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Darth Anthonis
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« on: February 04, 2014, 04:45:03 AM »

Hey guys, I was just wanting to know how long it generally takes to download a new soundfont into your saber? I just got mine in today and very quickly wanted to change it from the default sound. I got it all set up, and now it's downloading, but it's taking forever. Currently it's been plugged in for about 30 minutes, and it's just hitting 9.0 percent finished. My computer is running on windows 8.1 so I don't know if that's why it's taking long, especially after seeing a lot of others having problems with windows 8.1. Also, my computer hardly has anything on it, so it's relatively fast normally. But yeah any info would be greatly appreciated.
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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2014, 03:02:25 PM »

The download time mainly depends on the size of the soundfont you have set up. Small ones (for example just 4 clash and 4 move sounds plus the normal ones - idle, power on/off) normally take about 15 to 20 minutes, bigger ones (like the full-size Obsidian Default) might take up to 50+ minutes.
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2014, 06:46:36 PM »

I think it depends on your computer's USB speed as well. I've uploaded full-sized fonts with 8 clash and 8 movement sounds in around 3 minutes. And I'm using a 5 year old MacBook with windows xp opened through a virtual machine.
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2014, 04:41:04 PM »

I think it depends on your computer's USB speed as well. I've uploaded full-sized fonts with 8 clash and 8 movement sounds in around 3 minutes. And I'm using a 5 year old MacBook with windows xp opened through a virtual machine.

Point for using a Mac! There is a legion of Ultrasabers owners that would love to know how this works, just in case you ever felt like making a step-by-step...  Wink
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2014, 04:49:00 PM »

Using a windows 7 alienware here. 10 movements, 2 lockups, 10 clashes: only took about 10 minutes. Used about half the max memory for the card. It may be some sort of compatibility issue with the driver and windows 8.
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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2014, 08:27:11 PM »

yes there are some issues with windows 8 and the launcher program. Why exactly I do not know but there are a number of saber owners myself included that have windows 8 so hopefully an update comes for more stability with it. I have mine working fine but others have posted that it comes and goes.
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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2014, 01:09:49 AM »

Point for using a Mac! There is a legion of Ultrasabers owners that would love to know how this works, just in case you ever felt like making a step-by-step...  Wink

I might, though I kind of stumbled upon how this worked.
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« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2014, 11:26:31 PM »

So far my saber is going on 9 hours of downloading, and Im at 90.8%.
Maybe tomorrow I will have a new font!!

I hope the bugs get worked out soon.. this is strenuous..
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« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2014, 11:56:18 PM »

I have windows 8.1 and most soundfonts download for me in about ten to fifteen seconds, except for the novastar which took about a minute.
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« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2014, 09:28:36 PM »

I usually use the forum fonts and they usually don't take long, I have old old Windows 7 on this laptop but I haven't been able to test it out yet due to no batts for my Bellicose.
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« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2014, 06:06:25 AM »

Is there a fix or solution for speeding up download speed from a windows 8 OS? I might get away with it tonight cause nobody's gonna use the computer but I can't be taking 9 hours to download a sound font!!! What is this 1997? Wink
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« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2014, 12:32:49 PM »

Is there a fix or solution for speeding up download speed from a windows 8 OS? I might get away with it tonight cause nobody's gonna use the computer but I can't be taking 9 hours to download a sound font!!! What is this 1997? Wink

That does seem excessive. You try another USB port?
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« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2014, 12:56:08 PM »

It worked I got a font back on my saber... I don't like it lol! I think I'm going to go to my buddy's house and try a new one. He's off today. I'll try a new port and see if that works. My comp only has two. It's a brand new asus laptop. First thing I put on was obsidian haha
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« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2014, 04:57:31 PM »

It worked I got a font back on my saber... I don't like it lol! I think I'm going to go to my buddy's house and try a new one. He's off today. I'll try a new port and see if that works. My comp only has two. It's a brand new asus laptop. First thing I put on was obsidian haha

Oh, so you are talking about how long it takes to write the font onto your saber, not how long it takes to download the font from the internet? I guess I didn't read that carefully enough. In that case, with my new windows laptop it takes about 3 minutes to write a soundfont onto my saber (that's with only about 4-5 swings, 3 clashes, and one of everything else).

So if it's taking you 9 hours, something is definitely amiss.

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« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2014, 05:09:38 PM »

I know. My buddy just helped me update my computer hoping that would work but now the launcher won't recognize my saber for obsidian... Emerald works just fine though. I think it's windows 8.1 that's causing the issue unfortunately. Idk how to fix this issue. I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling the launcher later today.
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