nicks Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 hi. imagine you are downloading a file. youve got 20% so far. but your racio is really bad (on ALT-tracker really important)so you have to stop downloading the file, and just seed it.There is no way in utorrent to do so. the only thing you could to is to go tothe propertis of the file, and set the maximum download rate to 1 kb/s. but this isnt working that good (comparing with bitcomet for example)maybe there is a simple way of implenting that feature in a future version of utorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Turn off the partfile, select the torrent, click files, Ctrl A -> right click -> don't download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks Posted December 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 hiive done everything you told me (except the partfile), but uTorrent keeps downloading the file.what is a partfile? how do i turn it off? i think its really simple to do, when you know what to do, but ive no idea what the partfile is about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanctimoniousApe Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I believe it means you should go to:Options -> Preferences -> Advanced Options -> diskio.use_partfileand double-click it to turn it off (*false).From the FAQ:"diskio.use_partfile is used to store data that is downloaded of files that you marked as "Do not download." This is necessary to prevent the file from being allocated. It stores the parts of the files that come with a piece, since µTorrent must download and save the entire piece, which can include data for files you didn't want to download. Generally, you should avoid using this in conjunction with compact allocation." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks Posted December 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 k, now i disablead the diskio.use_partfile, as sanctimoniousApe told me (by setting it to *false)i selected the torrent, chose files, then marked them all, selected don't download, and now every file has the priority "skip".it should work by now, but it doesn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 How much download do you see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks Posted December 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 hi firon. it downloaded about 2 mbyte, and then it stopped and just uploadet. which means it actually works (i think the 2 mb were left from the part of the file, but i'm not sure)happy new year btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Well, I think it has to finish the last few pieces it requested or something before it can actually -stop-.Happy New Year to you too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks Posted December 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 one last question: can i leave diskio.use_partfile turned off all the time? or do i've got to turn it on sometimes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Well, the function is used for when you're doing selective downloading, but it may interfere when trying to do this upload-only thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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