"Preparing to download" takes very long time

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I just wonder if there is something wrong with my setup. Each time I update Elemental, it takes longer than a minute to do something while it shows "preparing to download". I have lots of games on impulse and none of them have this issue. Usually it takes just couple seconds for the game to start downloading. Do I need to reinstall the game?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

It does the same for me.  No idea why it's doing it, but Steam often does the same thing, so I think it's normal.

 

 

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

It is NOT normal for impulse. I have 28 games on it (long time customer) and quite a few software items, and none of those, as far as I can remember, have this problem. With Steam, I am not sure, because it updates in background, so I do not know, and honestly it is irrelevant.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I think all updates take too long, but I haven't noticed any difference between this game & any other game, other than the large number of patches so soon after release.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

The reason it takes a while is because it analyzes what you need to download in order to minimize the download size. This selective method certainly takes longer than a pure patch that applies everything as needed, but it has the advantage of speeding up download times and reduce bandwidth costs.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I asked about this in Elemental chat one night, and one of the Stardock crew told me that the long delay is not intended, and they plan to fix it at some point in the future.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

I get a long ass wait on "Calculating Download Size" and its really annoying xD.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

I just play spider solitaire while I'm waiting...

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

spider solitaire? whats that?   can I play/

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

"You're always preparing. Why are you always preparing? Just go!"

You get a gold star if you know what I'm quoting :P

 

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Well Impulse itself takes about 4 minutes to open in the first place on my computer, then probably another 6 or 7 minutes to update Elemental.... I end up skipping the updates because i don't want to wait around, i want to play!

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting impinc, reply 9
"You're always preparing. Why are you always preparing? Just go!"

You get a gold star if you know what I'm quoting

 
End of impinc's quote

Spaceballs! Now where is my gold star?! :)

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top

I go make a cup of joe, when I come back......it's ready to go...............What's wrong with that?:S