Long Download What Is It?

[NavyAce]

I am trying to get my aircraft and terrain modules installed in DCS World 2.5.6 and I have a question. The installer installed the first two downloads fairly quickly (installer and transfer of v 2 files) but the third one (delta index has been running for over four hours now. I do have a slow computer. What is the delta index and is this a normal download time? Any clarification would be appreciated.

NavyAce

[Tinkickef]

Terrain files are huge and it is usually these that take a long time.

[NavyAce]

Thanks Tinkickef for responding so quickly. One last question if I may. If I let the computer run overnight and look in at noontime, which will be 24 hours from the start time, wouold you estimate that even with my slow computer everything would be done by then? Do you think maybe sooner? I'm four hours in right now and I assume from what you say that this is not unusual. Any guess you could make would be greatly appreciated.

[Nirvi]

Make sure you have enough free disk space. I have waited for hours to complete a download, but there was no progress. Finally realised I had no diskspace left for the download.

[NavyAce]

Thanks Nirvi. Here's a follow up question. I was about 15 hours into the delta index download (these as above are I guess huge terrain files) with the program still running as evidenced by the moving green and when I got up I found our power had gone out. I rebooted the computer but don't see any modules installed. When power is lost and the computer shuts itself off does this mean that all of the downloading I had accomplished was lost and I'll have to start over? Or is it saved somewhere. If I have to restart from scratch should I click on the OK button in the module install box or click on the Install button off to the right. I had previously used the former. Thanks.

[NavyAce]

I just checked and found out that I have 609 GB free of 930 GB total

[rayrayblues]

Thanks Nirvi. Here's a follow up question. I was about 15 hours into the delta index download (these as above are I guess huge terrain files) with the program still running as evidenced by the moving green and when I got up I found our power had gone out. I rebooted the computer but don't see any modules installed. When power is lost and the computer shuts itself off does this mean that all of the downloading I had accomplished was lost and I'll have to start over? Or is it saved somewhere. If I have to restart from scratch should I click on the OK button in the module install box or click on the Install button off to the right. I had previously used the former. Thanks.

 

If you interrupt an update or download, it will remember where you left off.

If you watch when you restart the download, it will say "checking for already downloaded files."

It will then continue from there.