CATA D/L without serial key

Kelio

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Hi this is a kinda odd question i guess.
But i bought my copy of catacombs and activated it and everything. and now my cd drive broke down and i wont be able to afford one until next month.
Is there anyway to download a launcher (like toa client) for catacombs?
i want to start playing today.

and again, i have the cds i have the serial i have activated it. i just cant install it from my cd drive
 

Gungo

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Borrow a freinds CD-ROM Drive to install then remove CD-ROM Drive, as darkage doesnt need CD inserted in drive to load.
 

Eva

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I made a rar for friends who wanted to dl it through patcher before they got the game so they were good to go instantly. Download this and copy your toa folder and put the 2 files in there, then run the .exe and you will update to 1.73 catacombs version.

(Blame sept is webserver isen't on :p)
 

Devaster

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https://forums.freddyshouse.com/showthread.php?t=53710

u can find there info about how to get cata client.

basicly u need camelot.exe, patch.bin, login.dat, files for the US catacombs.
when u run the client it will DL the catacombs from mythik which is about 900MB if u have toa already. After download is done change these files with files to euro version and it will patch from goa with smth like 20MB and your done.
 

Kelio

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ok thanx for help.

and i dont think its only the cd that is broke, it might be cables and stuff aswell :(
 

[HB]Jpeg

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Kelio said:
Hi this is a kinda odd question i guess.
But i bought my copy of catacombs and activated it and everything. and now my cd drive broke down and i wont be able to afford one until next month.
Is there anyway to download a launcher (like toa client) for catacombs?
i want to start playing today.

and again, i have the cds i have the serial i have activated it. i just cant install it from my cd drive


cd drives IIRC are only about 8 quid aint they surely u can afford that :( if not.... go mug an old lady and then u can buy a decent one.
 

IainC

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Here is a much easier way to do it.

Open the update.dat file in your ToA folder.
Change the word atlantis to catacombs in both lines.
Save the file and connect using the ToA client. You'll patch the difference between the EU ToA install and the EU Catacombs install (about 900MB).
 

Kelio

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ah thanx again, now i wont have to download at 10kb/s from US :clap:
 

Devaster

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Requiel said:
Here is a much easier way to do it.

Open the update.dat file in your ToA folder.
Change the word atlantis to catacombs in both lines.
Save the file and connect using the ToA client. You'll patch the difference between the EU ToA install and the EU Catacombs install (about 900MB).

I did tryed that 1 day before cata release on europe, and i've got a message that i have to many corrupted or missing files so i though GOA does not allow anymore this way of "patching". I remeber mythik chaged some time ago the patcher so u cant pach if u need to DL more then 700MB but its worked for me.
 

inqy

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take a copy of your toa folder before you do it. handy for when you need to run the toa client with unactivated (cats) accounts which I discovered after. doh!
 

Overdriven

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inqy said:
take a copy of your toa folder before you do it. handy for when you need to run the toa client with unactivated (cats) accounts which I discovered after. doh!


My mate tried that on MY PC xD I laughed at him... He reinstalled ToA while I fell asleep =( Sent him a Cata key today XD
 

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