How many seperate patches must be downloaded on a new install?
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Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2010-07-12 17:22 in Player Questions
That sounds...odd. I don't recall it ever having me download more than one cumulative patch in the many reinstalls I've done.
Dec out.
Yeah, I thought it was strange too. I figured I would just need to download one big patch. Which I did...and then it started another. Here's hoping this is the last one if I don't get an answer before it's done.
Yeah, it should only be one patch to get you to the live version.
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Well, I'm 20% done with a second...lol
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Mine did the same thing if i remember correctly thought its not a patch more of a checksum to make sure all the files where delievered safely to your comp and to make sure nothing is off with the version on your machine compared to the version on live.
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Originally Posted by TheInfinite
Well, I'm 20% done with a second...lol
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And to do that takes almost a gigabyte of info?
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Originally Posted by Retilian
Mine did the same thing if i remember correctly thought its not a patch more of a checksum to make sure all the files where delievered safely to your comp and to make sure nothing is off with the version on your machine compared to the version on live.
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The checksum is approximately 10.6 kilotbytes in size, but it has to scan the whole ~3.1 gig installation (only takes a few minutes on my laptop if something else isn't murdering the disk).
If this is a completely new installation, it should just be one download of ~3 gigs... but when updating from a fairly out of date version, I think I've seen it do multiple patches before... but you're likely at the end of the updating.
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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Yeah, when the first download finished the checksum went thru just fine in a few minutes. This is a completely new install also. And the first download was 1.1gigs, not 3.1. And now I'm a bit over halfway done with the second download which is 884gigs in total.
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Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight
The checksum is approximately 10.6 kilotbytes in size, but it has to scan the whole ~3.1 gig installation (only takes a few minutes on my laptop if something else isn't murdering the disk).
If this is a completely new installation, it should just be one download of ~3 gigs... but when updating from a fairly out of date version, I think I've seen it do multiple patches before... but you're likely at the end of the updating. |
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Um..yeah. I really hope thats a typo 884 GIG would take a while. Just wondering though, did you install form a disk or did you download from your account page?
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Originally Posted by TheInfinite
And now I'm a bit over halfway done with the second download which is 884gigs in total.
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Are you sure that it's downloading another patch and not applying the first? That's the sequence it always works in. Spend a long time downloading a patch then spend an even longer time applying it.
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I figure it wasn't, since it would "inidicate" a 3.1 gig "download" instead of less than a gig.
Dec out.
I think I had the same thing after I had to reinstall the game after a virus 2 months ago.
I just installed CoH and CoV after being away from the game for a few years. I began downloading patches and the first one was 1.1g and took over 3 hours to download. The second one is 884mb and will take another 2 hours or so. Any idea how many more of these I'll have to download before I can play? I'm really excited to get back into the game so I'm just wondering if it will take all night or what.