General Question, Downloading Assets

[oldman777]

I think that we are misunderstanding each other here.

You are certainly correct in that DLC files now contain all the content including anything that is on the DLS and that makes the download faster. N3V have stated that all DLC downloads are sent from their server at the same highest speed for both FCT and non-FCT users. The same is true for software downloads and updates. In the past a DLC download would only include the payware components and any DLS assets still had to be downloaded from the DLS. If you did not have an FCT then that was often a painfully slow process.


I just tried that and it achieved 4.66MB/sec on a 50MB/sec broadband connection. Another larger asset that I tried (<kuid:439337:113721> SAP_Chemical_Plant_1_PBR), which had 20 separate DLS components that had to be individually downloaded and unpacked, reached almost 7MB/sec while downloading the components.

I have no reason to distrust you. Don't have a FCT right now and I can't buy it because all money transfers from here to other countries are blocked. I've had a FCT for free a couple of times, and I don't remember the exact speed anymore. So I could have made a mistake. Apparently, compared to the free speed, in my imagination it was remembered as cosmically large.

 

[MickC57]

Hate to be pedantic but this is often a source of confusion. The "Unlimited speed" is actually affected by the speed limits of the many different paths that the data will take between its source (the Amazon servers where it is stored) and your personal internet connection PLUS other factors.

When I am downloading from the DLS with an FCT the data speed never reaches the maximum possible allowed by my ISP but it is still significantly faster than without an FCT. In addition an FCT gives you unlimited downloads in terms of how many items you can download so you can get all the DLS dependencies of a large route in the one download.

Any DLC (Payware) and program update downloads are always at the maximum possible speed even if you do not have an FCT.

That answers more than a few of my questions about downloads....Thanks.