Going Rogue on STEAM
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Earc,
Posted on: 2011-07-02 14:25 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
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from my experience with it, the steam version downloads the old launcher not the ncsoft launcher|
Originally Posted by Soulflame_EU
You probably think I should be asking them this, but what the hell..
I want to run this game from STEAM as I bought it from them. How do I hook this up with STEAM games tracking "in-game City of Heroes: Going Rogue" Thanks |
the only temp fix to show your playing it is to add a non-steam game then point it to the ncsoft launcher and have the launcher stay open after you start the game, it will use a little more RAM that way, but it will show that you are in game
That is bull.
So what happened to "STEAM Users should continue to use the COH Updater"
Thanks Necrotech
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It moved to "Steam users should use the NCSoft Launcher"|
Originally Posted by Soulflame_EU
That is bull.
So what happened to "STEAM Users should continue to use the COH Updater" Thanks Necrotech |
This actually happens for NCSoft's "other" titles such as AION. Steam downloads the installation files, and then the NCSoft patcher picks up from there.
There is a way around using the NCSoft launcher, and that's to launch the Cityofheroes.exe file directly: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Game_Client
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| CityOfHeroes.exe -project "coh" |
You'll also still need to run the NCSoft launcher in order to patch the game to the most recent version.
Thanks for informative information je_saist. I can't get around the fact, this is on sale NOW on STEAM and it doesn't work.
That is messed up. I just might complain.
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Oh trust me. You will not be the only one complaining. |
Originally Posted by Soulflame_EU
Thanks for informative information je_saist. I can't get around the fact, this is on sale NOW on STEAM and it doesn't work.
That is messed up. I just might complain. |
Although I detest the new launcher for... other reasons: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=264446
lol you go 
)
I shall let you know how my moany email went
someone must have not wanted me to email...
Through some modern wizardry, a light touch of reading and a bit of a gamble, I decided to delete the checksum files from the installer folder. Looked like they were not matching up with what the NCSoft launcher had 'told it'.
So, decided to run the CoHUpdater through STEAM and if it decided to try overwrite or 'FIX' my files, I had enough, I would let it do its thing and see where the course took me. The updater hung on Connecting...1# with a black screen for about 2 minutes, I was looking at something else and it started doing something.
It showed a CoH screen with a message background to use the NC Soft launcher and a link to "learn about the new launcher" - on the updater, it was verifying files and going through the piggs. I thought any minute, it's going to say "Errr these are not right, overwriting"
But it didn't, it finished verifying with no complete message or anything like "update complete or ready to run" -- just showed the download speed at 0KB/s with no other messages except for "Next"
Clicked next and I was in business. It loaded up the game and said in STEAM, I was playing City of Heroes: Going Rogue.
Mission accomplished.
So, I think it needed to download the files from the NCSoft launcher, then I could use the CoH Updater that the STEAM game is linked to run through. I don't think its supposed to work like that anymore, but as I deleted the checksum files that the NCSoft launcher made, it knew the files were correct. I think i will have to do that everytime theres an update.. i fear
I don't know, but it works now.
You probably think I should be asking them this, but what the hell..
I want to run this game from STEAM as I bought it from them. How do I hook this up with STEAM games tracking
"in-game City of Heroes: Going Rogue"
Thanks