patch problems

[old.Affydaffymezu]

Anyone else having problems downloading the patch?

error message (301) and if i get in its oouchie oh so slow

just wondering

Afun

 

[matax]

It's because the whole player base is attempting to patch

 

[Flanx]

Yep still trying since 11am to get last 60k of files

really annoyed

/cry

 

[Pixie.Pebr]

Hmm...
was wondering when this post was going to show, surprised it took so long.

It is slow because GOA hates you and don't think you are worthy the update.
It is not because everyone is trying to D/L the patch at the same time instead of some taking it a bit easy, reading a book, go for a walk etc.

No, it is because GOA have appointed YOU their pet hate of the month.

Let the flaming of GOA commence, but first visit this link

 

[Uncle Sick(tm)]

... uhm... screw that link.

All knowing grandma appeared and scared me.

Oh, and 'Jinkies' again, poxy.pebr!
We have a new flaming forumite(tm) up and coming here...
*cackles*
The corruption... ahhh.... mmmmh... pie.

 

[old.job]

I took your advice and went outside.

I was informed by a nice old lady that I don't have a life.

So I PBAOED her with my brolly

 

[breon2]

3rd time lucky it managed to connect

 

[old.Charonel]

um, how to say:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHAHAHAHHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!11!!11!1!!!

your own daft fault for not downloading it early from gorre like anyone with sense (j/k).

not gonna be any probs downloading for me , got it the other day!

 

[Danya]

Nerf Charonel!

 

[old.Nol]

char, does it work if you just replace the "update" with the original one?

 

[old.Nol]

'cos I can tell you right now, it doesn't work if you try to connect with latest quake3 point release...go figure?

 

[Keri]

Problems downloading? no .. took me 3.5 minutes.

 

[old.windforce]

error message (301) : incompatible user behind keyboard .......

 

[old.Charonel]

Originally posted by old.Nol
'cos I can tell you right now, it doesn't work if you try to connect with latest quake3 point release...go figure?

ok, maybe i'm just fik but i didnt get that, straight over my head

basically you have an up to date version of the game in the second camelot folder that you use when you run on gorre right, so, what you do is you go to the folder you use to actually play the live game on excal etc... back up the .dat file you need to edit (update.dat i THINK, can't remember exactly, just look on the daoc home webby and check the instructions) to log onto gorre, then once done, copy over the live camelot folder with the one you use for playing gorre, this will give you a patched version of the game, yet it still tries to patch from the gorre test patcher so you simply replace the backed up .dat file with the origional and what you now have is a version of the game, exactly the same as a normal one, yet patched to 1.52, now log onto the game.

if they HAVE changed anything, added a file or two etc... you'll only have a little bit to download, ie just that change, basically your already patched so there you go , that's the whole point in getting the patch early from the test server, it allows you to avoid the rush (as well as test respec etc...)

 

[old.mattshanes]

I downloaded it in less than 5 mins earlier on seems it could be internet traffic

 

[DroP DeaD]

In short...?

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basically you have an up to date version of the game in the second camelot folder that you use when you run on gorre right, so, what you do is you go to the folder you use to actually play the live game on excal etc... back up the .dat file you need to edit (update.dat i THINK, can't remember exactly, just look on the daoc home webby and check the instructions) to log onto gorre, then once done, copy over the live camelot folder with the one you use for playing gorre, this will give you a patched version of the game, yet it still tries to patch from the gorre test patcher so you simply replace the backed up .dat file with the origional and what you now have is a version of the game, exactly the same as a normal one, yet patched to 1.52, now log onto the game.

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In sort does that mean... (say we are still on 1.50) you patch your gorre file to 1.52 using the code giving on the DAoC webby to patch the undate.dat file... then we 1.52 is released use the same code and put it into the real cammy file replacing the old code in the update.dat file?

 

[old.Charonel]

no, the update.dat in the normal camelot folder that you use for the live game needs to be the same, that's why you back it up before copying over it with the camelot folder you use for gorre (which is patched to 1.52 already when you went there to test respec), then because you need the origional update.dat file, you restore the one you just backed up.

that way, you basically have the same folder you use for gorre, but with the unaltered update.dat file in it, and use this for the live game .

another way of doing it would be to get the unaltered update.dat and simply dump it into your gorre camelot folder, but i dont see the point since it's so easy to just use copy/paste to patch up your normal version from the gorre folder.

damn it's hard to explain clearly, but trust me, in practice it's actually very simple, i just can't explain worth a sh*t