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PLEASE READ: New NCsoft Launcher for PC + FAQ

Aura_Familia

By Aura_Familia,
Posted on: 2011-02-24 16:01 in The Global Training Room Test Server

 

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Ok my feedback the new updater works great for me, I'm got windows 7 on a compaq desktop. Everything was real easy to figure out and real convenient I'm happy with this change. Easier = Better.

Side note. Most people hate change cause it forces them to learn something new and people hate being told what to do or about themselves. There well be a lot of hate with this and a lot of peeps saying why fix what isn't broken. Just a heads up.

 

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Ok.. I installed the launcher from scratch.. while already have the EU version installed and working... This is what I got!



- I seem to have only the US version detected!
- Why do I still see the old updater starting after I start the game from the launcher? That seems unnecisary!
- How come I see under teh installed version in the list of uninstalled games still City of Heroes?

Seems like there are a lot of bugs here! Fix them before going live/force it upon us!

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Do you have a US account?

1) Change your region to EU (its under advanced)

2) The "integrated" part is so far just set up for the test server and *not* live
3) No smegging idea, i dont have that problem myself, unless you have botched a removal of CoX previously.

 

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Originally Posted by Sapphire7 View Post
Is anyone else getting this error? I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, and yes, I right-clicked and ran as administrator.

http://pics.livejournal.com/kwsapphire/pic/0055sfgz
What virus scanner or other malware protection software do you have running?

 

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Originally Posted by Faegula View Post
What virus scanner or other malware protection software do you have running?
Windows Security Essentials.

On my other, Windows XP drive, I have about a half dozen pieces of software, but on Windows7 I just have the free WSE. I am going to try to remember to uninstall and retry the installation tonight.

 

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Originally Posted by Sapphire7 View Post
Is anyone else getting this error? I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, and yes, I right-clicked and ran as administrator.

http://pics.livejournal.com/kwsapphire/pic/0055sfgz
I uninstalled it and reinstalled and it went fine this time. Weird!

 

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Originally Posted by Gangrel_EU View Post
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Typically, those who *do* lose their accounts, either have a keylogger on their account, click stupid links in "real" Aion emails or visit generally "dubious" websites.
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I don't know about Aion, but there is (or at least was) a server side vulnerability in CoH. I had my account disabled for a few days a while back because I was told it got hacked... despite having no spyware / keyloggers (at least not unless there's one that's undetectable by multiple virus / spyware scanners) on my system and my never having visited a RMT website, answered a phishing email, or shared my account information. Several other people reported similar problems on the boards around the same time.

Whether the vulnerability is / was in the CoX login servers, the NCSoft master servers, or somewhere else I don't know. It could be something as simple as insufficient protection from brute force attacks and someone just got lucky (good luck hitting my new password that way ) or it could be someone hacked NCSoft and stole account info, or whatever. All I know is that just keeping your system clean doesn't always stop your account from being hacked. Fortunately the launcher itself shouldn't contain any account information since we enter that in the game itself... even if they use a less secure (ie, Microsoft created) API on the launcher that shouldn't make things any worse.

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Since I switched to this launcher, I've noticed the order of my characters in the selection screen has changed. Also there are characters that I KNOW I haven't played in over a month that seem to have been logged in this week. Last night, I got my first virus alert in this system EVER. I didn't stop to research the virus name or type beyond WIN32 (something). I just wanted to clean it off my system ASAP.

I've been going to the same sites (nothing shady or that would try to infect me) and running the same programs with that machine (just Win7 Pro, Firefox, AVG, CoX and my digital audio workstation software) for over a year with no trouble at all. Now weird things are happening. No one is there but me, so I don't know what to think. And then I see this thread.

I'm not quick to judge, but I'd like to be quick about solving the problems I'm seeing on my PC.

 

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Originally Posted by StrykerX View Post
I don't know about Aion, but there is (or at least was) a server side vulnerability in CoH. I had my account disabled for a few days a while back because I was told it got hacked... despite having no spyware / keyloggers (at least not unless there's one that's undetectable by multiple virus / spyware scanners) on my system and my never having visited a RMT website, answered a phishing email, or shared my account information. Several other people reported similar problems on the boards around the same time.
I am not sure, but I think if someone just tries to log into your account over and over, it will lock you out. Which is why your login name is supposed to be something that you don't use for anything else (shouldn't be your forum handle, global, email, etc.) Again I could be wrong, but I think you can be locked out in this way, even if they never actually make it past the password screen.

 

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I can confirm that the launcher has a memory leak; leaving it running in the background overnight, it went from using ~3MB of RAM to using nine times that, at ~27 MB. My system can handle this - 8 GB of RAM is a sweet thing - but it shouldn't have to, and I imagine the leak will impact less-modern systems far more.

This is trivially easy to reproduce; it should also be relatively easy to fix.

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Originally Posted by Harald387 View Post
This is trivially easy to reproduce; it should also be relatively easy to fix.
Bwahahahahaha.

I always love how people that know nothing of the code involved in something assume that it's a relatively simple matter to fix something.

If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.

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Originally Posted by Texas Justice View Post
Bwahahahahaha.

I always love how people that know nothing of the code involved in something assume that it's a relatively simple matter to fix something.
Perhaps I should clarify, then: 'relatively easy to fix, compared to a difficult-to-reproduce problem that only one or two people complain about and are unable to give details of', which is what I deal with every day.

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NVM, figured this out.

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The instructions in the original post are correct. Did they not work for you?

 

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Originally Posted by Tex View Post
The instructions in the original post are correct. Did they not work for you?
The issue is that it's downloading all the files (all 4g all over again) when the old way (copy the piggs and a copy other files) to get test would work to minimize that.

With the new launcher that doesn't seem to work.

But it's fine. I'm okay with downloading a 3rd complete copy.

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I love the fact that it fixes the invisible mouse cursor issue with Vista machines. Go NC!

However, it scans your files when launched for the first time. Generally mods to the game are not allowed and are advised against in the EULA.

Question: Having vidiotmap's Map Info installed will not lead to bad repercussions if this added content is scanned by the NCSoft Launcher, will it? (call me lazy, but i like the convenience of those badge and plaque markers)

 

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I tried to install the Training Server using the instructions in the Original Post, but I keep getting a message that says:
The name 'C:Program Files (x86)\NCSoft\Launcher\NCSoftLauncher.exe /LaunchGame=CohTest' specified in the Target box is not valid.

Any idea what I have done wrong?


I was typing the ' /LaunchGame=CohTest' inside the quotes, which apparently is supposed to be after the quotes. Now just have to wait for it to finish downloading.

 

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Originally Posted by mmeljeeb View Post
I tried to install the Training Server using the instructions in the Original Post, but I keep getting a message that says:
The name 'C:Program Files (x86)\NCSoft\Launcher\NCSoftLauncher.exe /LaunchGame=CohTest' specified in the Target box is not valid.

Any idea what I have done wrong?
I think instead of using the Target field, you used the Start In field. I did the same thing the first time.

My only major problem with the new launcher is when I am DLing a patch, it freezes, ad always pops up with something that needs a repair, and then i do the repair and it fixed nothing and wants me to do it again. So when that happens I use the old launcher, DL whatever patch, then relaunch the ncsoft launcher. Eventually I am sure I will have to completely uninstal everything and reinstall it to fix the freeze and repair problem.


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After waiting a couple hours to DL the files for my test server copy, it got to 98% and now it says 3%...I dont like this launcher. I think I maight rage quit this DL and miss the meet and greet for the first time unless I can find a way to speed it up.


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