Preload is now available on Steam! : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:47 pm

4.2MB/s .. this is going to take all 28:45 minutes.. the humanity!

28:45 minutes and 3 days and 12 hours! :wink_smile:

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:07 pm

. Now I gotta wait until Tuesday... It will be especially hard with the damn icon staring at me.

Yup....

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:12 pm

W000T I finished pre-loading!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:55 pm

I'm very happy about them letting us pre-load. It really helps out us poor saps who have an internet speed of 100 KB/S and wouldn't be able to play the game until a day or so after realease

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:50 pm

Anyone else intrigued by the inclusion of Fallout1&2 in the music files?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:11 pm

Anyone else intrigued by the inclusion of Fallout1&2 in the music files?

No, because they are confirmed to be used in game. They kept old music and added new, basically. I will probably turn on the ambient music in this game because of how diverse it seems to be.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:31 pm

That is the same exact download speed I am holding steady at. Steam has gotten better and better about not having their servers overloaded during major releases. Their own major releases (Valve) still seem to set off atomic bombs across their server networks.

Yes.

"Halflife 2: Episode 3" = download [censored] storm.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:25 am

No, because they are confirmed to be used in game. They kept old music and added new, basically. I will probably turn on the ambient music in this game because of how diverse it seems to be.

Sweet thats what I was thinking was the most realistic answer. Haha!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:46 am

great

but now need to wait till friday evening ( 19:00 in my country)

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:08 pm

Can anyone download it from direct2drive yet?

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:04 am

Can anyone download it from direct2drive yet?

Direct2Drive only sends you the Steam key.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:29 pm

Direct2Drive only sends you the Steam key.

I havent got the key yet from direct2drive, its just a box "preorder" and nothing happends when i klick it. I live in Europe btw...

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:56 pm

I havent got the key yet from direct2drive, its just a box "preorder" and nothing happends when i klick it. I live in Europe btw...

Yeah, they will likely send them out early next week. My Civ V code from D2D was available before launch, too. Just be patient. ^_^

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:18 pm

Civ 5's activation key was available on direct2drive on September 18th, 3 days before the game's release. So FO: NV's activation key should be available some time today.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:31 pm

Ah its just sitting there......wanting to be played. Not even able to read the read me files yet, so sad.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:26 pm

Sweet thats what I was thinking was the most realistic answer. Haha!

How cool would it be to have FO & FO2 installed on your pip-boy? Having your Vegas guy standing there playing Fallout 1 on his pip would just be too cool. Fallout in a Fallout.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:59 am

The first two Fallout's featured "silly" credits rolls (can't remember how they were triggered, I think shiftclicking the Credits?) as well, where you'd get fun quotes uttered by the developers during the development process. I guess New Vegas will have those as well.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:23 am

Wow, i'm pretty surprised how quickly the preload went. 6.9gb in less than 45 minutes. Color me impressed.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:31 pm

Yeah, if you've got a good high-bandwidth internet connection, the Steam servers will usually take full advantage of it. I recently upgraded my internet, and was quite impressed to download DR2 (around 7 Gb) in just over 40 minutes. Highest sustained download rate I've ever experienced.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:18 am

So yeah, i'm downloading it right now. About 147 kb/s :brokencomputer:
I've already downloaded 276 mb. I gotta leave my computer on before I go to sleep.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:16 pm

BRB changing pants. Although, surprisingly small file size. How many gigs FO3 was? I'm used to around 20 gigs games. So I'm glad this isn't that large since my bastard ISP caps my internet usage.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:01 pm

So yeah, i'm downloading it right now. About 147 kb/s :brokencomputer:
I've already downloaded 276 mb. I gotta leave my computer on before I go to sleep.

Try changing the download server, if those 147kb/s are not around your maximum bandwidth.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:05 pm

Anyone else notice that there's only one video in the /video folder? The 300 meg intro?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:43 pm

Hey guys wanted to share some info on when the game will be available to unlock on Steam, Direct2Drive, and Gamestop digital download.

On the 19th:

12:01 AM Pacific Time (PST) for North America, Central America, and South America.

On the 22nd

12:01 AM Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) for territories other than North America, Central America, and South America

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:27 pm

Hey guys wanted to share some info on when the game will be available to unlock on Steam, Direct2Drive, and Gamestop digital download.

On the 19th:

12:01 AM Pacific Time (PST) for North America, Central America, and South America.

On the 22nd

12:01 AM Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) for territories other than North America, Central America, and South America

Thank you so much, Gstaff! The community loves you! :icecream: