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Issues with Vampires tMB.

 

I downloaded this game from Steam.

 

It started of ok on my laptop. Then transferred it (backup/ restore) to my gaming PC.

 

Now the mofo isnt even starting on the PC. It tries to load for a few seconds and then crashes to the desktop.

 

 

Checked the steam forums, basis which i am currently downloading the unofficial patch 7.1

 

will this help? any other solutions?

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Download speeds might get increased PS bhai. Personally, I have experienced while downloading L4D2 before some 1.5 years.

Just for check, I first had set it to Singapore, was getting speeds of 180-200 Kbps.

Changed location to India, and noticed speed bump of 20 Kbps.

Client downloaded around 2 GB, at speed of 210 to 230 Kbps flat. And speed never went down below 200 Kbps.

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I noticed it atleast a month ago. It wasn't there before though.

 

Its been there since a long time. I noticed it when I made a Steam account about a year ago when I got Orange Box. My speed actually reduces when I set it to India or even US. I usually set countries like Singapore, Germany or Norway since they give me better speeds. It might be because less users are using those servers than the ones which give less speed at that time.

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Download speeds might get increased PS bhai. Personally, I have experienced while downloading L4D2 before some 1.5 years.

Just for check, I first had set it to Singapore, was getting speeds of 180-200 Kbps.

Changed location to India, and noticed speed bump of 20 Kbps.

Client downloaded around 2 GB, at speed of 210 to 230 Kbps flat. And speed never went down below 200 Kbps.

oh okay...but it is kinda opposite in my case..

 

 

Its been there since a long time. I noticed it when I made a Steam account about a year ago when I got Orange Box. My speed actually reduces when I set it to India or even US. I usually set countries like Singapore, Germany or Norway since they give me better speeds. It might be because less users are using those servers than the ones which give less speed at that time.

I have been noticing that too..i think previously my country was greece or singapore(dont remember) now it is set to India...i see speed fluctuating a lot...and even at stable it does not full utilize the speed my connection is capable of that is 2 mbs in the night...

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When I checked the option for the first time, India wasn't on the list, definitely.

 

The list is not sorted alphabetically by default. It lists countries near your current region first and then the alphabetical listing starts. You might have missed it because of it. I am 100% sure it is there since a year. Maybe Spin or someone who has been using Steam since long time can confirm when India was added.

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The list is not sorted alphabetically by default. It lists countries near your current region first and then the alphabetical listing starts. You might have missed it because of it. I am 100% sure it is there since a year. Maybe Spin or someone who has been using Steam since long time can confirm when India was added.

 

yea the indian option has been around for a long time now. however, connecting to the indian content server (or any geographically close server) does not guarantee better speeds. that depends only on the load on the particular server at that time.

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Its been there since a long time. I noticed it when I made a Steam account about a year ago when I got Orange Box. My speed actually reduces when I set it to India or even US. I usually set countries like Singapore, Germany or Norway since they give me better speeds. It might be because less users are using those servers than the ones which give less speed at that time.

US ? why do u put it to US.. It is supposed to be the most loaded server + distance(US) also far.

 

yea the indian option has been around for a long time now. however, connecting to the indian content server (or any geographically close server) does not guarantee better speeds. that depends only on the load on the particular server at that time.

Load in the Indian server should always be low coz there are less no of Indian users in comparison to Singapore or any other country. I was getting 140-190 kbps in singapore server and 200-260 kbps in Indian region.

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US ? why do u put it to US.. It is supposed to be the most loaded server + distance(US) also far.

 

 

Load in the Indian server should always be low coz there are less no of Indian users in comparison to Singapore or any other country. I was getting 140-190 kbps in singapore server and 200-260 kbps in Indian region.

 

lol i got 200-250 KB/sec from uk server... each day 3.6 gb download btwn 2am to 7am.. uk rocks..

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Load in the Indian server should always be low coz there are less no of Indian users in comparison to Singapore or any other country. I was getting 140-190 kbps in singapore server and 200-260 kbps in Indian region.

 

there isn't a chance in hell that valve doesn't have load balancing algorithms in place which redirect traffic depending on server loads. in other words, there is no way that the people connected to a particular server (in this case, the indian one) are only those who have chosen it in their settings. i think the choice you set in your steam client is more of a preference and you might get directed to that server first, but it's not necessary that you will always connect to it.

 

in my personal experience, i have got max speeds from the indian server at times and i've gotten crap speeds from it at other times. sometimes a server in dallas is faster than the indian server. it's just luck of the draw really. in theory local servers should be faster but i don't think i can say that's true from my considerable experience with steam downloads.

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