IL2 needs better DL service speed

[Blasterlasvideo]

As a simmer/gamer that DLs a lot (DCS,Steam,GOG at speeds from 2-8 MB/sec.) I am appalled at my experience of trying to DL BoK many days after release. I have tried early morning/afternoon/evening times to do this. Average pathetic speeds vary from 200 kb/sec to 600 kb/sec. In my research it seems most folks have this issue as well. A 12 hour DL is unacceptable to me so I returned the game to Steam for a refund. Come on folks you are a high tek company. You should be able to get better performance than that. Would love to return and play the game when it doesnt take half a day to DL

Disgusted.

Edited March 17, 2018 by Blasterlasvideo

[Fritz_X]

About what download service are you actually complaining?

 

I originally was planning to answer you by recommending to buy BoS on Steam and then buy anything else (BoM, BoK, BoBp, collectors planes, etc.) through the developers web site. So both you (getting the faster download service from Steam, which will download and install all content, including the things you bought direct from the developers web site) and the developers (by getting the full funds for every purchase of you, except BoS) will profit.

 

But since you said you "returned the game to Steam for a refund", I am left quite confused.

[LLv24_SukkaVR]

You have IL-2 bought from Steam which uses Steam servers for downloading and you blame IL-2 devs for download speeds?

[Blasterlasvideo]

Actually I originally bought it from Steam then I read the dev get more money if you buy direct from them. So I returned it and bought from the IL2 website direct. Thats when I bumped into the speed issue. Like I said, I have heard great things about the game and would love to fly it if and when the speed issue is addressed. Sorry for any confusion. Must be coffe time here in Las Vegas.

[Brano]

It must be your internet provider. Recently I bought a game from steam. 35GB download. Average DL speed was around 7MB/s. This game I have directly from IL-2 site shop. Again,last download of 3.001 was around the same DL speed. Im not in Vegas,but small central europe country. I guess we have better internet providers here then you have in Nevada 

[Blasterlasvideo]

Nope.You are wrong. Great speeds here in Vegas. If you read my post you would have seen the speed I get from everyone but IL2.

 

(DCS,Steam,GOG at speeds from 2-8 MB/sec.)

 

 

[Edited]

 

Loose the snarky attitude. No need to be rude and nasty.

Edited June 13, 2018 by Bearcat

[LLv24_SukkaVR]

3 minutes ago, Brano said:

It must be your internet provider. Recently I bought a game from steam. 35GB download. Average DL speed was around 7MB/s. This game I have directly from IL-2 site shop. Again,last download of 3.001 was around the same DL speed. Im not in Vegas,but small central europe country. I guess we have better internet providers here then you have in Nevada 

 

The IL-2 servers are probably in europe and thats why he has so bad DL speeds. He has good DL speeds from Steam and other places so his internet provider isnt the problem. Shame he returned the Steam BoS, because best way is having BoS from Steam and everything else from IL-2 store. Devs get all the money (except BoS) and you'll have fast DL speed no matter where you live.

[Avimimus]

lol my maximum download speeds are 200-600/sec.

 

So I take satisfaction that all you guys who made devil's deals with the bigger ISPs to get higher speeds are being brought down to my level  

[Brano]

32 minutes ago, NahkaSukka said:

 

The IL-2 servers are probably in europe and thats why he has so bad DL speeds. He has good DL speeds from Steam and other places so his internet provider isnt the problem. Shame he returned the Steam BoS, because best way is having BoS from Steam and everything else from IL-2 store. Devs get all the money (except BoS) and you'll have fast DL speed no matter where you live.

Is it a general problem for people from USA? Or is it just Nevada? Too much sand in desert? I dont know 

[Fritz_X]

Thanks for clarifying what you meant with the "returned to Steam" part in your original post, OP. My initial confusion is gone now 

 

Too bad you did that, even if your intentions were good (helping the developer). You should have kept your BoS copy on Steam (which grants you the better download service through the Steam servers) and bought all the other products directly from the developers store page. Yes, this actually works perfectly well.

