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This I would like to know too.

Also, for people with a slow connection who want to use DoD, would for example a 2mb i.e. 200kb/s connection be sufficient for it to work properly?

I think more info about how this feature is going to work on slow connections, connections limited by download amount i.e. mobile internet connections and, how it's going to affect other people who are using the network at the same time as you're playing Eve.

Note: Copied from previous thread for further discussion and possible input by CCP.

There's a session change traffic jam that I avoid by using distinct installs for ten clients. I have a bad feeling that sharing resources between clients will cause that problem to recur. It was addressed by CCP Masterplan here (and patched in Hyperion).

It's still possible to get synchronized session changes without input multicasting: perform a coordinated fleet warp to a gate or station, and pre-jump / pre-dock each client by clicking the gate or station in overview and pressing D mid-warp. All clients will jump or dock on contact. This is what used to cause black screen consistently, and was only fixed (for me) after using separate installs.

Has this new shared resource system been tested with multiple clients in the manner I described?

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The unpacking of resources... by "unpacking" of the stuff files, do you mean that meshes and textures will be in accessible formats (such as .obj and tiff / jpg / png) in plain sight?

Will we have the option to set a bandwidth usage limit on the DoD? Such that we can prevent ping spikes from DoD using up all our bandwidth.

Are there plans for an intermediate version of the DoD just like blizzard does?

When you download the game, there is a "Playable" threshold (the 400mb of code for EVE), then a "Completed" threshold. (ignoring the "Optimal" threshold).

I'm sure new players will appreciate DoD, but with modern bandwidth and modern hard drives they won't mind downloading the full client. While at the same time enjoying being able to play fast.

Crossposting this news article that is particularly important relating to DoD on Singularity.

Please read the following information before you log onto the test server Singularity for the first time after Download-on-Demand has been deployed.

When Download-on-Demand has been published on Singularity, you will be offered the chance to "prime your cache". This means that the launcher will extract your existing resources into the new cache-location the Download-on-Demand EVE Client uses.

While this step will eventually let you select where you want to place your resource folder, this will not be the case at first on Singularity. If you accept and let the launcher perform this conversion, the location for your resources will now be at: "C:\ProgramData\CCP\EVE\SharedCache".

There is a workaround available to Windows users, if you do not want this to be the location for your resource-cache:

When the launcher asks you if you want to prime your cache, select “no”.
When the launcher declares the client ready, go to the Settings-cog in the right upper corner of the launcher.
Go to the download-tab and change the “Shared cache location:” field to the location of your choice.
Save, and restart the launcher.

You should be aware, that doing this, you will not have converted your existing stuff files, so you will be running a “true” Download-on-Demand client. We would of course love for some of you to try this and give us your feedback!

If you do have space on your C: drive, you can also go through the priming process, and then move the SharedCache folder, while also changing the Shared Cache location setting in the launcher. This way you will not be downloading the resources, as you already have them in place.

can we apply singularity client data to speed things up? so dont need download evrything?

I was asked if I wish to "prime your cache".
What does that mean?
Why was there not explanation as to what it means in that popup?

What i will do is:
1. Let the DoD create the shared folder and download the stuff.
2. Move the shared folder on another partition (NAS on my case)
3. Use magic to make all clients use the same shared folder
(aka: ln -s /path/to/shared/folder /path/to/where/eve/expects/the/shared/folder)

Ok, after a night of thinking I have other questions about the DoD process. As I said before, I have a low speed internet connection with high latency. My problem are not the volume of data, but the time to get all that data.

1 – Will the launcher check the files at every start? I ask because, even the new files being in a new folder, it will be possible to be deleted, and then I will have to download it again.

2 – If the check process is not at automatic / every launcher start, will there be an option the run a check when I want it to do? Will it prompt me with a list of missing files? I hope yes, because that way I can search for the missing file at my other machine, or even with my friend next door, which will be faster than download it again.

3 – If I chose to play knowing that the game are missing files, when the file will be download? I ask because I prefer download it when I am spinning my ship at station, and not when I encounter the ship in space in the middle of a fight. Will there be an option about that kind of choice?

4 – Not related to DoD itself, but it is an important question in my opinion: Will this enable the option to hi resolution assets? I will have trouble to download hi resolution files for everything, but even with all the trouble for myself, I think it will be a nice addiction to the game. I can even send by mail a pen drive to a friend and get the files with him.

Thank you so much.

Castelo

If I can specify a resource folder location per client, does that also mean I can specify different resource folders per client, to maintain separate installs?