Anarchy Online

Originally posted by Drgunzet

 

Originally posted by w3r3w0lf

ive got a question, do i need to download the updates one at a time or can i just download all at once?

You don't have to down load the updates. 

 

When you launch the game, the server will automatically check your client and detect that you are out of date and give you an option to down load the update on your client launch.

After you down load such update, the server check your client again and might cause you to down load the next update until your client is up to date.

I was once away from the game for some months and had to down load these automatic updates serially for 2-3 times until my client is synched up.

-Drgunzet- Gunzfx

 

I understand but when I downloaded and installed the game I needed to patch the servers but I tried like 10 times but it still wasn't done after like 3 hours so I think its strange

When there are big updates and around when they were just added they can take a long time to get through the updater due to all the people trying to get them at once. Because of that concert thing recently there have been two such patches as of late. Personally if I can I will always get them from their FTP site as even if they aren't shown on the web page listing the patch files they are often on the FTP site already and it can take a lot less time getting them that way. Plus then I have them on file should I need to reinstall later.

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A-03 Getting Started (Downloading & Patching)
1. Get the client.
2. Register an account.
3. Install.
4. Patch.
5. Log-in and play.

1. .....
2. .....
3. .....

4. The game version you've downloaded will likely not be the current one and the main folder you just downloaded will have the version in the name (AOInstall16.0.0_EP1_EP2_live = large client version 16.0.0). Rather than using batch patching AO applies each of the required patches one at a time in sequence. Once installed you can run AO then let the patcher get the patches and use them or you can download each of them from the AO site. If you download them get the ones from the version you have to the current version on the servers. Also if you download them yourself from SL/15.x on there are two of each patch (ex. 16.0.0 - 16.0.1 and 16.0.0_EP1 - 16.0.1_EP1). The ones ending with EP1 are for those with the large client, the ones without are for those with the small client, make sure you get the right ones.

The patcher may need to restart one or more times as it patches from your downloaded version to the version on the servers when it hits certain updates. So there is no problem if it restarts and says you need to patch some more. Then in the bar at the top of the log-in window it shows what version your client is at and what version is in use on the servers, until those match you will need to patch further.

Since patches are applied one at a time what I like to do is download them from the AO site, use an app like WinRAR to extract the files in the "Patches" folder each contain and save them in one folder I could back up to a CD later on. Should I need to reinstall for some reason I just put all those files into a single "Patches" folder and put that into the main AO game folder. When the patcher goes to work it finds the patches in that folder so won't need to download them, just verify and install them.

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A-04 I let it Patch but it Says I Need to Patch Again
AO does not do batch patching but goes through each patch one at a time to get the installed version up to date with what is on the servers. During this process the patcher may need to restart one or more times as it moves along. So there is no problem if it restarts and says you need to patch some more. Then in the bar at the top of the log-in window it shows what version your client is at and what version is in use on the servers, until those match you will need to patch further. (See point four in the above topic for more info on patching.)

do I have to be an anarchist to play this game?