Can updates be stopped and re-started from same point?

[minimi66]

I've got pretty crap broadband where i live and was wondering if i had to stop the updater and then re-start it later (say night hours 12:00-06:00) when it tends to be faster, will it pick up from where i stopped it or re-start from the beginning?

 

I've never tested this to find out, am trying to d/l 2.7 currently. 47 GB....

 

I am erring on the side of thinking this probably isn't possible.....

 

Thanks.

[Art-J]

Updater used to pick up where it left in older versions, so I think that should still work. Check if you've got a  "_downloads" folder in your root DCS directory. Does it contain some files from your first updating attempt?

[TOViper]

2 hours ago, minimi66 said:

I've got pretty crap broadband where i live and was wondering if i had to stop the updater and then re-start it later (say night hours 12:00-06:00) when it tends to be faster, will it pick up from where i stopped it or re-start from the beginning?

 

I've never tested this to find out, am trying to d/l 2.7 currently. 47 GB....

 

I am erring on the side of thinking this probably isn't possible.....

 

Thanks.

Yes, for me it worked fine. I had to pause downloads for system preparations, and was 3 times out of three able to resume downloading the update.

[minimi66]

8 minutes ago, TOViper said:

Yes, for me it worked fine. I had to pause downloads for system preparations, and was 3 times out of three able to resume downloading the update.

 

Ah, that's cool!  Thanks very much for the info!  Have a good one!

24 minutes ago, Art-J said:

Updater used to pick up where it left in older versions, so I think that should still work. Check if you've got a  "_downloads" folder in your root DCS directory. Does it contain some files from your first updating attempt?

Hi,

 

Yes it does, so i am pretty happy that all is good!!  The _downloads folder is there and growing steadily as the morning goes on!  So i think i'm golden!

 

Thanks for the response.

[TOViper]

4 hours ago, minimi66 said:

 

Ah, that's cool!  Thanks very much for the info!  Have a good one!

Hi,

 

Yes it does, so i am pretty happy that all is good!!  The _downloads folder is there and growing steadily as the morning goes on!  So i think i'm golden!

 

Thanks for the response.

Good luck with 2.7!

[durka-durka]

How are you getting it to pause?  Are you hitting "cancel"?  That's the only option I see.

[Flappie]

Yes, simply hit cancel. Already downoaded files don't get erased, they are stored in "\DCS World OpenBeta\_downloads\".