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Okay so here goes. I cannot get download speeds faster than 20-30 k/s on this. This corrupts my files every single time since it seems to take over 24 hours to download (1.65 gigs)
I have tried multiple times:
On one computer at home, on a friend's computer in the same city as me on a different ISP, on my job's computer 50 miles from here (on a third ISP).
At all places, I have tried downloading with many combinations of :
Through router / straight wire into the computer
With the downloader / through the browser
For this 1.7 gigs download, I have downloaded I don't know how many gigs from three different places. I only get corruptions, or downloads just stop.
This was the first game I bought through gog.com. This isn't what I expected. At this point, my "impulse" to play RIven a few days ago is kind of gone too.
Find a different server for this file or something. I live in Montreal, Canada, not on the moon or in Antarctica.
Post edited January 30, 2010 by Rubrum
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Rubrum: Okay so here goes. I cannot get download speeds faster than 20-30 k/s on this. This corrupts my files every single time since it seems to take over 24 hours to download (1.65 gigs)
I have tried multiple times:
On one computer at home, on a friend's computer in the same city as me on a different ISP, on my job's computer 50 miles from here (on a third ISP).
At all places, I have tried downloading with many combinations of :
Through router / straight wire into the computer
With the downloader / through the browser
For this 1.7 gigs download, I have downloaded I don't know how many gigs from three different places. I only get corruptions, or downloads just stop.
This was the first game I bought through gog.com. This isn't what I expected. At this point, my "impulse" to play RIven a few days ago is kind of gone too.
Find a different server for this file or something. I live in Montreal, Canada, not on the moon or in Antarctica.

Whoa, that's pretty bad. I downloaded it here in Halifax in about half an hour, max. It corrupted once but the second time was fine. Keep at it, if you notice it's going 20/30k then cancel and immediately start again.
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BoxOfSnoo: Whoa, that's pretty bad. I downloaded it here in Halifax in about half an hour, max. It corrupted once but the second time was fine. Keep at it, if you notice it's going 20/30k then cancel and immediately start again.

I'll try... I usually download at over one meg per second from other gaming services...
EDIT: No luck after many, many, many tries.
Post edited January 30, 2010 by Rubrum
Riven_setup(11).exe, meaning the 11th version, like 18 gigs of download (from my home computer only), WORKS. I can play the game, 5 days after I actually wanted to.
Is this going to happen every time?
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Rubrum: Riven_setup(11).exe, meaning the 11th version, like 18 gigs of download (from my home computer only), WORKS. I can play the game, 5 days after I actually wanted to.
Is this going to happen every time?

Well, i hope not, but if it does happen next time around, i'd suggest you contact gog's support.
Since you've experienced the problem on multiple machines on different locations with different connections/routers/modems, i'd say the issue might be tricky to pinpoint, and gog's support will probably be your best bet to do so.
In any case, i hope you'll enjoy Riven.
The download that worked still took about 10 hours. I was just lucky it actually didn't corrupt this 11th time.
Yeah, something's definitely up somehere along the 'line' cause that's no good.
The speeds you mentioned are terrible, not to mention all the corrupted downloads you're getting. Definitely not normal.