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Vanguard Patching...forever.

gznosferatugznosferatu Member UncommonPosts: 19
in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
Hello everyone,



I just got a buddy key from my friend at work, he didn't give me his media, as I just assumed there as a way to DL the client online.  I found a link to it on the Vanguard forums, and started the patching process, it said on the forums to expect somthing like 8-12 hours depending on connection ( I have cable).



Well, I let it run over night, and through the afternoon, checked the status, and the time remaining seems to have gone...up.



Has anyone else had this problem?  I would really like to at least give this game a shot, but the whole patching forever thing is sort of...well, annoying.



Thanks in advance for any advice

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  • sephersepher Member Posts: 3,561
    It's a big game, 17 gigs+.



    That download time may be a tad unusual but I probably wouldn't worry. Give it some more time. I can say I've seen time display errors before during installation/patching that weren't accurate.
  • healz4uhealz4u Member Posts: 1,065
    Great question.







    I had the same issue, but my friend who I resubscribed with did not.  I had to cancel the patcher and restart it from time-to-time; I think it was my firewall and other security software but not exactly sure.





    If you go to, I think, it is "view details" and look for it making progress; if it pauses, I would restart it.





    Edit:  Oh!  You are downloading the game? It is MASSIVE!  Therefore, I am sure it would take a very long time on a digital download.  I bought the CDs for the game.
  • gznosferatugznosferatu Member UncommonPosts: 19
    no I understand that its a big download, but its just really strange because the time actually goes up.



    I restarted the Download and it has gone from around 6 hours to 7 hours and 38 minutes.  That just doesn't seem right.



    I just wanna play, is that so much to ask?



    I really dont mind it taking so long, I just want to make sure it..you know, works before my 10 day trial is up.

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  • healz4uhealz4u Member Posts: 1,065
    I had the exact same problem with patching EQ 2, which took me around 4 days. ROFL. 







    It will eventually complete, still not sure if it is a patcher or digital download, but the patcher took me a while as well.  As I said, if you cancel and restart it that helped ME but I think it was my security software that slowed it down.  My friend repatched and it took him around one and a half hours. 
  • gznosferatugznosferatu Member UncommonPosts: 19
    the cancel restart thing actually does seem to be working, I closed and restarted and it went from 7+ hours to 4.  So I guess I will keep doing that, thanks a lot for the advice.

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  • mindlessmindless Member Posts: 9


    Jeah,



    just downloaded it too,

    here is the official Direct Download Link

    of the Vanguard DVD!



    help.station.sony.com/cgi-bin/soe.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php



    great game btw :)

    cu
  • MurashuMurashu Member UncommonPosts: 1,386
    Try patching from Afghanistan lol. It's been updating since Saturday night and I am now at 124 hours remaining. That is after playing the cancel/restart game with the patcher too.
  • WNxReflexWNxReflex Member Posts: 67
    I recently re-subscribed today and I downloaded and patched, took about 6-7 hours.

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  • healz4uhealz4u Member Posts: 1,065
    Originally posted by WNxReflex

    I recently re-subscribed today and I downloaded and patched, took about 6-7 hours.


    I think it was around 7 hours that took me to patch; that sounds right. 
  • Riotact007Riotact007 Member UncommonPosts: 247
    Unfortunatly  I think you download it in parts so estimated time remaining is for each part.
  • PenguinMagePenguinMage Member Posts: 16
    I had this problem before I reset my internet connection
  • FischerBlackFischerBlack Member Posts: 573
    Originally posted by Riotact007

    Unfortunatly  I think you download it in parts so estimated time remaining is for each part.

    There are 2 ways that I know of to D/L the game, using the launchpad method (it sounds like the OP is doing this) or D/L'ing in secitons from here

    http://help.station.sony.com/cgi-bin/soe.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=16708

     

    Back when I bought the digital download I tried the launchpad first, but had similar probs to the OP. I found the link above to be more succesful. The sections are still big enough that its worth grabbing a D/L manager like GetRight or some such so that you dont lose progress if things go awry during the D/L.

    Hope this helps

  • Agricola1Agricola1 Member UncommonPosts: 4,977

    I think it's God trying to stop you from hurting yourself and the ones you love.

    "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"

    CS Lewis

  • boojiboyboojiboy Member UncommonPosts: 1,553
    Originally posted by gznosferatu

    Hello everyone,



    I just got a buddy key from my friend at work, he didn't give me his media, as I just assumed there as a way to DL the client online.  I found a link to it on the Vanguard forums, and started the patching process, it said on the forums to expect somthing like 8-12 hours depending on connection ( I have cable).



    Well, I let it run over night, and through the afternoon, checked the status, and the time remaining seems to have gone...up.



    Has anyone else had this problem?  I would really like to at least give this game a shot, but the whole patching forever thing is sort of...well, annoying.



    Thanks in advance for any advice

    I would say as long as the file names are changing on your status screen it should be chugging along ok.  I had the media and patched the additional contents... I think that was 6 gig.  Took 5 hours I think.  The game might be much bigger that 17 gig now though, they've patched almost every week since launch.

  • ColdmeatColdmeat Member UncommonPosts: 3,409

    D/L a 17g client? Not a chance.

    I just reinstalled it on Fri. Took roughly 30-35 mins to install start to finish. Patching took around 1.5 hours, give or take 10 mins. All told, I was back in game about 2 hours after I slipped the first dvd in.

  • gznosferatugznosferatu Member UncommonPosts: 19
    Originally posted by mindless



    Jeah,



    just downloaded it too,

    here is the official Direct Download Link

    of the Vanguard DVD!



    help.station.sony.com/cgi-bin/soe.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php



    great game btw :)

    cu
    Thanks a lot, this actually worked much better for me, sounds like I am not the only one who was having problems with this, so thats good to know.



    Thanks again for all the help.

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