Background downloader working as planned
by Adam Holisky 
Sep 11th 2008 at 5:45PM
Lots of people have been pointing out the activity of their background downloader. Yesterday Zarhym announced that the download would startup soon, delivering the first part of the 3.0.1 content patch.The downloader is running along for many of us – both the North American and European versions. The patch files it is downloading are between 821 and 992 megs. Be sure to let it run only overnight if you don't want any problems while you run your groups or raids.
To exit the downloader, Windows users can click the Blizzard icon
near the clock on the taskbar and choose "Cancel" when the window appears. Macintosh users can go to the file menu and choose "Quit" when the downloader application is in the foreground. The download will restart the next time you launch WoW.Patch 3.0.1 will bring about a ton of changes in preparation for Wrath of the Lich King. There is no announced release date yet for WotLK, nor is there a date for when 3.0.1 will go onto the live realms. However most people expect 3.0.1 to hit the live realms in a month or so, and Wrath to be released in early November. Some of the major highlights of 3.0.1 include:
- New class spells and talents
- Stormwind harbor
- Barbershops
- New Arenas
- A built in Guild Calendar
- New Hunter pet skills
- Inscription
- No more Zul'Aman bears
Filed under: Patches, News items, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Zync Sep 11th 2008 5:50PM
So ballpark figure, how long do you reckon we have to still farm bears in ZA before this patch officially hits live?
Adam Holisky Sep 11th 2008 5:52PM
I would get it ASAP. You may only have 3 to 5 weeks left.
Naix Sep 12th 2008 9:23AM
Two maybe latest three weeks. The talenets are getting polished and final tweaks applied.
Zync Sep 12th 2008 12:27PM
Damn that's no good. I figured it would be on the PTR for some time to come. Didn't the BC take it sweet time when we were heading up to the first expansion? 3 weeks to get 6 bears is gonna cut it pretty close.
IanC Sep 11th 2008 5:51PM
Erm, isnt it the 3.0.1 update, not 3.0.2?
jesse Sep 11th 2008 5:52PM
now i have the content on my comp but i cant play it! AHHHHHHHHHHHH
Bloodletter Sep 11th 2008 5:57PM
THE FIRST PART? You mean 800mb is part 1 of a multiple part file?
Adam Holisky Sep 11th 2008 5:59PM
Generally there are two parts to a patch - the initial download that is done before they have all the bugs worked out, and then another download after they have all the bugs worked out. The other part of the patch/download usually isn't made available until the day of the patch.
Drakkenfyre Sep 11th 2008 6:05PM
First part is usually the stuff that's done. Art work, graphics, new spell effects. Stuff that isn't going to change, like code for the new spells (not the actual effect of the spells, but the coding for them) and stuff like that. The last part will be what the final code is, finished stuff, and the executable itself to combine the parts, and run them.
I think 2.2 was broken into 4 parts, lol.
Azza Sep 11th 2008 5:59PM
I wonder how soon this is! Exciting, especially for my hunter.
I still don't know if i want to take up Inscription on any characters though, I'm not a fan of dropping professions once you get them so high :|
Arkkoran Sep 11th 2008 6:01PM
Not downloading for me. Been waiting two hours and its stuck at "Waiting...". Wouldn't call that working as planned.
Ed Sep 11th 2008 6:14PM
You're probably running WoW, it doesn't start downloading until you exit it.
Natalie Mootz Sep 11th 2008 7:39PM
You can force it to start by going into your World of Warcraft folder and double-clicking the "Background Downloader" application. That's how I got mine to start.
Bloodletter Sep 11th 2008 6:02PM
Ah, I see. Thanks Adam.
Flint Sep 11th 2008 6:04PM
What exactly do they mean with the addition of inscription? You can't go to Northrend to learn it yet and thus its existence is going to be pretty... non-existent. Just the data for it to wait for the expansion launch?
Kyane Sep 11th 2008 6:06PM
Who says you have to go to Northrend to learn inscription? Did you have to go to Outlands to learn Jewelcrafting?
MehheM Sep 11th 2008 6:22PM
You can learn it in orgrimmar/ironforge ect so you can still take it up.
Flint Sep 11th 2008 6:24PM
Ah, right. Thanks for clarifying that.
jay Sep 11th 2008 6:24PM
Vendors are going to be placed in the appropriate cities according to a blue post I saw a few weeks back, sorry but I don't have a ling available.
Drakkenfyre Sep 11th 2008 6:06PM
They are adding it to the major cities, it will be trainable before the expansion comes out.