The Steam Servers are currently too busy to handle your request

[STARSBarry]

anyone tell me what region they got the witcher 2 to download off?

iv tried a bunch on europe and america and there all "to busy" apreciate it if anyone can throw me a bone here.

[Hcw87]

anyone tell me what region they got the witcher 2 to download off?

iv tried a bunch on europe and america and there all "to busy" apreciate it if anyone can throw me a bone here.

US - Washington

[JamieKirby1981]

US - Washington

i tried that one and it was too busy.

[Hcw87]

Just pause/resume a few times.

[JamieKirby1981]

i really don't think everyone involved thought about the amount of traffic that will happen during the downloads of this game.

[petergvoz87]

wanting to use a u.k server but dont want to risk losing my spot on the u.s one, anyone in uk got a local server yet?

[domo_kun]

I used chicago (I'm in NJ), set it up before I went to work! It was also at 6am maybe cause they were still sleeping. Go to Hawaii or somewhere in Asia where its the whee hours of the morning!:D

You do have to try it a couple of times...

[Mr.Bigtime]

i tried most of it and since 20 minutes same message..i hope who ever responsible of this gets a bad day tomorrow.

[deep_3z]

1.5MB per sec in Malaysia is the best i can get atm.

UK servers not responding

[STARSBarry]

got one going from the USA los angeles

looks like it really is the city of angels

[Gvaz]

I can't download from anywhere

got one going from the USA los angeles

looks like it really is the city of angels

same here, thanks!

[rogan_josh]

Let's be reasonable guys. Steam couldn't possibly have predicted that lots of people would want to download the game just when it releases.

[cadpig]

Yeah, yeah..it happens. This is why steam should have let us pre load the game.

[ShadyGuy]

Yeah, yeah..it happens. This is why steam should have let us pre load the game.

Except they couldn´t because they didn´t have the game yet. See this thread± http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1892690

[Gravy_Pie]

got one going from the USA los angeles

looks like it really is the city of angels

Thank you so much, I was really getting desperate here!

[rogan_josh]

Except they couldn´t because they didn´t have the game yet. See this thread± http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1892690

So what? That isn't my problem. If I promise a client a product by a certain date, I make sure they have it, even if I have problems with the supplier. Steam have been doing this long enough to have anticipated this problem, so should have been on the phone to CD Projekt days ago.

Having said that, we have still not reached the time that was originally announced for the release (6pm BSM tonight) so as long as I can start downloading then with no issues, I will be happy.

[WolfDK1984]

Well..

La still works.. Downloading at 18Mb/s..

Well, hurray for my 52/52Mb/s connection;-)


EDIT:
OK.. I've set my DL zone to Indonesia, just went over 50Mb/s;-)

[Sightsee]

Ok so too busy when I try to DL the game to install.. so lets do thier job again.. Hmm dont even know how to choose where to DL the game from (silly me) any help appreciated to tell me how to even select where to try to DL from thanks... :p

[gentlefury]

cruising along at 2.7MB/s

In LA btw...if that helps...

[Sightsee]

Oh and games in general.. man we certainly need a governing body so taht we get games taht work and are delivered like any other product.

[gumshield]

got one going from the USA los angeles

looks like it really is the city of angelsthanks, dl'ing now

[domo_kun]

Check out these content servers, San Jose has twice as many as NY.

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/

[WolfDK1984]

Ok so too busy when I try to DL the game to install.. so lets do thier job again.. Hmm dont even know how to choose where to DL the game from (silly me) any help appreciated to tell me how to even select where to try to DL from thanks... :p

Well..

Made 2 screenshots;-)

Screenshot 1 (http://cid-7bf45a6eb5efb0ea.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Lidt%20af%20hvert/Steam%201.jpg)

Screenshot 2 (http://cid-7bf45a6eb5efb0ea.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Lidt%20af%20hvert/Steam%202.jpg)

[cadpig]

Except they couldn´t because they didn´t have the game yet. See this thread± http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1892690

Wow, thanks. I missed that...

[ImmortalLeoman]

I just started the download from the Chicago servers.

[d95err]

It really p**** me off that Steam can't automatically retry starting the download if the servers are busy. Instead, I have to go to my computer every 10 minutes and manually try to start the download again an again.Not that fun the 37th time you have to click "I agree" on the license agreement... :mad:

So far about 5 hours without being able to start the download...

[WolfDK1984]

It really p**** me off that Steam can't automatically retry starting the download if the servers are busy. Instead, I have to go to my computer every 10 minutes and manually try to start the download again an again.Not that fun the 37th time you have to click "I agree" on the license agreement... :mad:

So far about 5 hours without being able to start the download...

Just spam the "Enter" key;-)

or do as me, using a script command to continueally(?) pressing the "Enter" key..

