client problem
By
Darkstar_Angel,
Posted on: 2009-01-22 06:25 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I had the same problem all you need to do is locate the updater "cohupdate.eu" and drag it to your desktop its in program files the the city of heroes filoder hope this helps 
it didn't exsist. I am once again downloading the full client. If it does the same thing again I will be canceling the subscription and filing payment retrieval with my bank.
I left the game a long time ago due to problems with the game and its client and when I decide to return I find that there are still problems with the client.
I'm starting to think that the only MMORPG company that actually gives a monkey about its customers is Blizzard.
Looks like they have closed server for maintenance and have also installed a patch.
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well i guess the client will be done by the time the servers r back up then. Although its not a very good start to my return. I crash and have to download the client again as soon as i pay for the subs.....
99.9999% of the time that this happens, it's because you ran the client downloader again, rather than the game launcher. I'm not saying this is your fault, mind; there's a REALLY old installer bug where sometimes it doesn't create the right shortcut properly.
You shouldn't NEED to redownload though... The game should still be there, in the original install folder; you just been to browse to it in Explorer and make a shortcut to the Cohupdater.eu.exe file.
As for being kicked; that's just the regular announced maintenance period.
@FloatingFatMan
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
well its downloading it again. I'll double check for the Cohupdater.eu.exe file before i start it. If its there i'll adjust the shortcut for it.
If not I'm not gonna be very happy about it. You would think they should have dealt with that bug by now.
Yep. That bug's been around for longer than I can remember. We get a couple of new posts per week from people having problems due to that one. Based on the assumption that some people would look at past forum posts to see what's going on and even more wouldn't even bother to keep trying, you have to wonder how many people NC are really annoying with this one and possibly losing as customers before they've even logged in. I'd have thought this would have been a high priority bug fix but then what do I know?
all i know is in the 2 years i have had my CoX account. this is the first time I've had to ask about a bug on the forum. Granted I haven't played for around 16 months or so, but i still find it hard to believe that this bug is still around after all this time.
Hard to believe or not, it's still around... Problem is, it's very difficult to repeat as it appears seemingly at random.
@FloatingFatMan
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Just so you know, there should be no need for you to download the client again. At all.
The file you need to run to launch the game is called CoHUpdater.eu.exe - if you are running any other file it is the wrong one.
A copy of that file is available in your City of Heroes install directory.
The wisdom of Shadowe: Ghostraptor: The Shadowe is wise ...; FFM: Shadowe is no longer wise.
; Techbot_Alpha: Also, what Shadowe said. It seems he is still somewhat wise 
; Bull Throttle: Shadowe was unwise in this instance...; Rock_Powerfist: in this instance Shadowe is wise.; Techbot_Alpha: Shadowe is very wise *nods*; Zortel: *Quotable line about Shadowe being wise goes here.*
And if you don't have an updater like that, just rename CoHUpdater.exe to CoHupdater.eu.exe.
Also sometimes the program shortcut that gets put on the desktop goes to CoHupdater.exe instead of .eu.exe.
I've had this happen under Windows and Ubuntu/WINE
i give up.....
stupid frigin client downloader crashed and i have to start over again. I am seriously starting to lose patience with this game before I even get started on it.
If it fails again I'm gonna go to the bank and get my money back. I'm not gonna waste my time with the ticket reports as NCsoft clearly won't do anything about it.
If it downloads and works properly I might consider playing, but at this point I'm starting to regret returning to CoH.
And to make things even worse the download speed has been cut in half.... meaning its gonna take 8 hours to download instead of the 4 hours i got the first time round 
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well the repeat subs have been cancelled. When or even If the client ever downloads, then I'll make my mind up on wether to actually bother playing it or just head to my bank.
Don't give up just yet!
Can I just clarify a few things?
1) You have an installed version of City of Heroes (default install to c:/Program Files/City of Heroes/).
2) You have the CoHUpdater.eu.exe file (as Zortel says, if not, rename CoHUpdater.exe to CoHUpdater.eu.exe)
3) If you are using a shortcut from your desktop, check the properties and ensure that the target is <install loaction>/City of Heroes/CoHUpdater.eu.exe
If all of the above are true or adjusted to make them true, what stage does the client get to when it crashes? What does the updater say it is doing when it crashes? The more information we have, the more likely we are to be able to identify the error.
The wisdom of Shadowe: Ghostraptor: The Shadowe is wise ...; FFM: Shadowe is no longer wise.
; Techbot_Alpha: Also, what Shadowe said. It seems he is still somewhat wise ; Bull Throttle: Shadowe was unwise in this instance...; Rock_Powerfist: in this instance Shadowe is wise.; Techbot_Alpha: Shadowe is very wise *nods*; Zortel: *Quotable line about Shadowe being wise goes here.* Backslash, Shad... Not Frontslash! You noodle!
@FloatingFatMan
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
*grumble, grumble, grumble* Like I actually pay any attention to that... I just type it in and if it doesn't work I change the direction of the slashes...
My apologies. Please excuse my ignorance and uselessness and correct, as advised by my esteemed colleague the Rotund Airborne One.
The wisdom of Shadowe: Ghostraptor: The Shadowe is wise ...; FFM: Shadowe is no longer wise.
; Techbot_Alpha: Also, what Shadowe said. It seems he is still somewhat wise ; Bull Throttle: Shadowe was unwise in this instance...; Rock_Powerfist: in this instance Shadowe is wise.; Techbot_Alpha: Shadowe is very wise *nods*; Zortel: *Quotable line about Shadowe being wise goes here.*
Ok I used the website to download the client and installed it. I logged into the game and started to play. I got kicked for some reason and now when i try to restart the client goes and start downloading the full client again. What the hell is going on ?