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Ascendance Goonswarm Federation 137
Citrute Ascendance Goonswarm Federation Likes received: 137	#1 - 2012-04-27 14:43:49 UTC 10 CCP, please use one method of patching. It is unreasonable and unnecessary to both patch with the launcher, and inside the client itself. What was wrong with delivering patches in the client and running the repair tool when it doesn't work.

Eternity INC. Goonswarm Federation 206
Garnoo Eternity INC. Goonswarm Federation Likes received: 206	#2 - 2012-04-27 14:44:40 UTC 2 CCP isnt like other mainstream developers :) People are going to try to ruin your day. Get together with others, ruin their day back - EvE

Doomheim 139
Jacob Staffuer Doomheim Likes received: 139	#3 - 2012-04-27 14:48:56 UTC INB4 Lock.

Lost Wacko's 15
SlapNuts Lost Wacko's Likes received: 15	#4 - 2012-04-27 14:58:16 UTC 5 Citrute wrote: CCP, please use one method of patching. It is unreasonable and unnecessary to both patch with the launcher, and inside the client itself. What was wrong with delivering patches in the client and running the repair tool when it doesn't work. oh thought this was about missle launchers =P

The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars 1,292
Cipher Jones The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars Likes received: 1,292	#5 - 2012-04-27 15:17:42 UTC 1 If you don't like the launcher play a game without one. internet spaceships are serious business sir. and don't forget it


Citrute Ascendance Goonswarm Federation Likes received: 137	#6 - 2012-04-27 15:20:37 UTC 6 Cipher Jones wrote: If you don't like the launcher play a game without one. I do

Brujeria Teologica 1,504
Brujo Loco Brujeria Teologica Likes received: 1,504	#7 - 2012-04-27 15:33:02 UTC Citrute wrote: Cipher Jones wrote: If you don't like the launcher play a game without one. I do Ohhhh .... ¬.¬ Thats marvelous! Inner Sayings of BrujoLoco: http://eve-files.com/sig/brujoloco

Half Empty xqtywiznalamywmodxfhhopawzpqyjdwrpeptuaenabjawdzku 49
Emeos Half Empty xqtywiznalamywmodxfhhopawzpqyjdwrpeptuaenabjawdzku Likes received: 49	#8 - 2012-04-27 15:33:26 UTC 1 Some people just never are happy


Citrute Ascendance Goonswarm Federation Likes received: 137	#9 - 2012-04-27 15:52:43 UTC Brujo Loco wrote: Ohhhh .... ¬.¬ Thats marvelous! You're welcome. If any mods are reading this, feel free to take notes.

CCP Goliath

C C P

C C P Alliance

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#10 - 2012-04-27 16:42:48 UTC

Brilliantly there is also an option in the launcher to do what you achieved in your shortcut.

Additionally, we have been publishing manual patch for quite some time now, to give people who are affected by some of the launcher edge cases an alternative way of patching if the repair tool fails.

Finally, it is obviously the goal to have client updates contained within the launcher. It, like all of our features, is developed in iterations and will continue to have its feature set expanded.

CCP Goliath | QA Director | EVE Illuminati | @CCP_Goliath

Francisco Bizzaro

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#11 - 2012-04-27 16:48:10 UTC

CCP Goliath wrote:

Unfortunately, my launcher doesn't even get to the point of finding the manual patch before throwing an exception.

A few days ago you were offering patches as .exe files - can you do that again, please? I'm stuck at Wednesday's version.

CCP Goliath

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C C P Alliance

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#12 - 2012-04-27 16:50:38 UTC

Francisco Bizzaro wrote:

CCP Goliath wrote:

The exe files are the manual patches I was talking about, with the Launcher being an autopatcher. Have you tried running the repair tool?

CCP Goliath | QA Director | EVE Illuminati | @CCP_Goliath

Citrute

Ascendance

Goonswarm Federation

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#13 - 2012-04-27 16:58:15 UTC

CCP Goliath wrote:

Brilliantly there is also an option in the launcher to do what you achieved in your shortcut.

