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The client does not, and will not, get any extra information from the server to aid in prefetching, as tempting as it may be. It simply is too risky for possible exploitation.

Within few minutes of gameplay, the client will have downloaded the low detail version of all models so you will always see something right away, even if the higher detail model may take a few seconds to appear.

We've done most of our testing in developer-only ships that are much faster than anything you could use for real in the game, and we rarely make it from one stargate to the next before the prefetch finishes. Keep in mind, also, that there is a finite number of models in the game - there is less and less that needs downloading as you jump between systems as the models have been seen somewhere else before.

And finally, you always have the option of downloading everything.

Yes, copying the folder manually will work just fine - there's no extra data stored elsewhere that needs to go with it.

Just needlessly screw with the game more. Guess we'll probably lose all of our custom setups for multiple clients also.

Hi-res texture pack plox, ok? thx!

My previous question was non-sense, sorry for that.

Keep up the good work. This new system sound interresting. I will love using shared ressources between different clients, especialy to keep a Singularity one ready all the time.

I just hope that there will be a way (or it will be automatic ?) to "clean" ressources (or move them into TQ standard folders) when it concerns new ressources from test servers, to avoid duplication (once the new TQ patch is released) or obsolescence if a new idea is removed from SiSi.

Hate to be snarky here, but good dodge on the question...

What about w-space? And yes, we've been reading your constant responses about how all the low-level stuff will be loaded, but if you have your settings on high, what happens then? Does it then start to download all the high stuff for that wormhole?

Also further questions here, since it doesn't seem to really be stated anywhere (yes, I actually took the time to read all 6 pages):

So the devblog (and several posts) mentioned something about "Or just let the launcher window download everything", does that mean that if you don't immediately go into the game it will start downloading everything anyways?

And another silly question, if you do immediately go into the game as soon as physically possible, will the system just continue downloading the full set of assets in the background? Or will it only download the assets your client is specifically asking for?

If your graphics are turned to low/minimum, does the new system just never bother to fetch the higher quality assets and therefore result in a slim client?

What is the minimum client size? You say game's core will only be initially downloaded before you can play, but then you also say that within a few minutes of playing the whole gambit of low assets will be downloaded. Is that in addition to the core game data? If so how much larger does the client get with just the low assets?

If you were to download the new launcher, log in and sit in a station, would anything further be downloaded in the background or would it stop?

Does this core data include item/module/ship info/icons etc? Or will there be lag to the market as it has to download information for anything you click or scroll through.

If the game is going to be downloading assets for things you come across, is there a bandwidth cap for it to use so it does not interfere with latency or create more lag while trying to do anything that may require low latency? I know for me if I am downloading a bunch of stuff while playing Eve I can definitely tell a difference and things react and respond a lot slower than if I wasn't downloading anything.

And finally, might not be a bad idea to actually update the OP with the common/frequent questions/answers as there have been numerous repeats through this thread.

Oh man. I tried it and now I have to download 7.4 GB für my TQ installation... No EVE for me this evening...

Yes.

So I went AFK with the Duality launcher up, but not in game because I'm waiting on account info to be updated on the server.

Since I was idling in the launcher - will it continue updating in the background without me being logged in or does further package download not happen until I actually get in game?

Update: Checked the size of the install directory several hours after I cranked the Duality launcher up. I did have my account logged in, but was not logged into the client. The install was stuck at the advertised 314MB. So no, idling the launcher does not enable the content load to be transferred.

Just put the Duality install on my secondary drive and was on the test server in about 5 minutes.