CoH re-downloads every time I wish to play?
By
Blue Lava,
Posted on: 2010-08-26 15:03 in Player Questions
Okay, where did you install the game?
Chances are, not in the default directory.
If you're using a shortcut on the desktop, delete it.
Then, go into wherever you installed CoH and find the CoHUpdater.exe file, right-click and Send to Desktop.
Go back to your desktop and try your new updater.
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just an FYI there was downtime and a quick patch today. Once that was pulled in, your computer verified files and did the 3.6 gig thing. It shouldnt do it every single time.. only if there was a patch.
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Originally Posted by onelildustbunni
Hi,
I'm using the CoH trial from the official website. Last night, I downloaded the game, messed around, everything worked fine. Today I wanted to play again, but when I double clicked the CoH Updater, it asked me where I wanted to install it, then began the 3.6 GB download. I looked around on the net, and noticed others having similar problems, but no solutions that worked. I'm trying the play on the US client, so renaming the updater for .eu doesn't work in my case (I did follow the instructions and it didn't work). I tried both double clicking from the installation folder and desktop, to no avail. System info: I'm on Windows XP. Thanks for help! |
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@Blue Lava
1) I did install it to default directory. Here's the path:
C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
It's not just the desktop icon. I opened windows explorer, and went to the above path, and used that CoH updater. It too asked me where I wanted to install it, and began the 3.6 GB download.
I noted something else: after repeating the above several times, the updater began "Fixing files: piggs/texMisc.pigg". It's fixing 3.5 G (is currently at 1.5 G, I decided to let it run while I did something else).
2) Didn't know about the patch. It didn't prompt me to update though...it was trying to do a fresh install of the whole thing. If this fixing thing it's doing doesn't work, then I will try again later in case the patch has something to do with it...but I doubt it, seeing as it said nothing about updating, just installing.
Any other ideas? 
Are you running on a Non-Administrator, or Restricted user account?
A lot of people keep the Admin account and thier "regular" logon account (to the computer not the game) seperated, to help prevent accidental virus infections.
You need to be running as an Administrator when you first install the game so that it can make the necessary entries in the registry. Otherwise, next time you start it up, it can't find the "where am I installed at" entry and thinks it needs to install itself.
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Hi,
I'm using the CoH trial from the official website. Last night, I downloaded the game, messed around, everything worked fine. Today I wanted to play again, but when I double clicked the CoH Updater, it asked me where I wanted to install it, then began the 3.6 GB download.
I looked around on the net, and noticed others having similar problems, but no solutions that worked. I'm trying the play on the US client, so renaming the updater for .eu doesn't work in my case (I did follow the instructions and it didn't work). I tried both double clicking from the installation folder and desktop, to no avail.
System info: I'm on Windows XP.
Thanks for help!