CoH Updater will not finish loading
By
Airhammer,
Posted on: 2010-02-26 05:39 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
i was online fine this morning no problems other then global channels being down then game totally closed and i couldnt log back in just kept connecting gonna try now see if it lets me back in
Thanks Part_Troll for that tip! It worked for me as well.
IM IN !!!! IT CONNECTED 
thanks Part_Troll that worked a treat
Ok for my Vista box i added this to the shortcut which mamanged to bring back my cursors
"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe" -project "coh" -renderthread 0 -compatiblecursors 1
However the moment i login in i recieve this:
unknown auth protocol: 0
Might be a admin issue will see.
What about our Windows XP users ??
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
Ok my regualr shortcut with updater is now working...someone fixed it 
Back to my sick bed!
Updater is working fine now i cant log in cos it says username n password is wrong 
Thats what I am getting too. Tried what they listed here
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=211195
but no joy...
I still get the errormessage:
"failed to rename cohupdater.exe to cohupdater.prv"
Anyone got the same? Or even better, got past it?
EDIT:
Did this as well
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=211195
and it worked!
im gettin that.. 2 pcs runnin xp o both.
Kin Hell Fire
Barline
Bibbi.
Slushy Kins
Nuria Dark
If you haven't already from a command prompt (run as administrator) try "ipconfig /flushdns" just in case the updater server acquired a new IP after it was updated.
nah dident work.. just crashes and gives the unable to rename blah blah. i can get in game with the bypass but wat about wen theres a patch??
sigh.
Kin Hell Fire
Barline
Bibbi.
Slushy Kins
Nuria Dark
Just tried to log in, got the "..Unable to rename blahmumbleblah..."
I'm an EU player and I say fcuksticks!
i kept getting the "failed to rename cohupdater.exe to cohupdater.prv" error message too so i reinstalled couldnt be bothered messing with codes
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-renderthread 0 would supposedly disable the multi-thread instruction and only use 1 core of your processor, instead of two. I'm not sure why you would want to do that. Your error message might be referring to that part of your instruction set.|
Originally Posted by Exodus_V
Ok for my Vista box i added this to the shortcut which mamanged to bring back my cursors
"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe" -project "coh" -renderthread 0 -compatiblecursors 1 However the moment i login in i recieve this: unknown auth protocol: 0 Might be a admin issue will see. |
For those of you above using -renderthread 1... it's been enabled by default for a long time now. There is no reason to use the command line anymore.
More importantly.. for anybody using the -project coh extension to skip the updater and get into the game, keep in mind you might run into trouble the next time there is a game update. You'll still have to run the Updater to update your game, so you might have to eventually fix your Updater problem anyway. It's good to be able to get in now, but it might be in your best interest to still fix it in your spare time, or else i17 is going to be released and you might not be joining in.
There is a sticky on the top of this forum by TheOcho that explains how to possibly fix it.
Hopefully though, it's just a temporary server problem from everybody updating today, and it might work just fine tomorrow.
Im connecting just fine, was it with the actual launcher or when you trying login with your password?
Both worked for me, sorry couldnt help, just opened it to see if I could help out
JJ
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what have they done to break it? i was playin few hours before and it was fine.
Kin Hell Fire
Barline
Bibbi.
Slushy Kins
Nuria Dark
was the launcher it self on mine it was fine then game closed and i couldnt get back in, then i couldnt log in (cos i was somehow on the US version)
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It's possible that the multitude of people running the update at the same time this morning might be causing the "Connecting #" problem. For all we know, it'll work fine tomorrow. This is of course as long as you are not getting the "failed to rename" problem described in the stickied thread. That's a separate issue.|
Originally Posted by buzsaw
what have they done to break it? i was playin few hours before and it was fine.
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For now, you should still be able to bypass the updater and log in using the method explained above.
fixed mine ..in the coh folder there was a file called cohupdater.new renamed that to cohupdater.eu.exe and make sure its not set to read only. worked for me
Kin Hell Fire
Barline
Bibbi.
Slushy Kins
Nuria Dark
Quote:
Logged on...but was taking ages for it to get onto the Chraracter Selection screen. It timed out, so I tried running the updater again and just got the message now...|
Originally Posted by Renji
I still get the errormessage:
"failed to rename cohupdater.exe to cohupdater.prv" Anyone got the same? Or even better, got past it? EDIT: Did this as well http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=211195 and it worked! |
"failed to rename C:\Program Files\CohUpdater.exe to C:\Program Files\CohUpdater.prv"
Gonna try your link...hopefully will get some positive results.
@Captain Solaris
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The simpliest way on XP is to rename the CohUpdater.EU.exe to just CohUpdater.exe, run it, then quit when you get the option to. Then, re-name it CohUpdater.EU.exe and it should work fine.
I'm playing on the NA servers.
I had this error Friday night when I tried to log in to the Live NA Servers ::
The updater wouldn't launch and it would crash to the crash report message screen
- which I used to report the crash.
I did this a couple of times with the same result.
I tried the Test Server and I had no problem connecting and updating.
I checked my firewall status and Coh updater and exe were both set to Allow and Allow Parent (aka Yes status).
I then when and cleared my cookies/register cleaned with Webroot.
When I launched again, Webroot started picking up CoH updater and exe trying to bypass the fire-wall. I checked allow access for both of them and at least one of them twice.
I get this error sometimes with an update and I have to set CoH updater and exe to Allow and Allow Parent (aka Yes status). Since I knoew this goes on, I went into the fire-wall settings and Allow Parent was set to Don't Allow Parent (aka No status). I reset it to Allow Parent (Yes) status.
After that I have not had a problem getting into the game.
I didn't need to rename any files.
ok i get to to loading screen and it crashes using the modified shortcut.