Sorry about the download being slow. Please be patient and leave it overnight or fly X-Plane while you’re downloading 🙂 I’ll be resurrecting the zip version when the next release of the library comes out.

Any luck with the zip install file yet?

The zip install is currently disabled because there is a problem that means it can’t be extracted on some machines. I’ll make it available as soon as possible once I’ve tracked down the problem.

The library is big, which is part of the reason for its success. A smaller library would obviously be quicker to download but less useful. It’s a continual trade-off, which is why I encourage contributors to optimise their work as much as possible before submitting it.

As for the total size, it’s more like 500Mb at the moment. You may find that some of the larger files have come down first. There are ways to avoid individually downloading each file, which would mean packaging up the changes from version to version as a single zip and then downloading each of those. This would mean some fundamental work on how the library is built and packaged and how the installer works, I’ll consider this for the future.

My connection is fast enough, the files download near instantly, but opening a new HTTP connection for _every_ file in ~2800 adds massive overhead.

So far I have 2000 left, so I’m somewhat short of 1/3rd. However already my folder is up to 280mb, so the total download will be something like 1gb. The old zip file was much smaller. This won’t save bandwidth, it’ll increase it threefold and increase server load.

It might be better if you offer a zip for first time installs, and the installer for updates – not a complete install. This solution isn’t ideal for either you or the users.