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Drizzd
Eagle Construction Worx
6
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Posted - 2015.02.27 23:06:56 -
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Vir Allier wrote:Drizzd wrote:you get at least into the game ..
I primed the cache - was happy .. then comes the launcher - and is REDOWNLOADING over 9 GB .. wtf ??
........ Did u tick "Dawnload all the resource files"? of course - and since the launcher CHECKED the res-cache I'm surprised that it redownloads the whole res-cache
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Salpun
Global Telstar Federation Offices Masters of Flying Objects
828
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Posted - 2015.02.27 23:16:04 -
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Worked fine with default location but when I changed its location it stalled at 0%.
If i dont know something about EVE. I check https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/ISK_The_Guide
See you around the universe.
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BeanBagKing
The Order of Atlas
314
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Posted - 2015.02.28 02:06:01 -
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So I posted this on Reddit and nobody seemed to konw what my problem is. Anyone here know what I'm doing wrong?
Every time I try to update the test client now it makes it to 23.1%, displays an error, and hangs.
https://i.imgur.com/30atrkH.png http://pastebin.com/JdcxAPyL
Very possible I'm doing something wrong, but I haven't seen any posts in the Download on Demand thread about doing things a different way.
Start Eve doesn't work, clicking OK gets rid of the error message, but the progress bar doesn't seem to move after. Can anyone that's properly updated the client tell me your exact steps or point out anything I might be doing wrong? I'll be happy to give more details too, just let me know what you need. |
Vala Ancalagon
The Order of Thelemic Ascension Novus Dominatum
3
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Posted - 2015.02.28 02:24:32 -
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I tried out the server, saying "yes" to the cache. I am unsure if it completed, as it seemed to lock up after a long time, and the bar was all the way filled. Restarting, it didn't have all the files to display everything, and it ends up loading it slowly. For instance, it didn't load up the inside of the station, but showed the lights and the steam. Undocking, the lights of the station were there, but no station. Shortly after, the station appeared. I'm not sure if it's figured out it already copied the files, and it is downloading them again?
Edit: I am retrying this again, with a fresh copy of the client to make sure my computer doesn't sleep or anything like that during the setup...
Edit 2: It is getting stuck on the latest download/update. The download message says: "DOWNLOADING UPDATES TO RES CACHE (341.64 MB/529.71 MB) 100.0%"
It seems to move a file or do "something" every half hour or so at this point, but the message remains the same. |
Kinis Deren
StarHunt Mordus Angels
436
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Posted - 2015.02.28 09:43:05 -
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Vala Ancalagon wrote:I tried out the server, saying "yes" to the cache. I am unsure if it completed, as it seemed to lock up after a long time, and the bar was all the way filled. Restarting, it didn't have all the files to display everything, and it ends up loading it slowly. For instance, it didn't load up the inside of the station, but showed the lights and the steam. Undocking, the lights of the station were there, but no station. Shortly after, the station appeared. I'm not sure if it's figured out it already copied the files, and it is downloading them again?
Edit: I am retrying this again, with a fresh copy of the client to make sure my computer doesn't sleep or anything like that during the setup...
Edit 2: It is getting stuck on the latest download/update. The download message says: "DOWNLOADING UPDATES TO RES CACHE (341.64 MB/529.71 MB) 100.0%"
It seems to move a file or do "something" every half hour or so at this point, but the message remains the same.
I've just had the same but I left it and after 5 to 10 mins, the character login screen appeared (I have the autoplay option in the launcher ticked). I suspect stuff is going on behind the scenes that the progress bar is not reporting. |
Ptyler
Tech III Bone Cancer
0
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Posted - 2015.02.28 10:24:11 -
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currently i'm with the few other people that are actually reporting being completely unable to download anything on the launcher/get on sisi at all. launcher does the alert for "pre-release launcher" click okay and it instantly crashes. clicking cancel obviously doesn't start patching either. i had a friend check his launcher to see if it's doing the same and his is as well. hoping there's something in the works to fix this up somehow. |
Drizzd
Eagle Construction Worx
6
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Posted - 2015.02.28 11:22:34 -
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I finally got through - as stupid as it seems.... first prime the cache with the eve-client a copy of TQ, then let it update - and I simply ignored the launcher window as it took a really long time, to download the entire rescache a second time - I just played eve on TQ and other games. After some hours I noticed that the launcher announced successful patching.
