Stalling when trying to load; how do I toggle the 'light-blue' loading bar?

[Snaily]

Hello.
Almost every server I join stalls while downloading a particular addon. I know that the problem is related to my DSL, and unfortunately there really isn't much I can do about it.

I've noticed however that, on rare occasions, the main blue loading bar is accompanied by a light-blue transparent bar that, albeit downloading resources much more slowly, ALWAYS downloads the resources. Sometimes this happens on the same server I tried to join earlier.

My question is; is there a way to toggle this slower loading method? Or is it really just a random occurrence?

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[Siren]

I think its just downloading a bigger file, not downloading slower

[Greek2me]

I think its just downloading a bigger file, not downloading slower

This. The light blue bar shows for larger files, it's still downloading at the same speed.

This will happen more often if you download music and sounds, so make sure those are turned off in the Network tab of the Options menu.

[Snaily]

Are you sure?

I can stick around at some servers for a half hour with no visible progress, but upon rejoining, the resources (might) download with the secondary bar present, and fairly quickly. In addition, small resources (ones that take less than a second to download) still use this bar when I rejoin.

Also, servers stall even if I tell Blockland to only download the essentials; it doesn't make too much of a difference. I have realized that changing some network settings will trigger Blockland to use the light-blue loading bar, but it doesn't always work, and when it does, the way I toggled it isn't consistent.

[Bopizku]

Like you said, it's probably you're internet connection. Get a new router.

[Snaily]

Like you said, it's probably you're internet connection. Get a new router.

Getting a new router won't solve the problem; I've gone through four of them and this problem persists. It's probably some firewall related error higher up on the network; certain connections drop (particularly ones made by TGE games, hmm) occasionally, even for my friends whom live nearby and have the same ISP. I've called my provider; they haven't a clue what's going on. There's no alternative high-speed Internet solutions for this region.

unfortunately there really isn't much I can do about it.

[PowerDag]

The blue loading bar is intentional, it's the bar for the main file manifest (and downloading add-ons). It shows for literally every downloaded file, it's just most times it goes too fast for you to see.