Test Server Checksum Error

I attempted to load Test. Wanted to check slotting on my Elec/EM Tanks build. and I got the error

checksum failed on piggs/soundVMusic7.pigg
Click ok to do a full checksum of all files.

You may be out of disk space or you may be trying to install to a 
location where you have insufficient permissions

Exactly the same error, I was playing fine on test logged out to transfer a character and when I tried to log back in got a manifest check download and then the error, got past the first error only to get an error about a bad install. I then did a verify all files and it went back to the piggs/soundVMusic7.pigg error.

Here is the clipboard copy of the next error if you go past the music7 error:

Failed to load texture library. It is likely that City of Heroes is not properly installed. Re-installing or running CohUpdater may fix this.

I'm getting this error as well. The updater gets stuck in an endless (kinda like brawl) loop trying to repair the file.

And I'm most definitely NOT out of space. 613 Gigabytes free.

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Do you, by any chance, have the covupdater as well as the coh? For reasons far beyond my comprehension, when the coh updater runs into this problem on the live servers, I've been able to run the cov one to get around it. Might be worth a try.

This reminds me of trying to run old DOS games on NTFS and getting the message that you have insufficient space to install a 5 MB game. Good times

I'm also getting this, and I'm running Windows XP on an NTFS file system. I changed nothing between when I was able to play a few days ago and today.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

tried again this morning to see if something was fixed overnight. and noticed that the updater is telling me the CoH Version is (null) instead of the same as the current live version which is 1600.20090902.4T2.

I needed to launch the live updater and now, it's updating a patch. To my knoledge there is no new patch. I checked to see if there as a new patch for the test server last night when I started getting this error and the last set of patch notes I could find are for 4T2 version. Patcher just finised, the new Live version is 1600.20090902.5T2 what the Huh?

Go to the COH test folder then delete everything in the Piggs folder and rerun the test updater.

I was about to post about this. Getting the same error. I have about 80 gigs free and permissions are fine (and have never changed, and I get on test all the time).

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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.

I think the trick was to rename the cohupdater to cohupdaterold or something, and delete the checksum file, then run the updater with it's new name

It's very likely there's a problem with the Patch Server right now. Don't let it try and patch your Training Room install tonight, because if it does, it's quite possible you WILL be re-downloading everything once it's fixed.

Well. Tried again. Pulled down 1600.200909025T2. Everything's working again.

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It seems to be back again this morning, I got the long patch yesterday and things started fine this morning. Got a password error when logging out to the loggin screen, so I quit to desktop and now have the same error again.

Yeah i am getting this error.

I have the same problem when trying to get onto the test server. The live servers seem to be ok though. Hopefully there will be a fix for this. I hate to do a respec without testing it first.

Hangs for me as well, on Vmusic7.pigg. Same error message. Checksum deletion did not work.

I deleted the checksum file and the relevant pigg file. It still broke. I'm pretty sure the version out on the Test update server is screwed up. Don't expect to play on Test this weekend, folks.

The Training Room patch server seems to have been repaired.

Nope, still broken for me. I went as far and deleting my cohtest folder and copying my city of heroes folder to it but I get the same error.

Okay, spoke too soon.

Was able to get on and play. Logged off and went to log back on to alt.

Now I'm getting the soundVMusic7.pigg error.

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Test broke for me too, same error, same file. Was hoping to get on and do some bug checks (all having to do with PvP, and I was going to do it on test since it's the same version as live and all the characters I'd need to be testing on are already in PvP zones on test) but that'll have to wait I'm afraid.

The patch server is working for me right now...

However, if you let stuff download and apply while the patch server was *broken* you now have a broken installation and *will* have to delete your Training Room client and re-download all the files again (or copy them over from your Live client).

Yep, it works now.

I originally started to let the patcher start downloading but when I saw it was going to take 30 minutes (for a cable connection) I deleted everything from my cohtest folder except the AE stuff and copied it over from my live coh folder. When I launched it didn't do any updates and took me right in.

Thanks!