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

» Mon May 07, 2012 12:36 pm

Steam finally letting me Pre-load but I'm getting 900k-1MB/sec. Correct region set etc., I should be getting around 2.7MB/sec. Ohwell, not like I'll be able to play it once it has downloaded.

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:23 pm

The pre-load is open at the same time world wide. It's the unlock time that will happen by time zones.

pre load is available now for everyone, unlock will happen at 12 am est for US not sure about the other side of the pond myself though.

So if I got the game I live central I will get the game on 11.10 at 11am

» Mon May 07, 2012 9:59 am

You can. In steam under the games tab click "Activate a product on steam". Enter the cd key and Skyrim will be added to your games list. Then you can preload the game.

I wish this was possible with a retail pre-order. Like downloading the encrypted files and activating them with the key I get with the box. Would be great, as I don't even have a working DVD drive

» Mon May 07, 2012 2:44 pm

SO FRICKEN EXCITED !!!!

I ACTUALLY HAVE THE SKYRIM INSTALL FOLDER OPEN.. IM SO EXCITED I JUST KEEP REFRESHING IT TO SEE THE NEW FILES POP UP... LOLZ

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:23 am

Getting it at 600kb/s, which is about par for what I usually get from Steam. Normally I can download at 1-1.5MB/s, but for whatever reason, my connection to Steam is always half/third of that.

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:47 pm

That's really all I had to say...

That's all you had to say bro.

Went there and got mine preloading too.

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:37 pm

Guys, we can already play the game!
Just right click on the game tab and select create a shortcut! :hubbahubba:

Spoiler

/sarcasm

» Mon May 07, 2012 2:45 pm

I'm going from Five Hours to Three Hours and a Half of "Estimated Download Time".
:drool:

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:38 pm

@ zswan: Isn't it like 2AM there? That's dedication.

No lectures tomorrow so I thought I spend the night with some Skyrim hype and studying for exams. The preload being available THIS particular night (of all my late nights watching skyrim previews) was a happy and long sought after accident

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:00 pm

I'm still getting the "Steam servers are too busy" error. I'm really jealous of you guys.

Doesn't really matter unless you plan to jerk off to having most of Skyrim on your PC but being unable to play.

Preloading now btw. bbl to find tissues.

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:55 am

Yep! http://gyazo.com/b250628f2521b27e29f37d321dd720e4 ! 1.4 mb/s for me :celebration:

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:26 pm

http://i.imgur.com/Nwkzx.png

:cold:

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:54 pm

I'm getting ~200KB/s, but that's to be expected with my connection. Should be done in the morning.

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:30 am

Um... not seeing it(yes I am ubber noob) but if I click steam on my desktop shouldn't there be an option to download?

IF PRELOAD DOES NOT SHOW UP IN STEAM EXIT OUT OF STEAM AND RESTART STEAM AND LOOK FOR IT IN YOUR LIBRARY AGAIN

should not have had to been said 10 times

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:59 am

Also noticed achievements pop-up, but I'm not looking at them for fear of SPOILZ

» Mon May 07, 2012 2:10 pm

Well you folks have until Friday around 6 am CST to finish; then Steam is all mine (retail pickup) :celebration:

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:28 pm

http://memegenerator.net/cache/instances/400x/10/11021/11286174.jpg

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:34 pm

Skyrim - Meshes.bsa
Skyrim - Misc.bsa
Skyrim - Shaders.bsa
Skyrim - Voices.bsa
Skyrim - Voicesixtra.bsa
Skyrim.esm

AHH CAN'T WAIT TO EDIT THE CRAP OUT OF YOU!

» Mon May 07, 2012 2:59 pm

Downloading here downunder now too..schweeeeet!
:celebration:

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:21 pm

21 minutes left, still have to wait 2 days but im still getting too excited

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:03 am

Must say though that the desktop icon doesnt look that very good, think ill getting another one to replace it

lol

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:18 am

Does anyone know if it is possible to get some sort of digitally distributed CD key via Amazon so I can.. you know. stuff. It seems like it should be an obvious service to provide when they have their own digital distribution service for games.

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:32 am

Preloading at 5MB/sec will be done in 20 minutes.

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:51 pm

Does anyone know if it is possible to get some sort of digitally distributed CD key via Amazon so I can.. you know. stuff. It seems like it should be an obvious service to provide when they have their own digital distribution service for games.

if you're gonna just get a key then why not just buy from steam?

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:35 am

all you people with super speedy connections.... I despise you!!!