satellite user - patch update problems

in the past, as a hughesnet user, I was counseled to run multiple instances of COHupdater to get past satellite's latency problem with getting connected - up to 20 instances would be run, and eventually one of them would get the server's attention and the patch would come through. This time around it's not working; The patcher comes through one of the instances, but then encounters a problem and crashes. It seems to want to alter the COHupdater file but finds that it is in use by another program.

Being a satellite user, running multiple instances is the only way to get connected on patches, otherwise the stupid program will sit there and attempt to connect til I go insane and smash the screen. I've seen it attempt to connect for 2 days.

Bah - the lag when the game is working is enough to make me want to give up MMOs altogether and save my money. Maybe I'll take up drinking.

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Mechanista 50 rad/rad Corruptor
Buster Braun 32 SS/Inv Brute
Mortua Manus 41 Bots/Dark MM
December Ashe 30 Ice/Fire Dominator
Umbra Sprite 32 Dark/Super Reflexes Stalker
Mister Large 30 Thugs/Bubbles MM
Dynamaxine 28 Electric/Stone Brute
Three-Alarm 19 Fire/Dark Corruptor

Try putting a copy of the CoHUpdater on the desktop, and running that instead. That will allow you to run plenty of them, and when it does go, it will not be running the one that needs patching.

For the drinking, I suggest Long Island Iced Teas. They're sneaky bastidges.

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August 31, 2012. A Day that will Live in Infamy. Or Information. Possibly Influence. Well, Inf, anyway. Thank you, Paragon Studios, for what you did, and the enjoyment and camaraderie you brought.
This is houtex, aka Mike, signing off the forums. G'night all. - 10/26/2012
Well... perhaps I was premature about that whole 'signing off' thing... - 11-9-2012