Problems with updater


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Hello, I've just finished downloading the game via the COHupdater and when i go to run the COH.exe it tells me to run the updater, when i run the updater it tries to download to whole game again. I havent changed any settings, its installed to C:Program files/City of heroes, I really dont want to wait another 5 hours to have another 3gb of my hdd used up for no reason so any help would be great.
Thanks,

Edit: It was trying to download the whole game again into the folder C:Program files/city of heroes/city of heroes, now that i've sorted that out it says "Error reading COHupdater.exe, you may be out of disk space or not have permissions or whatever"
My laptop is brand new, has 4gb of RAM and 290gb free hdd space.

Again, help help would be appreciated


Edit: I worked it out for myself, needed to move the original updater I downloaded to initially download the client into the main city of heroes folder, this bug really shouldn't happen with a Pay to Play game. The original updater should be copied or moved to the selected installation folder automatically and until that can be done a sufficient guide should be provided for the faulty game installation.


 

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The updater, when completed updating, gives you a button in the lower corner to start the game. Did that not work?


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Originally Posted by NickBob View Post
Hello, I've just finished downloading the game via the COHupdater and when i go to run the COH.exe it tells me to run the updater, when i run the updater it tries to download to whole game again. I havent changed any settings, its installed to C:Program files/City of heroes, I really dont want to wait another 5 hours to have another 3gb of my hdd used up for no reason so any help would be great.
Thanks,

Edit: It was trying to download the whole game again into the folder C:Program files/city of heroes/city of heroes, now that i've sorted that out it says "Error reading COHupdater.exe, you may be out of disk space or not have permissions or whatever"
My laptop is brand new, has 4gb of RAM and 290gb free hdd space.

Again, help help would be appreciated


Edit: I worked it out for myself, needed to move the original updater I downloaded to initially download the client into the main city of heroes folder, this bug really shouldn't happen with a Pay to Play game. The original updater should be copied or moved to the selected installation folder automatically and until that can be done a sufficient guide should be provided for the faulty game installation.
Its a rare-ish bug. It is also solvable by renaming the CoH Updater in the folder (oldcohupdater.exe or something like that) and running it (you might need to delete the checksum file as well). I've been here 5.5 years and had to do it once. First time I remember hearing it happen to someone during install.


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Thanks for the help guys, I've got the game working fine now and loving it
Cheers,
Nick


 

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Excellent.

Make sure to use the Help Channel ( /hc How do I get a cape?) or this board for any questions. There's a lot of folks who like to answer, and some compete to answer first!


www.paragonwiki.com is a great source of information for this game.

New or returning to the game? Want advice from experienced players who want to help YOU?
The Mentor Project: Part of the New Player Council.