Suggestion for SDC

from GalCiv2 Forums
It would be nice if the filesizes for the various updates were posted along with them. There are many of us who have download limits on our internet connections, and it can be quite frustrating when downloading a series of large update files to run into that wall. I use, by necessity, HughesNet satellite, which has a limit of 350 megs in a 24 hr period. The last update was interrupted just as TA was starting to download, so I had to wait 24 hrs before I could resume the download and play the game. If the filesizes were listed, then I (and others in my situation) could pick and choose the components that we download, and put off downloading the more optional ones for a later time. In addition, this 'throttling down' of my connection doesn't just affect the downloading of large files, but the net in general, so that I am effectively cut off from the web for that same 24 hrs. It works, but slowly (~2kb/sec). This is enough to check e-mail, sans attachments, but little else.

Your consideration of this matter is greatly appreciated.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If you select an item then look in the bottom pane, the download size will be calculated and displayed below the token cost.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thank you, Kryo. I don't have SDC installed at my work computer, but I will try this when I get home.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Ok. The filesizes are posted for any new purchase, which is good, but what I am really talking about are the updates to the already purchased games. There is no way (that I know of) to see the size of those files. Any audio or video file that I download from the net almost always states the size of the file ahead of time, and if it doesn't, the download manager will tell me. Not so, SDC. I should think that it would be a fairly straightforward matter to state the size of the various parts of the update files. There is room there, and it would be a boon to those of us who really need to pay attention to such things. Thanks for listening.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok. The filesizes are posted for any new purchase, which is good, but what I am really talking about are the updates to the already purchased games. There is no way (that I know of) to see the size of those files.


Seems to work just fine for me. If you select something you already have installed, and there's a new verison, it does indeed calculate and display the size of the update.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Oh...I get it now. Gee Kryo, I'm not usually this stupid. I guess the place that I am living now is starting to rub off on me. I have the screen set up in such a way that I can't really see those figures unless I scroll it up, and so never noticed that those numbers actually change. I just always assumed that those were the size of the initial download when purchased. It does indeed work for me.



Thanks again for your patience.