What the hell is with this verifying all files BS?
By
Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2009-06-14 20:53 in Player Questions
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Quotes just... quote things. They override the command shell's normal way of breaking up a line into separate tokens (words). Adding quotes that don't change the tokens, doesn't change the command. If, however, BayBlast meant, "If the original set of quotes are extended around anything else then it won't work", that would be correct. For example:
"E:\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe -project" coh -maxinactivefps 5 -maxfps 25
would try to run a file called "CityOfHeroes.exe -project", which is nonsense. However,
"E:\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe" "-project" "coh" "-maxinactivefps" "5" "-maxfps" "25"
should work just fine. There are lots of extra quotes, but they are all useless (unless I am forgetting something about Windows interpreting dash-prefixed options automatically, but I believe that is up to the application).
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Still is verifying files for me using: [ QUOTE ]
"-project" "coh" "-maxinactivefps" "5" "-maxfps" "25"
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Edit: I crashed last night, decided to go to sleep since I had to work in 4 hours, worked, just got home, changed it to the quote above and I'm verifying files. (I just wanted to make it clear what is happening)
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Quotes just... quote things. They override the command shell's normal way of breaking up a line into separate tokens (words). Adding quotes that don't change the tokens, doesn't change the command. If, however, BayBlast meant, "If the original set of quotes are extended around anything else then it won't work", that would be correct. For example:
"E:\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe -project" coh -maxinactivefps 5 -maxfps 25
would try to run a file called "CityOfHeroes.exe -project", which is nonsense. However,
"E:\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe" "-project" "coh" "-maxinactivefps" "5" "-maxfps" "25"
should work just fine. There are lots of extra quotes, but they are all useless (unless I am forgetting something about Windows interpreting dash-prefixed options automatically, but I believe that is up to the application).
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Still is verifying files for me using: [ QUOTE ]
"-project" "coh" "-maxinactivefps" "5" "-maxfps" "25"
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[/ QUOTE ] Then you are still linking to CohUpdater.exe when you should be using cityofheroes.exe instead.
There is absolutely NO way for it to verify when you link to the correct file. Worst case scenario is it doesn't like the syntax of your extra commands and fails to start the client at all.
Doh!!!
Thank you for pointing that out to me. I was pretty confused.
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Thank you for pointing that out to me. I was pretty confused.
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Notice the shortcut points to CityOfHeroes.exe
The -project coh flag will NOT work on the default CohUpdater.exe shortcut.
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It's a common mistake. Don't beat yourself up over it.
Techno,
I had the same problem, The game would crash and then I'd get stuck verifying files for long periods of time.
Are you getting stuck fixing Pigg files?
If so, follow ALL the steps in the help file on fixing pigg files.
Sadly in my case it turned out to be corrupted memory (Thats way bad and is the last thing they suggest you check) but once I found the bad stick of memory and removed it I was able to play just fine. Well I did have to turn down the graphics a bit, My machine missed the RAM I had to take out.
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For those of you who provided all the information on how to bipass the file verification. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
For some reason the only time i disconnect is on TF completion. By the time i get back in the TF has disbanded, and i look like a greedy tool. Not any more!
Trust me, you're not the only one. From what I've heard it's a bug with the original heroside TF's that seems to cause half of the team to crash upon completion. Happened to me last night on a Sister Psyche. Thankfully, I haven't experienced the long verify times you're getting (about 45 seconds here). I'll join the chorus and recommend a comprehensive defrag or three.
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He probably has a 10 year old computer or a very slow dsl connection like my friend does. It does take some people forever to verify.|
Originally Posted by Tyger42
Shouldn't take 20 minutes. But, there's a decent chance that a crash could cause one or more game files to become corrupted, which means the game won't function properly. The scan is to check for this and repair if needed. It's actually not uncommon for MMOs.
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Thanks for info btw... Sometimes even 20 seconds is too long.
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Originally Posted by Noyjitat
He probably has a 10 year old computer or a very slow dsl connection like my friend does. It does take some people forever to verify.
Thanks for info btw... Sometimes even 20 seconds is too long. |
Seriously, why resurrect a 6 month old dead thread?
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Damn...stressing over having to wait 20 minutes to play the game.
I suggest taking a little time away from CoH...get your priorities straight.
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Damn...stressing over having to wait 20 minutes to play the game.
I suggest taking a little time away from CoH...get your priorities straight. |
It's not just about stressing over 20 minutes to play. My client crashes every hour or so because of the memory leak issue that's been a problem for quite some time now. If I reverified every time, about 25% of my playtime would be watching the verify process. And it's also insanely inconvenient if you happen to crash during a mission, or worse, a task force.
I just have a second shortcut that bypasses the verification so I can get back in-game immediately.
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.
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I didn't realize how outdated this thread was.|
Originally Posted by Dispari
Even though this is a necro thread...
It's not just about stressing over 20 minutes to play. My client crashes every hour or so because of the memory leak issue that's been a problem for quite some time now. If I reverified every time, about 25% of my playtime would be watching the verify process. And it's also insanely inconvenient if you happen to crash during a mission, or worse, a task force. I just have a second shortcut that bypasses the verification so I can get back in-game immediately. |
I have never heard about the memory leak issue either.
Crashing every hour has to be ******.
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More likely the former than the latter. I live out in the boonies and have dial-up as the only reasonable choice, but I have a fairly new computer and get done with a verify in under a minute.
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Originally Posted by Noyjitat
He probably has a 10 year old computer or a very slow dsl connection like my friend does. It does take some people forever to verify.
Thanks for info btw... Sometimes even 20 seconds is too long. |
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Quotes just... quote things. They override the command shell's normal way of breaking up a line into separate tokens (words). Adding quotes that don't change the tokens, doesn't change the command. If, however, BayBlast meant, "If the original set of quotes are extended around anything else then it won't work", that would be correct. For example:
"E:\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe -project" coh -maxinactivefps 5 -maxfps 25
would try to run a file called "CityOfHeroes.exe -project", which is nonsense. However,
"E:\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe" "-project" "coh" "-maxinactivefps" "5" "-maxfps" "25"
should work just fine. There are lots of extra quotes, but they are all useless (unless I am forgetting something about Windows interpreting dash-prefixed options automatically, but I believe that is up to the application).
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Wow that was remarkably obtuse of me.
Thank you for diving what I really meant.
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