unable to download phyop textures from the nexus

[Transient3292]

Not sure where to ask for help with this so ill put it here for now.

 

Ive tried to download this 6gb texture mod multiple times over the last few months, it always fails about halfway through. Other members on the pages comments have reported similiar problems due to the size. One member suggested changes servers closer to where he lived, but the only options I see are cdn, NA premium, and 2 European premium servers. I live near Chicago il if that helps.

 

I have decent internet speeds, and have never had a single problem downloading games, or files larger than 6gb in a timely manner. After buying a premium membership, the dl time went from 2 hours, to 30 min, but the download still fails a few minutes in. Any suggestions?

[bbiller]

With the problem you're having my suggestion will be a little complicated, but not too bad.

 

1. You will want ti use the manual download link in nexus, or whereever you are getting the mod, but read the rest of this post first.

2. You will need a download manager to handle that link. Freedownloadmanager.org has a good one, but you will want to add some things to it (I am assuming you have firefox installed on your pc for these instructions, but the process will be similar for Chrome. IE or Edge I can't comment as well on (I have IE on my pc, too, but I rarely use it)).

3. Go to the download manager site. Download and install the maanager.

4. Go into the managers settings once active and make sure to turn on integration for your browsers (for some this will mean adding in a plugin or extension, but the manager has the links for those). The menu can be found in the upper right (the three horizontal lines). Do verify the extension is enabled (use the links in the managers settings where you should be).

5. Assuming all has gone well up to now, you should have an extension in Firefox labeled "Free Download Manager Extension". If not find it in the addons site for Firefox, it looks like the icon you see for Free Download Manager in your system tray.

 

6. At this point you should have a right click option to download a link using the manager. You may need that sometime, but firefox should ask you how you want to download something when you click such a link, if Free download manager comes up only, cancelling the download there should bring up Firefox's own downloader.

7. With all in order, use that manual download option and let the manager handle it. You won't need the browser open and with the manager you can pause or schedule these downloads for your convenience (helps if you have a limited amount you can download during the day, but have a free period at night).

8. With that download saved somewhere intact and without errors (something a manager can help with), add it to NMM as you would any manually downloaded mod, just make sure it's in the right category.

 

Hope that helps.