 

Steam doesn't check which add ons and collector planes you own, it automatically downloads and installs all the existing IL-2 content. What you are actually able to access of all this content is determined by the products you have registered to your IL-2 account (the one you are using to log into this forum), which you have to log into when running the game through Steam as well.

 

I hope this was somewhat helpful to you, after all it sounds (and maybe actually is) a little confusing.

Edited March 17, 2018 by Fritz_X

[Rjel]

On 3/17/2018 at 10:14 AM, Blasterlasvideo said:

Nope.You are wrong. Great speeds here in Vegas. If you read my post you would have seen the speed I get from everyone but IL2.

 

(DCS,Steam,GOG at speeds from 2-8 MB/sec.)

 

 

[Edited]

The vast majority of people here are quite helpful. The majority usually are thankful when offered suggestions and help. Then there are replies like yours. Hope you get it figured out. Hope you will want to be a better member of this community.

 

I agree.

Edited June 13, 2018 by Bearcat

[Blasterlasvideo]

Branos smart ass response to my question was answered in kind. 

 

[216th_Jordan]

You did check the "prefer web distribution" box? (otherwise you rely on other players seeding) I usually get download speeds up to 15 mb/s or more with web distribution. But Il2 uses servers across the globe so maybe one of them had an issue.

[Rjel]

5 minutes ago, Blasterlasvideo said:

Branos smart ass response to my question was answered in kind. 

 

The ol' how to win friends and influence enemies routine I take it? Hope that works out for you. Follow Jordan's advice. Maybe that will help you.

[Tyberan]

I thought the Download speed was much improved since the last update. The last few updates I've been getting 30-250kp/s download speeds so updates were taking forever to complete. This update I was getting 1.4Mb/s which is pretty fast. I'm not sure if the Devs are using different servers or my routing has changed, I know that in the past some of the updates have coincided with the Singapore to Australia Fibre being damaged (seriously)

 

Yes in Australia 1.4mb/s is considered fast.

[Blasterlasvideo]

My apologies to those offended. The close to 9 hour DL pissed me off. I expected better speed for a $75 investment. Rant over.

 

BTW. I just completed a DCS update (large and done at a similar time of day as the IL2 I did yesterday)) and I got from 8MB/sec. to 14 MB/sec. (which surprised the hell out of me). Which indicates my IP and computer were not a factor in the IL2 snail parade. Moot point...DL is complete.

[BeastyBaiter]

The download speed from this site is pretty terrible, I have to agree on that. You can do the torrent approach by deselecting "prefer web distribution" but last time I did that (yesterday) I had a 0.7kb/s download speed cause apparently there wasn't a single person seeding. Given the frequent large updates, an upgrade on the server's internet connection really ought to be put in the budget.

[Feathered_IV]

20 minutes ago, Blasterlasvideo said:

My apologies to those offended. The close to 9 hour DL pissed me off. I expected better speed for a $75 investment. Rant over.

 

 

I think everyone deserves a bit of leeway for occasionally losing it over the painfully slow download speeds once in a while.

[SCG_Fenris_Wolf]

Blasterlasvideo, it should be possible to login to il2sturmovik.com, login, go to profile, then press "get steam key". 

 

Then install the game through Steam and profit from the Steam servers nearby. Steam has the worldwide network of servers, a small company producing a Simulator does not.

 

 

So much for your help. And one more thing, behave. Most Europeans don't care about your feelings, and won't excuse your bs due to you "being emotional". We're not easily offended (hell we got the Italians here!), we fire back, we've done that for millenia. What you get is flamewars and not hurt feelings. We don't have a similar thing here, in regards to "hur-dur I am offended call Hillary" like it is in the US, keep that leftist rethoric on your side of the pond. Keep it honorable. Thanks mate.

