Alphabetical download order for folders

[DCboy 0]

One thing that is different from my past DC++ version and this ApexDC version is that multiple files on a folders don't download in order. So if theres files of this type on a folder: movie_part1.avi movie_part 2.avi movie movie_part 6.avi, the software would make a point of downloading part 6 or part 4. Its the same thing for autocomplete or just when you download a full folder. It easy how this can become really annoying.

Even when you put the first 5 files in highest priority. While very cumbersome since you must do it for every folder download and "be there" all the time. It will make a point of downloading files_part5.avi.

Thank you for the great work.

[Satan 1]

They are downloading as and when they become available. The chances are, you only have 1 user with part 4 but 2 with part 5, so you have used the users slot for part 4 and cannot get another for part 5 until 4 is finished. It's all a part of seg downloading and it does speed things up in the long wrong.

[DCboy 0]

They are downloading as and when they become available. The chances are, you only have 1 user with part 4 but 2 with part 5, so you have used the users slot for part 4 and cannot get another for part 5 until 4 is finished. It's all a part of seg downloading and it does speed things up in the long wrong.

But, a lot time its the same user!!

The same thing happen when only 1 user have the files that I want! It just wont download in alphabetical order.

For example, when I browse a user folder. Then click on the folder something/season 1 to start downloading it. Instead of downloading movie_part1, it download movie_part6. I didn't have such problem with "the original" DC++ software.

(Sometime I find myself jumping on the gun very fast after clicking the folder to download, to choose part1 and right click for highest priority. Sometime it work, sometime its too late and I see it it downloading part6 of the user which had part1. The guy which had a beautiful 250+kbps slot for me . Even if it would work, after part1, it would download part6!! Obviously I tried other tricks like removing the user. Changing priority to highest for part 1, then matching files again. Its becoming a full time job!).

Its incredibly cumbersome. I must not be the only one which such problem. I think I read about it here, but couldn't find the post, so I started a new one.

[en_dator 1]

I know what you mean, many times it starts downloading from the top of a folder, sometimes from the bottom. It looks a bit funny I agree (specially sometimes when it seems to pick the files in some random order ) . I just never saw it as a problem, after all. The downloads will be completed just as fast (or slow :thumbsup: ) no matter what order the files are being downloaded in anyway.

What I have done is setting up the prio settings in the queue tab, so that different sized files get different priorities.

I have set it like this :

Highest 64

High 4 096

Normal 40 000

Low 99 000

in addition to that I have set in the "priority based on filename" -box

*sample*;*cover*;*.pls;*.m3u;*subs*;*.jpg

Depending on what kind of stuff you usually download you might have to change the sizes ofc, but the idea is that most of the files goes in at low priority, and then smaller files like mp3's and such gets the normal priority and thus get downloaded before the other stuff.

well thats the idea anyway, if only i would get a slot someday :rolleyes: