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F2P Europe - Predictable Codemasters Fail...
doromur
Member Posts: 152
Patching Information
02-Nov-2010
Please note that the patching servers are very busy at the moment and therefore you may experience some errors, for example a hash code error presented during patching or failures during the DirectX updating.
Please be patient and restart the client regularly if you encounter any patching issues. Thank you.
Turbines US Launch was much bigger and yet, I had no problems with downloading, patching or playing....
/sigh
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LOTRO Turbine had many issues when F2P came out.
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Easy to predicte when it has happend. Try again.
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I totally get where your coming from and I agree, it is crap. Unfortunately we all have to deal with it, I have played many of those crappy F2P korean mmo's that have horrible American counterparts running the American version and are plagued with problems that the korean version never experiences. *coughNEXONcough*
I'm all patched and good to go. Just waiting for my server to come back online.
Not with patching it didn't...
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So you honestly can put your hand on your heart and say that you didn't expect them to cock it up somehow - that's some faith.
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You never know what will happen with this kind of stuff.
But to create a thread with "Predic..." and "Fail" as topic after the game has been realsed or rerealsed is silly and you should really ask a mod to lock it.
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I'll let you go ahead and ask for it to be locked, the thread title is fine - It WAS predicable and we are still in the middle of it with a large number of existing and potentially new players unable to play.
In the meantime for people who may or may not be interested in Codemasters advice -
Common Patching related issues/errors:
* "There was an error generating a hash code for a file"
* Hanging at "Examine Programs":
1. Update your firewall manually as detailed above (if the firewall is preventing the launcher from verifying the versions of the files you have on your PC versus the ones on the server this can come up)
2. Open "C:Program FilesTurbineThe Lord of the Rings Online and look for "TurbineRegisterGDF.exe" and on Windows XP double-click it, on Windows Vista/7 right-click it and choose "Run as Administrator". You should receive four "success" messages to click ok on (if you receive one or two errors run the file again)
3. Try rebooting and power cycling your modem/router (again if anything is preventing the launcher from connecting to check the file versions this can come up
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Looks like LOTRO goes strong in Europe.
You do not buy bandwidth for a single day do you. Maybe they could have put it on paid download servers for whoever demands extra service at a premium.
The workaround in this forum post on the Codemasters site works, but involves you having to download a file from someone who has got it working...
http://community.codemasters.com/forum/lotro-free-play-discussion-1330/441703-error-generating-hash-code-5.html#post6698608
Why CM can't fix it when one of the community has, I don't know, but
Good Luck!
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Just stop making issues out of little things...
Jesus people just love to complain.
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I think a lot of people would disagree with you there, we just seem to always accept crappy launches of games these days.
Don't want to hear opinion - then stay away from forums...
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Complaining for the sake of complaining is not an opinion.
It is a big launch!...Get over it, issues are bounf to happen no matter who the developer/publisher is.
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A big launch that has already been done on a bigger scale and much better.
Seems like you are the one who can't get over THAT fact...
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Different client, Coding for EU client will be slightly different than NA.
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But the issues are with the patcher - nothing to do with the client...
What was your point again?
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My point is that it is a big launch and STOP MAKING A BIG ISSUE OUT OF NOTHING!
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Let's watch the baiting guys. Thanks.
You cant expect codemasters to invest huge lumps in hardware to facilitate this one time huge patch demand.
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
Wrong again - there are many ways of outsourcing this kind of bandwidth and server demand, to overcome spikes like this.
Look, they screwed it up - but we will all probably have forgotten about it in a few weeks time anyway - but yet another botched launch to the list..
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It's not baiting - it's a difference of opinion, or is that not allowed any more?
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My server was one of the last to show up, there was no lag in game, could play normally. Store worked flawlessly, didn't eat points or forgot purchases. I even had all my loyality points right from the start. I have been in the Turbine launch aswell, and that was way worse. I rather have some trouble patching, which i did, than having to fight with customer support to get stuff i paid for on store but didn't receive or one of the myriad other problems Turbine had at launch.
Though don't get me wrong, im not saying that thats some kind of archivement, they did have an extra 7 weeks after all. The patcher trouble was annoying, as was their forum blackout, but the former smells of human error(a single corrupted file i think) and the latter may or may not have been some technical fault. I think dnote mentioned on twitter that one of their servers actually went up in smoke or something.
Still as far as patchdays go this wasn't bad, quite a bit longer than usual, but not actually bad.
Have to agree with sgtfrog, even WoW has s..t loads of problems when a major patch hits, getting 1 day away from the game won't hurt you that bad. I saw the patch error, close it, get out and went for a walk and do some stuff I need to do, after 3-4 hours, i restarted it and it works now. Just chill out...
US LOTRO had all sorts of problems the first couple weeks. Some of them were bugs, but much of it was due to server load. The only way to truly stress test something is actual stress.
R.I.P. City of Heroes and my 17 characters there
EU Lotro F2P launch was announced for the 2nd of November.
Today is the 2nd of November, and I have just finished a 2 hr session of playing the patched F2P Lotro on my good old server Snowbourne.
All i can see the doomcryers failing again.
DB
Denial makes one look a lot dumber than he/she actually is.