Installing world scenery ridiculously slow

Question

Please explain your question with the exact steps (as specific and step-by-step as possible) required to reproduce the problem."

Download scenery update patches is glacially sloooooowwww. To reproduce the problem; GOTO the Global Scenery folder .. delete about two dozen dsf tile folders and redownload them.

Why would I do a retarded thing like that? Well, because for SOME INEXPLICABLE reason, I found that some of the scenery tiles had 0 file size, which doesn't work to populate scenery in sim when you land on those tiles!

Installing X-Plane 11 scenery is terribly slow; 8 hours and counting to install *additional* regions is pathetic in this day and age. Maybe 10 years ago but nowadays I routinely do 70 Gb downloads for other games that absolutely pizzles on X-Plane's archaic stoneage download servers.

Please invest in some decent data distribution technology and make the downloading of your global scenery less of a cancerous ordeal that it currently is.

I've been an XPlaner since version 5 and this is nearly enough for me to look less critically at the competition. Pull your socks up X-Plane.

I'm really crabby about this.

Comments

More powerful. Made usable. ... gushes the advert.

With brand new user interface, but same old same old SHITTY scenery download experience.

Had to restart as it timed out ... I wonder if X-Plane uses Leaseweb servers?

Answer 1

We recommend only downloading a small amount of scenery at a time as download speeds and connectivity can vary. We use a CDN service with generally good coverage where our main user base is, although some areas have smaller points of service. 

If downloading directly from our CDN is a problem, another alternative for digital installations is purchasing via Steam. Please let me know generally where you are located (country, state, etc) to track if there is a specific problem area.