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Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: biruno on July 13, 2006, 12:43:00 am
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i got the message from DaveG so i did what he said and when i got to the patch i downloaded it and it wont upen the patch or extract it it says currupt
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Try redownloading it. Sometimes things just get corrupted durng the sending process.
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i did that it wont work but ill try it again
ok i did it again it says the compressed (zipped) folder is invalid or corrrpt
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In various threads here, I find that you post that you are in various different stages of working with the patch. In one thread you say that you extracted everything successfuly and even overwrote old files in your PS directory, and now this. I'm a little confused.
Regardless...
What are you using to open the .zip? WinZip? WinRar? Something else?
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i have been using WinZip then i was told to use WinRar but i cant so at the moment im not using anything but im going to get WinZip now
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What problems do you have with WinRar? I'd really recommend it over WinZip, but it's okay in the end. But you -need- one of them to open the .zip.
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the problems i had with WinRar i couldnt find the free trail
i just got WinZip and i got it to extract and now im updating now hopfully it wont say im using the wrong version at the login screen
ok now i cant update anyways it halts it and says the server is out of date
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Can you try logging in without doing the updater step?
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@ biruno
If you like just PM me and i will try to help you get going :)
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nope i cant run the game i get that thing that says somthing unexpected happened and asks me if i want to save the diagnostic file
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the problems i had with WinRar i couldnt find the free trail
Seriously, aren't you paying attention or what?
I gave you a direct link to the .exe you needed, how can you "not find the free trial" ?? ::|
I give up! >:(
And also: It's nice that you make lots of threads and PM people around for help, but Keep you questions about the patch to one thread only to prevent confusion.
Technically your doublethreading/spamming and Karyuu could remove 'em all, and how would that help you? ;)
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ok now i cant update anyways it halts it and says the server is out of date
now i dont even get that it closes instantly and then it goes to a report to windows thing so LARAGORN told me i should post this and it should help somone help me fix it some how
error signature
AppName: updater exe AppVer: 0.3.15.0 ModName: updater.exe
ModVer: 0.3.15.0 Offset: 000377cf
now i hope that will help some how
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biruno i "think" that happened to me does it close on the first loading screen just b4 it starts loading. if it does uninstall delete files and reinstall so all of this dont just reinstall like u did last time. extract the patch and try to get in without updater then if that works try updater.
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I too followed the instructions given in the sticky main post: update on updating the updater.
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=24432.0
I uninstalled the game, then reinstalled.
Then I d/loaded & unzipped the patch to the PS file.
Then I found:
...the game still says "U R not running the correct version of PS" (I have 03015)
...setup now won't work
...updater won't work
the patch d/load was corrupted a lot, but repeating will get the same result I would think.
Frankly, as I am not computer savvy to start with & new to this game aswell, then waited days for the new version of the game & then even longer for the server to start up, then to play for 2 days, only to get all this trouble, I am just about ready to give up on this whole bloody game.... :thumbdown:
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The key is patience, Dragonrider :}
I know you're experiencing a lot of frustration, but you're not the one who has to hold your head between your hands and go 'Ohgodohgod what is this bug and how do I fix it and the dozen other issues that need immediate attention'. This is a game in early alpha development, and stability is not guaranteed. We all deal with it as best as we can.
When you extracted the patch files into your main PS directory, did you overwrite? Did all of them get extracted? Did you make sure that no psclient.exe or anything similar was running in your processes when you were patching?
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Hi,
Just to add another step. I had 3 files in use, which would not overwrite and it was because Updater was still running in the background even though I closed the updater. I had to go into Task Manager and look for Updater.exe in the process tab and kill the process.
Then I extracted the zip again and all files overwrote. Now everything is working.
hope this may help some people.
Noozster.
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thanks but not helping me all my PS stuff is off i hope that helps somone else though
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When you extracted the patch files into your main PS directory, did you overwrite? Did all of them get extracted? Did you make sure that no psclient.exe or anything similar was running in your processes when you were patching?
I know Karyuu, thanks for your understanding.
I am just expressing my emotions. For a new player to this game who knows little about computers, this is very frustrating.
Yes, I overwrote. Yes, all were extracted, I was asked at least 20 times if i wished to continue past a corrupted file. I said yes to all. Nothing was running when I extracted. I guess in a few days I will d/load the patch & overwrite again.
In the meantime I will continue reading this forum for clues.
Thanks again for your help, & good luck. :)
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Uh-oh. If it's corrupted, it's no good. I think it's a safe bet to say that this is preventing you from going further. Can you open a .rar archive by any chance?
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Not without askingfriends if they know how.
But myy guild, the Blitzers, suggest I uninstall the game, re-install, then use the PS updater without the patch.
What do you think about that idea ?...(http://www.mazeguy.net/expressive/scratchchin.gif)
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I think that's absolutely wrong advice - we have a sticky with instructions (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=24432.0) that say using the patch is a must before you run the updater. Would you like me to just email you the files within the patch .zip? At this point this is the only thing I can think of.
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I think your idea sounds better, thanks. That way I can avoid all the corrupted files, & there were a lot of them in that patch.
I take it I just place these files in the main PS folder. I'm sorry, but I am not sure what/how to do that even when you do email them. Sorry to be so naive... :-[
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Different email clients/hosts handle email attachments differently - if you can figure out (through help/documentation?) how to save attachments to a specific folder, it'll be just a matter of navigating to your PS directory and saving the files there. Gmail for example just has a Download link like so, which upon clicking will ask you where to save the file:
(http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/3293/attachmentsuc2.gif)
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5302/attachments2to9.gif)
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1508/attachments3aj5.th.gif) (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=attachments3aj5.gif)
PM me with your email address and we can work something out :}