. As the game unlocks for all of North America at 12:01AM EST Friday the 11th.

9PM PST

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:40 am

It's Preloading on my PC also, 60% done. Question : Its preloading on my PC, do I also have to Pre Load on my laptop also? Since I plan on playing alot on my Laptop also. :dance:

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:08 pm

Finished pre loading, now I'm staring at Steam and wishing I could unlock it

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:39 am

Yes. Preloading from Colorado.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:47 am

Nice! Good solid Steam servers. 2.8MB/s solid for the entire time.

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:39 am

It'll unlock Thursday here, at 10 PM.
Brazil. Preloaded already.

» Mon May 07, 2012 1:01 pm

You could probably just copy/paste them into your steam folder on your laptop. Saves you redownloading them.

It's Preloading on my PC also, 60% done. Question : Its preloading on my PC, do I also have to Pre Load on my laptop also? Since I plan on playing alot on my Laptop also. :dance:

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:41 am

uh, lol, I didn't see the preload button on my steam, so I restarted steam...

now Skyrim doesn't even show in my library, it just disappeared...

I had to restart my pc then it showed up.

» Mon May 07, 2012 12:27 pm

Preloading now thanks for the heads up. Still a little worried the game is only 5.8gb that seems quite small for 2011 AAA game especially one with the scope of Skyrim. Think of all the voice acting alone, I hope they didn't go overboard with lossy compression on stuff.

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:46 pm

It's Preloading on my PC also, 60% done. Question : Its preloading on my PC, do I also have to Pre Load on my laptop also? Since I plan on playing alot on my Laptop also. :dance:

Go to steam->steamapps - copy over the .ncf files for the game, then go to steam->steamapps->common and copy over the skyrim folder. Once the game unlocks, right click and verify the files and steam should recognise and update it for you on the laptop instead of having to download the whole game again.

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:49 am

Preloading now thanks for the heads up. Still a little worried the game is only 5.8gb that seems quite small for 2011 AAA game especially one with the scope of Skyrim. Think of all the voice acting alone, I hope they didn't go overboard with lossy compression on stuff.

They've addressed the HDD space.

Updated: We’ve seen plenty of comments relating to the game only requiring six gigs of HDD space. Don’t worry… there’s still a ton of game in there. The total HDD space relates more to the compression opitmizations we’re able to do with The Creation Engine. Not only are do we think you’ll be impressed with how the game looks, but also how much faster it runs..

http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/10/25/skyrim-system-requirements-announced/

» Mon May 07, 2012 12:55 pm

and we're done, awesome. [img]http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4563/091111.jpg[/img]

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:30 am

done here too :foodndrink:

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:29 pm

Been checking every few minutes, but the preload button did not show up for me until I logged out of Steam and logged back on again - it's now doing its thing

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:36 am

and we're done, awesome. [img]http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4563/091111.jpg[/img]

wow that's fast :dead:

i am almost done i am at 5% lol :cry:

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:44 pm

ok, I'm preloaded 100%.... now for that day one patch...

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:07 pm

Thanks for those who said to restart the Steam client itself (had to remember to close it via the System Tray). That worked. 1.2MB/sec download (only about 10% of my available bandwidth).

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:14 pm

They've addressed the HDD space.

Updated: We’ve seen plenty of comments relating to the game only requiring six gigs of HDD space. Don’t worry… there’s still a ton of game in there. The total HDD space relates more to the compression opitmizations we’re able to do with [the new engine].

Yeah, that's what BioWare said about Dragon Age 2 when the size requirement was revealed

» Mon May 07, 2012 1:17 pm

1 hour = 464mb...

%$#%#$% #"%$%"#$% $%!"#$%#"$% #"$!"#$#!$ :gun:

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:40 am

Yeah, that's what BioWare said about Dragon Age 2 when the size requirement was revealed

Bethesda isn't Bioware.

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:39 am

Yeah, that's what BioWare said about Dragon Age 2 when the size requirement was revealed

i am worried about the textures

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:31 pm

Bethesda isn't Bioware.

Just saying... :teehee:

Anyway, preload away for me too, seems to go about the usual speed. Folder structure and files look quite familiar... ^_^

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:08 am

Yeah, that's what BioWare said about Dragon Age 2 when the size requirement was revealed

Dragon Age 2 = 7gb = fu[censored]ng GAME...

Dragon Age 2 = 700gb = fu[censored]ng GAME the same...

The size was not the problem with this infamous game...