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WarderX · 01-23-2007, 12:16 PM

Didn't see this posted ever, and I thought I would throw it out here for people on networks that can't use blizzard's p2p thing reliably.

Every time you start the wow patcher, you apparently get 256kb worth of the patch from a direct http download, and then it attempts to switch over to the p2p system to download the rest of the patch.

The trick is just to close the patcher and re-open it in your wow folder over and over. You keep getting the 256k "bursts" every time you open it (they accumulate).

It's a tedious fix, but it can be worth it if the patch is only like 4mb (todays).

Not sure if it will work for everyone, but it helps me on my network.

01-23-2007, 12:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
WarderX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,593 +2 Internets	wow patcher trick Didn't see this posted ever, and I thought I would throw it out here for people on networks that can't use blizzard's p2p thing reliably. Every time you start the wow patcher, you apparently get 256kb worth of the patch from a direct http download, and then it attempts to switch over to the p2p system to download the rest of the patch. The trick is just to close the patcher and re-open it in your wow folder over and over. You keep getting the 256k "bursts" every time you open it (they accumulate). It's a tedious fix, but it can be worth it if the patch is only like 4mb (todays). Not sure if it will work for everyone, but it helps me on my network.