Hello. i just reinstalled my computer entirely and thought. "Oh im looking forward to some bg2!" but alas HTTP download via browser gives me connection error. and i only receive a 2.5 kb files, the old downloader doesnt even connect to the server. the new one has a blistering speed of 0.001 kb/s for teenagent and tyrian. tried firewall whitelisting. pinging (which shows a clear connection), antivirus disabling. *sigh* Also i should mention that before everything worked fine, before i reinstaled. though that coincided with gogs server fixing. I have the same antivirus, same fire wall now aswell.

Well, there's currently a 75% off sale on JoWood games right now, so I'm probably not the only one downloading several gigs right now.

Secondly, you should consider getting a secondary drive (I managed to procure a 1TB drive for about $40) for backing up important files like GOG games, documents, saved game data, etc, so that you can format and partition your main drive to your heart's content without need for concern.


Try downloading in a few hours or so. Not much else you can do, the games here are DRM-Free, so keeping them backed up in some form is highly encouraged. The guys at GOG likely appreciate the reduced bandwidth consumption as well.

To avoid this dilemma in the future for good, either get a second drive, or back them up to DVD. There's a topic with a list of printable covers for DVD cases here, so you can turn them into real physical copies and keep them on your shelf. :D

Thank you! Explains what i thought it was too. because on my end things were dandy and fine. And i dindnt know about the covers... XD As a followup question: Does thsi kina "server shits its pants" thing happens on every sale? or just the really popular ones? (I got 4 HDDs btw but i had to reformat EVERYTHING. and only had a few save games on dvds.)

It doesn't. I just checked and I get a stable >700 kB/s download speed via browser, so the problem IS probably somewhere nearer your end...

Its only GoG that give these issues. Every other site is fine. but as soon as try to download from gogs servers it error messages saying the source file cant be read.

It's true, though. Huge sales like this can probably tax their servers, especially when they first begin, but GOG's speeds can be pretty inconsistent. Though I've never had speeds faster than about 350-450kB/s, I'm usually nowhere near that level most of the time I download here.

That's another reason to keep your games backed up. GOG could do with some speed improvements (and not too long ago there was a thread that served as the first step toward that goal), they deserve a good amount of the blame, but you also have the opportunity to avoid much of that waiting by taking matters into your own hands and preventing the need to download your content from their servers a second time ("second time" not counting the occasional file corruption, a legitimate concern for people with limited bandwidth, but once you have a perfect download you ideally never have to do it again).


As for those four hard drives, why on earth would you need to format four drives? O_O

It's good practice to reserve one hard drive, or even just a partition of that drive, for system files. Registries get screwed, folders are made, and you have no idea what's taking up space one day. This is the drive that gets the most access and will probably fail the soonest because of it. A secondary drive can be used to store files. Your system doesn't normally read from it, and even if it has infected files, it's essentially quarantined from the new system install on your main drive, since it hasn't been "configured" to run any sort of undesirable background processes.

With a storage drive, you set up the folder hierarchy, so you always know what should and shouldn't be there (i.e. there shouldn't be registry files or the usual system folders, and if they show up on the storage drive, they don't belong there and should be deleted). WinDirStat is a useful program for seeing what's taking up space, by the way, but good organization on a storage drive should reduce the need for that. I have everything important on my second drive. Wallpapers, drivers, saved game data, installers for my favorite programs, I can format my main drive on a whim and restore things as they were (or better) in no time flat.

Not a lot of good it does to say now, but formatting all your drives like that was probably not necessary. I've had a lot of friends who have done that too. You have so many drives that you barely need to even worry about partitioning, but it can be good to learn about anyway. Just know that you can wipe your OS, and only your OS, and that will solve all of your problems. There's no need for any more brute force than that, unless you've kept an unorganized system and just want to kill everything.

While this whole HDD help is appreciated. id rather get help getting the games to computer. :/ I mean its like as soon as i type in the adress in the firefox for the file. i get "File cannot be read" and "contact administartor". which is pretty cryptic ro me. does that mean the files a borked? That my computer borks the files? that my isp Borks the files? I acn downlaod from everyother site just fine.... even from gog (the downloaders), but the game files themselfs i cant. So this a isololated issue to only the game distributing gog server (edgesomething) which when i ping seems just fine.

Well, there's not a whole lot you can do. I have no idea why you're getting "file cannot be read" and "contact administrator" errors, or why you never mentioned that before, and I'm surprised you're still having trouble downloading at this point.

Now, I don't know why you're typing urls for downloads into the address bar, but that sounds like the kind of thing that would cause those errors, as it sounds a little like you're trying to do something you're not supposed to.

Aside from restarting your computer, resetting your router and\or modem, ensuring everything is configured well, and that you aren't using your bandwidth for anything else, I'm afraid I've little more advice to give, you might simply be fucked for the moment in which case all I could say is wait. Wait for things to start working, wait for somebody from GOG to show up here, or open a support ticket and continue waiting some more. It doesn't seem like anybody else but you is having this problem at the moment, perhaps it's just bad luck...

I will say the likelyhood of it being GOG is fairly small, the likelyhood of it being a newly formatted computer is smaller still, I'd have to imagine either it's a problem with your network, you're doing something odd, or your isp isn't in a happy mood. I doubt it would help, but you could try clearing your cache or booting from a live CD of Ubuntu, Damn Small Linux, or Puppy Linux and performing your downloads, making sure they're saved to a hard drive. Ubuntu is the friendliest to use but it's a bigger ISO to download.

I think ive found the issue. when a non-authenticated user tried to download from edge server then its 404s. and i get that error no matter how/what i try to download that file. and so far only teen agent is downloaded. as it seems the downloader (new beta) can atleast verify my account for that. oh and tyrian 2000. rest are non authenticated and 404s even with new downloader. And yes im fucked.... and as for ubuntu.... virtual pcs or such is not my strongest point. :/ thx anyway i might try it if im in a calmer mood.

On the bright side, at least you can play Tyrian 2000 and Teenagent. You might even be able to download Beneath a Steel Sky, it's a great game! I know you want to play Baldur's Gate II, but at least it might get you into a better mood. Oh, and just to clarify, I didn't intend for you to use a virtual instance, I was implying that you actually boot out of your OS entirely and run temporarily from a CD as a drastic measure to ensure Windows and your browser have nothing to do with the problem.


However, if you'd like, and assuming you know how to configure your firewall and router settings (if applicable), you could try installing a VNC server like RealVNC, at least temporarily, and I could attempt to solve problems from here. It isn't hard to set up that server, you just need to make sure the (i.e. 5900) is accessible and that you've put in a password, at which point I would need your [url=http://www.whatismyip.com/]external IP, the port, and the password.


What this would do is allow me to see your screen and have shared control over the keyboard and mouse. You can, of course, disconnect from the network and uninstall RealVNC at any point during this, in case you're paranoid, and the task bar icon in the lower right will turn from white to black if anybody is connected.

You can also opt to give me no control and simply allow me to spectate if you're so inclined, but it wouldn't be as helpful. At any rate, I'd be able to have a first-hand look, as though I was really there with you, so I'd be able to see the problem in it's entirety and maybe even try to resolve it.

It was my ISP blocking edgecast. situation resolved. (still low speed but hey i CAN download now atleast XD ) Hope this helps others.