 

 

[Art-J]

16 minutes ago, Blasterlasvideo said:

My apologies to those offended. The close to 9 hour DL pissed me off. I expected better speed for a $75 investment. Rant over.

 

BTW. I just completed a DCS update (large and done at a similar time of day as the IL2 I did yesterday)) and I got from 8MB/sec. to 14 MB/sec. (which surprised the hell out of me). Which indicates my IP and computer were not a factor in the IL2 snail parade. Moot point...DL is complete.

 

Not quite fair comparison, mind you. You completed your DCS update outside of "rush hour period", five days after it was actually released. Try doing the same once any big DCS update goes out and "enjoy" sub-1MB/s crawling as well (been there, done that).

 

I see there doesn't seem to be much difference between these two Russian publishers in this regard, they're equally poorly prepared for really big file distribution when bombarded by thousands of customers at the same time. I can't blame them, though - would be nonsense to invest money in the infrastructure you only need once a year or so. I'm planning to buy a standard edition of BoK when it comes next Tuesday, but I think I might actually wait a few days for the dust to settle, just to avoid traffic jams.

[LLv24_SukkaVR]

43 minutes ago, SCG_Fenris_Wolf said:

Blasterlasvideo, it should be possible to login to il2sturmovik.com, login, go to profile, then press "get steam key". 

 

Then install the game through Steam and profit from the Steam servers nearby. Steam has the worldwide network of servers, a small company producing a Simulator does not.

 

 

So much for your help. And one more thing, behave. Most Europeans don't care about your feelings, and won't excuse your bs due to you "being emotional". We're not easily offended (hell we got the Italians here!), we fire back, we've done that for millenia. What you get is flamewars and not hurt feelings. We don't have a similar thing here, in regards to "hur-dur I am offended call Hillary" like it is in the US, keep that leftist rethoric on your side of the pond. Keep it honorable. Thanks mate.

 

 

 

Yes, if BoS is bought prior to october 22, 2014 or BoM prior to august 9, 2016. Otherwise you cant get Steam key.

[Brano]

Not offended at all. I really dont care. I just think that OP is blowing things up out of proportions. Yes,slow d/l, well, bad luck, lets blame devs because server is at Kamchatka 

[BlackArabian]

I'm just reinstalling (Not Steam) for the first time before 2014 and my speed as I type have dropped down to 0.11 KB\s.

Correction: 0.01 KB\s

Edited June 10, 2018 by BlackArabian

[J2_Jakob]

On 6/10/2018 at 3:49 AM, BlackArabian said:

I'm just reinstalling (Not Steam) for the first time before 2014 and my speed as I type have dropped down to 0.11 KB\s.

Correction: 0.01 KB\s

 

It happens to show similar numbers to me when updating (I'm on 300Mb/s). So I just go grab a beer and drink it. By the time I've finished it I can usually come back to PC and hit PLAY. ?

Edited June 11, 2018 by LsV_Jakob

[ShamrockOneFive]

Click "Prefer web distribution" in the launcher. Some ISPs throttle bittorrent traffic indiscriminately.

Edited June 11, 2018 by ShamrockOneFive

[J2_Jakob]

7 hours ago, ShamrockOneFive said:

Click "Prefer web distribution" in the launcher. Some ISPs throttle bittorrent traffic indiscriminately.

 

Not my case, but I have that checkbox unticked anyway. ?

[-TBC-AeroAce]

I dont have the best net speed but I get relativity good speeds from the non-steam client! Saying that there have been times when the DL server does not work and really slows down, so Im guessing the OP experienced a bad day.

[[CPT]Crunch]

Next time save the contents of the steam game folder and dump them in the updating one, much faster.

 

[Bearcat]

On 3/17/2018 at 8:38 PM, Blasterlasvideo said:

Branos smart ass response to my question was answered in kind. 

 

 

 

His answer was not as nasty as yours. Chillax man. It's all good. Glad it worked out.