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New dev blog: Generic Patcher and Multi payload installer

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CCP Guard
C C P
C C P Alliance
#1 - 2011-10-12 16:28:14 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Navigator
We all love to play EVE, but to play EVE, every one of us must first install EVE. And we all like that part of the process to be as convenient and hassle free as possible.

In his new dev blog, CCP Cascade tells us about the work that has been done on this front lately.

Please leave your feedback right here as always.

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Hiram Alexander
State Reprisal
#2 - 2011-10-12 16:29:53 UTC
Sounds great. I hope it works well, though... I've had many problems with the Sisi patcher recently... :(
Josefius
13th Tribe of Kobol Expeditionary
#3 - 2011-10-12 16:38:25 UTC
Awesome, a more logical patcher!

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David Magnus
#4 - 2011-10-12 16:38:32 UTC
Sounds like a great update that will make our lives easier.

Thanks for the hard work!

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Tetragammatron Prime
Pink Sockers
#5 - 2011-10-12 16:42:17 UTC
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Herping yourDerp
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2011-10-12 16:57:09 UTC
saw dev blog on facebook, hoped it was FW stuff, it wasnt, but at least ccp isnt talking about $1000 jeans atm
Xyfu
Love From Above
#7 - 2011-10-12 17:02:29 UTC
DOES IT STILL ******* DOWNLOAD TO C:\, COMPLETELY IGNORING DISK SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND LOGIC?

**** that aspect of every single patcher/installer so far. My C:\ drive is 11GiB in size, and has 200MiB free. My \temp is on X. My %appdata% is on D:\.

On that note, why can't I move the ******* cache? I can only log in on one account at a time due to disk space requirements on C:\. Pain in the ****.
TheLostPenguin
Surreal Departure
#8 - 2011-10-12 17:04:16 UTC
Nice to see the new patcher rolling over to tq use, last couple of times I've patched sisi it's been nice to see it d/l such relatively small amounts of data compared to some huge patches in the past, even when patching what I thought was a badly out of date client, should certainly help those with evil ISPs and harsh d/l limits by cutting out spurious duplication of filesSmile
Largo Coronet
Perkone
Caldari State
#9 - 2011-10-12 17:04:29 UTC
YO SON I HEARDS YOU LIKE TO PATCH SOS I GOTS YOU A PATCH FOR YOUR PATCH SOS YOU CAN PATCH YOUR PATCH WHILE YOU PATCHQuestion

Seriously, nice work trying to streamline the mess.

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Palovana
Inner Fire Inc.
#10 - 2011-10-12 17:05:26 UTC
The generic patcher is only for TQ, correct? Test patches still handled by SisiLauncher for Sisi/Dudu?

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Sable Drakon
Sephray Industries
#11 - 2011-10-12 17:08:30 UTC
Nice to know about the new patcher. Though this 'new' installer is old news. I ran this a few months back when I was just getting back into the game after an extended break.
Sarmatiko
#12 - 2011-10-12 17:09:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Sarmatiko
So is there any ETA when "this is launcher it is the greatest" roll out from your forges? Cool

Also my feedback for installer:user should be able to choose the location for downloaded files (other than default C:\ProgramData\CCP\EVE\downloads)
Many times new players complain because they do not have enough space on system drive, and the only option they have is to redownload the whole fallback installer.
ArchenTheGreat
Interstellar Clone Transport
#13 - 2011-10-12 17:09:56 UTC
Can you make it to use BitTorrent? It will download much faster for people who are not close to your CDN. BT is perfect tool for patches.
Raid'En
#14 - 2011-10-12 17:13:57 UTC
so the sisi launcher became official for TQ also ? ^^
well for sure it's easier this way :)
Vincent Athena
Photosynth
#15 - 2011-10-12 17:17:12 UTC
I think the answer to my question is "no", but just in case..

Does any of this effect Mac users?

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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#16 - 2011-10-12 17:28:30 UTC
Now only if they made it easier to launch under sisi or dauality envrionments.

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Cedric deBouilard
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2011-10-12 17:32:13 UTC
correct me if i'm wrong, isn't generic patcher basically the same thing as repair tool / sisi launcher
CCP Atropos
C C P
C C P Alliance
#18 - 2011-10-12 17:34:06 UTC
Vincent Athena wrote:
I think the answer to my question is "no", but just in case..

Does any of this effect Mac users?

There is a Generic Patch for the Mac, so yes, however there is no 4GB single file, size limit on HFS+ so there's no requirement for a multiple payload installer for the Mac.
Aerieth
The Sleeper Sleuths
#19 - 2011-10-12 17:44:41 UTC
Is there a way to patch the payloads? I carry the game files on a USB stick because I tend to install everywhere I go.

I would love to be able to update the payloads instead of having to patch every client since the intial download.
Mekia Buelle
Doomheim
#20 - 2011-10-12 17:53:38 UTC
Wish there was an option to select where you want to download the content and where you want to install the game not just dump everything on C:\ cos in some cases people might have less then 4GB and wont be able to download the game at all.
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