Guild Wars 2

Gets flicker and looses speed at download

Same here.. it has 1 file left remaining but seems to be stuck or something

Yep, I’m stuck at 99% with 1 file remaining. Tried to restart client, but no luck.

seim proplem ifne if i get aprtly full donwload i sey only (initializing…)

Devs. Fix it ASAP :<

I have the same issue.

I am having the same issues here. Have had 1 file left for the past half hour…..

Just w8, that is what helped me

yepp, been stuck at 99% for 30 min here as well

I can’t tell whether or not it’s connected to download speed, and my client’s still going (so far) – but every now and again the download client graphics spasm in a way that’s positively painful to look at for a few seconds (which is part of what I think the OP was reporting). I have the perception they’re jumping back and forwards between two or more fairly close locations on the screen.

Update: Yes, it looks as though I’m seeing a real drop in download speed during the glitching as well. Although it recovers when the glitching stops.

Update 2: And now, with 99% and 1010Mb downloaded, and 2 files remaining, the glitching has gone continuous. I’ve had to minimise the window because it’s too hard to watch. Throughput has also dropped to a mere fraction of what it was before.

Update 3: What seems to be going on is that it’s getting (or at least reporting) near-continuous connection errors. When the panel jumps, the "Connection error(s) detected – retrying " message is just visible as a flickering ghost behind the main download screen; I presume it’s repeatedly hitting a connection problem, flagging up the error message on a new copy of the client panel (in a slightly different horizontal location – at least on my 1920×1080 screen), then successfully reconnecting and clearing the error panel again. And again, and again. The result is truly awful. Total download is still creeping up 1Mb at a time, but heaven only knows how long it’s going to take to complete.

Update 4: Download still only crawling along, but the connection failures have stopped, and the screen is stable again. I notice that the number of files downloaded has now also dropped (was 2 – now purportedly 1).

UPdate 5: Aaaand… they’re back. Two hours downloading, and counting. Oh… …joy….

Guys – if nothing else comes out of this, PLEASE change the error screen so that the graphics show at the same location as the normal one. That was unbelievably nasty to have to watch.

My client is stuck on ‘initializing’… Seems to have downloaded the update, but the client is bugged :/ Anyone had any ideas?

Same issue here, it won’t go past “initializing” it just hangs at that spot. =/

same issue cannot install client at all running just from dat file I had from beta

Sweetfx doesn’t work with gw2 after update.
Disable sweetfx. remove / delete the .dll files and injector. (i moved to desktop until ANET fixes then i’ll move back).

update on the patching stuck on 1 file remaining with continual client shakes and a erratic taskbar icon

I get to the char screen… hit play, the load screen comes up and runs for a second, then suddenly I see my desktop and the screen is flashing.. I can still hear the load screen music in the background, But the comp is frozen and all I can do is shut it down. I have tried 4 times,.. I even tried switching chars to see if it was a problem loading in the pvp zone.. but same thing happened. Help!!