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Alternate ways to get updates? Going Rogue?

Chad Gulzow-Man

By Chad Gulzow-Man,
Posted on: 2010-03-31 11:17 in Player Questions

 

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I have a friend who plays about four months every year. He is on dialup and while it works fine for him on small to mid-sized teams, the updates can be brutal. Some can literally take days for him to download.
I live not that far away and have a high speed connection. Is there any way I can download the necessary files, burn them and then get them to him that way?
Or, perhaps any other method I can't think of?

Also, will Going Rogue be purchasable through a hard copy, or will it strictly be a downloadable update? (which would be nearly impossible for my friend to do).

 

Posted

Yes, you can simply burn your entire CoH directory to a DVD and have him copy the files directly into his CoH directory. (I generally do this with every issue release to minimize the time required to reinstall if I suffer a hard drive failure.) A USB jump drive or hard drive would work just as well.

Going Rogue WILL have a box version for sale in stores in the United States. If you live outside of the US, then you'll have to order a box from an online retailer (like Amazon.com) and have it shipped to you.

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