Guild Wars 2

Hey there. I just bought the game and I’am downloading it. But when I had downloaded the game to about 6-8% I had to close the game client because I had to do some driver updates.

So now I have to start from 0% again. This will turn out to be very problematic. I download with a steady 1.22 MB/sec but it will take obviously sometime before the download is complete. So I cannot download the game to a certain amount, and shutdown my laptop and continue the download on another time. Leaving the laptop running is one thing, but I know that my laptop will turn itself off after a certain amount of time, regardless if it’s downloading anything.

So will the game client always forget what it has downloaded if the game client is closed before it has reached 100% ? I think for a game of this size should remember what it has downloaded even if closing the client.

There is no resume feature, keep your laptop plugged into an outlet and turn off power saving features in Windows so it doesn’t go to sleep or shut off.

Okay. Thanks for the reply.

I know it’s not particularly what you wanted to hear, but so long as you turn off the power saving features so it doesn’t go to sleep, it should be fine to download non-stop.

Actually, there is a resume. The files you already downloaded are there on your computer.

When you resume the download, the client is telling you that you have downloaded 0% of the files that are left. You’re not going right back to the start.

Sgloomi.4103:

Actually, there is a resume. The files you already downloaded are there on your computer.

When you resume the download, the client is telling you that you have downloaded 0% of the files that are left. You’re not going right back to the start.

I believe a GW2 Moderator already mentioned that there is no Download Resume feature in the GW2 Client. Could be wrong but….

I’m not saying there’s a feature where you can Pause and Resume the update.

I’m just saying that when you start downloading again, and it starts at 0%, it’s carrying on from where you left off – not downloading the whole lot again.

Well that’s good to know, thank you