[Jedra]

It really p**** me off that Steam can't automatically retry starting the download if the servers are busy. Instead, I have to go to my computer every 10 minutes and manually try to start the download again an again.Not that fun the 37th time you have to click "I agree" on the license agreement... :mad:

So far about 5 hours without being able to start the download...

Don't do it that way. Instead keep trying a different server until you get one that goes straight away. Ok, you have to restart steam each time but that's quick and once it starts you're on your way. There are loads of servers in the US accepting connections with speeds between 200 and 300KBS from here in the UK.

[Korpah]

any server that works? tried netherlands india belgium uk

china now but only 700-800 kbs

[hoTek]

yeah, try some of the us servers they at least let you download (try 2 or 3 times before switching). i tried a few european ones aswell, no luck.

[Korpah]

yeah, try some of the us servers they at least let you download (try 2 or 3 times before switching). i tried a few european ones aswell, no luck.


ah ewll in 5-6 hours its done >.> so i can play 1 day after release

yeeee

[WolfDK1984]

Well..

Downloadet the entire game, and found out it's in Korean(OR somthing Close)

Uninstalled, and started DL from India instead, running 2.2Mb/s

[Mr.Bigtime]

amazing. it has been 3 hours and servers r busy..trying many servers but still no joy. thank u steam. should buy this from GOG.com..not steam this time. pitty to my 300+ steam games :(

[Kenrae]

Same problem in Spain, and I want it in my language so I can't change servers :(

[Omega_X]

Its been said many times, EU players can switch to US servers to download. I recommend easy coast servers but some had luck with west coast servers.

[hakar]

1.5MB per sec in Malaysia is the best i can get atm.

UK servers not responding

Getting 1.1mb from manchester

[sayne77]

Can safely say this is the last game i ever get from Steam. Constantly battling horrible download speeds with every game i buy on here. Got 100Mbit fiber and usually download ~9 Mb/s .. sitting here with thair crap chewing at 200k to 1Mb/s wich dont justify the prices they charge.

Direct2Drive for me for all other games released or directly from seller like EA. Steam is as bad as anything can be in the days of high speed internet.

[RogMcDog]

Can safely say this is the last game i ever get from Steam. Constantly battling horrible download speeds with every game i buy on here. Got 100Mbit fiber and usually download ~9 Mb/s .. sitting here with thair crap chewing at 200k to 1Mb/s wich dont justify the prices they charge.

Direct2Drive for me for all other games released or directly from seller like EA. Steam is as bad as anything can be in the days of high speed internet.

That's not fair Sayne - it's only slow when a good game is released. Try buying a piece of crap on day of release and it works just fine.

[apoc_reg]

arghhhhh i should have brought this in the shop today, im getting this error again and again and again and again!!!!

Fix your servers steam, this is not acceptable!

[Zixinus]

I am still frustrated. I was waiting for the game for quite some time and I'm annoyed at this lack of pre-loading.

Just to confirm: if I download from the USA, do I get the standard US version without anything like censorship or anything?

[Dimman]

I agree, this is completly unacceptable from Steam. I feel sorry for the developers as they also pay steam for a service they are not getting. I have aover 40 games registered and bought on steam and the last 2 I bought has been suffering from Valve being f*cking slow. In 1 game they refuse to add the latest patch and now this. I'm gonna give steam 1 more chance, if it fails then I'm never buying another game on here.

[Hirvine]

I also have the error "The Steam Servers are currently too busy to handle your request".

Additionally, the store page doesn't seems to know I bought the game. Usually the page says "You already own this game"

Does anyone has that "problem" too?
And yes, there was nothing unfamiliar during payment.
So, i'm not sure to panic or have a bit of patience :).

[k177sh0t]

Getting 1.1mb from manchester

Im in Scotland and got 1.1mb as well an improvement compared to the US regions.

Thx

@Hirvine

In Steam, view > settings > download + cloud > download region


You'll get a drop down menu, you can pick a region from there.

I have no idea where you live in so...either pick and EU or US region Seattle or San Jose

I just recently changed to Manchester and it worked

[Mikeuk_3]

I got mine working by spamming the install button. Once it comes up with the "too busy" dialog box, you can press enter five times to quickly get back to the installing dialog. It took about 15 goes in quick succession, but it worked eventually.

[BlueTrin]

after a few tries I got a slot in US NYC.
It is alot faster for me (living in the UK)

[Hirvine]

@k177sh0t that was a quick reply. Thanks, that works.

[Smeg77]

I finally managed to get it going from a US region then move back to the UK, afaik it doesn't affect the region of the game you get otherwise if you changed from one region to another you'd have to re-d/l the whole game.

As for those moaning about steam being crao because of the d/l issues, well what do expect when there's most probably between 10,000 - 100,000 people all trying to hammer the same servers at the same time, there aren't many if any companies that can offer that many threads to be connected at the same time, all d/l a 17gb file.