[14th Jan Dev Update]

Can't wait for the beta!

...

Which is a lie of course; I can wait for the beta, but only because I have to. Only because I have to!

[[v17.51 UI] the game does not seem to like 4:3 resolutions]

I took the liberty to add a screenshot for

1) Start game dialog

the comment on difficulty level overflows and overlaps the "explanatory tooltips" checkbox, which can't be checked

But the devs probably know exactly what this bug is about and this post is completely superfluously...

[Update process less than optimal]

In the end I did what Gorlom suggested, downloading the big, fat file via http. Which, interestingly, was around double the speed of the download with the Desura updater...

I must admit though, that I think that a BitTorrent offer would be a much better solution.

But I'm sure that all this was probably already discussed a thousand times, so I better shut up >_<

And thanks for your kind words everybody.

[Update process less than optimal]

To be honest, at first I wanted to use some other adjective than "less than optimal", but then I thought that I would probably be scolded if I started to swear.

Anyway, using the Desura updater is painful (at least for me).

First it takes 45 minutes or so to verify the files, before the actual download starts.

Then the download stops after 25%-50% with some "connection lost" error message.

Which leads Desura back to checking the files (45 minutes again) and starting the download again.

And after ~3 hours this had happened three times and I gave up in despair

I well aware that this might not be Xenonauts fault in any way, after all it is the Desura updater, but since this is my only game on Desura, I elected to place my rant on this forum. Lucky goldhawkinteractive!