ok i have 0 technical ability so i could be all wrong and im no more than a medaling fool. However i found that the updater just closed its self before it got anywhere and did the following and it seemed to work.... Ok the problem version.dat it wasnt there to be deleted. There was just a blank space where it was suposed to be. I had done the patch and it wasnt working so....

then run the updater, wizz bang pop it works, close it reopen and make sure the options are reset to default and run it again. for all i know ive just screwed up my computer but the game works fine. Sorry if this is what you people have been going on about anyway i obviously just didnt get it.
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the top arrow says tick this box and the bottom one saya untick this one.