So! Downloaded via Steam, and I'm getting the updater crash noted elsewhere here. The problem is that none of the solutions and workarounds do much of anything.
Run updater from desktop? Works fine, it fixes files and whatnot...and then crashes repeatedly on "verifying image".
Skip the updater by adding -project coh to the desktop shortcut? Runs the game, but since it's not patched doesn't actually accomplish much of anything and leaves me loitering on a blank server select screen.
As it's Steam, the "copy piggs folder, etc, etc, uninstall...reinstall" option doesn't appear practical.
My computer is running XP, so I sincerely doubt it's an administrator issue (even if I wasn't running this on the administrator account - which I am).
Seriously, the last time a game caused this much bafflement was waaaaay back when EQ2 launched and had the darndest time understanding that people could indeed have more than one hard drive.