Are you talking about the big yellow play button?

Not shown is the other shortcut for my ntfs junction. Please educate me on how i can launch multiple clients across separate monitors with different settings using the launcher. Because i dont see it.

CCP Goliath wrote:

Additionally, we have been publishing manual patch for quite some time now, to give people who are affected by some of the launcher edge cases an alternative way of patching if the repair tool fails.

Please continue to do so. It is a service that is needed.

CCP Goliath wrote:

Finally, it is obviously the goal to have client updates contained within the launcher. It, like all of our features, is developed in iterations and will continue to have its feature set expanded.

When it's feature incomplete or it doesn't work, just say iterate. Because that fixes everything. Honestly, why couldn't this launcher be rolled out when you no longer need to push patches through the client?

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Mathias Hex Likes received: 180	#14 - 2012-04-27 23:29:18 UTC Hmm only problem I had with the launcher is all the links are broken... I recall one night in a nightclub called the matrix, there I was... Mother of god there I am! Holy f**k.

Francisco Bizzaro

Likes received: 150

#15 - 2012-04-28 06:49:23 UTC | Edited by: Francisco Bizzaro

CCP Goliath wrote:

The exe files are the manual patches I was talking about, with the Launcher being an autopatcher.

Since Wednesday you have been providing patches as ".patch" files in this thread. Where can I get the exe files you are referring to?

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Have you tried running the repair tool?

Of course.

When the launcher was first released several weeks ago, I had to open a petition. In it you can find more than three weeks worth of interaction with a GM in which several things were tried, and logs sent. Send me a mail if you're interested in the petition reference.

The end result was the workaround which I suggested on day 1: Supply downloadable patch files which can be applied manually. And that was working very well until Wednesday, when you guys decided to change the procedure again to work through the launcher for some reason.

The particular problem I have is an exception very soon after clicking the launcher:
"No connection could be made to the content server. Please make sure that your Internet connection is up and restart the Launcher."
I don't know why it is trying to connect to a server when I am trying to install the already downloaded patch, which is in my Eve directory, as per your instructions.

I have opened a new petition three days ago which has been untouched. And there is a perfectly good thread in the Tech forum which is also being ignored. Should we move our conversation to one of those more appropriate venues?

Ministry of War Amarr Empire 5
Zanzil C Ministry of War Amarr Empire Likes received: 5	#16 - 2012-04-28 07:41:20 UTC I honestly don't see what your problem is with in-launcher patching..... It's convenient, tidy and ...looks nice.


Francisco Bizzaro Likes received: 150	#17 - 2012-04-28 07:51:30 UTC 2 Zanzil C wrote: I honestly don't see what your problem is with in-launcher patching..... It's convenient, tidy and ...looks nice. Mostly it's the "not working" part which bothers me (please read thread). But I'm a bit old-fashioned that way. Otherwise, I'm sure I would agree about the convenience and tidiness.

Pres Crendraven

Likes received: 43

#18 - 2012-04-28 08:05:26 UTC

It start working for me once I disabled my av and my firewall. Old trick, av's are so much more well behaved that nobody mentions it anymore but the patcher modifies a program and hierustics flag that and interrupt the process and the launcher doesn't recover gracefully from interruptions.

Or so it seems to me.

Meta34me

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Drop of Honey 513
Seleia O'Sinnor Drop of Honey Likes received: 513	#19 - 2012-04-28 08:08:26 UTC Can we get an auto start of the game feature in the launcher if nothing has to be patched? Odyssey: Repacking in POS hangars for modules +1, but please for other stuff too, especially containers. Make containers openable in POS hangars.

Biofuel Productions 42
Cierejai Biofuel Productions Likes received: 42	#20 - 2012-04-28 09:00:14 UTC Seleia O'Sinnor wrote: Can we get an auto start of the game feature in the launcher if nothing has to be patched? There already is.