I logged in and could play around - even test the new opportunities - and noticed a new "issue".
Although I have a full ressource cache, on every system jump the game stalls - obviously checking again if I need some resource files for the new star system - which takes a 4(8) core i7 2630 QM with 16 GB of RAM about half a minute. Seriously after about the third jump you cancel the route, dock and exit the game ... please ccp, fix this issue - the client should get a "flag" or something from the launcher saying that I have the full resource cache. I can't imagine a situation where you change something to the resource files WHILE I play, that would justify testing the entire resource cache on every system jump AGAIN.
Oh - and another small issue while I am at it:
new opportunities looks good so far - but If it calls you to fight a NPC target - please spawn some .. its really difficult to find one in 1.0 and 0.9 career-agent systems without jumping a good distance away..... |
Vala Ancalagon
The Order of Thelemic Ascension Novus Dominatum
3
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Posted - 2015.02.28 12:53:21 -
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The client ended up wanting to download 9GB even though it had already moved everything from the original client to the cache. I set it to go overnight. Now it has "DOWNLOADING UPDATES TO RES CACHE (745.51 MB/9.02 GB) 3.1%" and is not moving. At this point I'm deleting my Sisi copy and waiting until this works properly. The launcher really needs the ability to pick up anywhere from a failed update/cache move and finish it. And to see that the game is already there since it moved over 12GB to the cache. |
Drizzd
Eagle Construction Worx
6
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Posted - 2015.02.28 15:00:47 -
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No - it just appears as that the "checking ressource-cache" in the launcher does absolutely nothing - instead it "sees" the line "download complete ressource cache" in the launcher setup - and goes to work = even though we both used the eve client to prime the cache and waited some 5 minutes for it to do that - the launcher downloads the entire ressource cache again.
And obviously it is quite "touchy" ... a little to much requests to the download server or something else leads to a stall - which the launcher cannot correct by itself - instead it hangs. When you restart it by hand, it will continue where it stalled...
Once it pulls through, you are good to go. Not the ideal solution - but its the testserver - maybe we can prevent the same thing to happen on the live server / tq-client ... in that case testing would have had its reason
I hope for the best in that case |
BeanBagKing
The Order of Atlas
314
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Posted - 2015.02.28 15:11:32 -
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BeanBagKing wrote:So I posted this on Reddit and nobody seemed to konw what my problem is. Anyone here know what I'm doing wrong? Every time I try to update the test client now it makes it to 23.1%, displays an error, and hangs. https://i.imgur.com/30atrkH.png http://pastebin.com/JdcxAPyL Very possible I'm doing something wrong, but I haven't seen any posts in the Download on Demand thread about doing things a different way. Start Eve doesn't work, clicking OK gets rid of the error message, but the progress bar doesn't seem to move after. Can anyone that's properly updated the client tell me your exact steps or point out anything I might be doing wrong? I'll be happy to give more details too, just let me know what you need.
So I ended up deleting my entire sisi install and copying over my tq install so I was starting with a fresh setup. Started the launcher and selected no when it wanted to prime my cache (I feel a little dirty everytime I say that, not sure why). After downloading about 400mb everything started fine. I didn't point the download to a different location or whatever was recommended. Now... do I still need my sisi install folder?
Anyway, Devs should probably still know about this problem with the cache priming. |
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Commissar Kate
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
398313
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Posted - 2015.02.28 15:50:24 -
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Good thing about download on demand is that I don't have to have have the useless captains quarters installed anymore and save a few gigs of disk space.
I might miss doing this with it but that's about it.
Unlock all the clothes || My Fanclub
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Rain6637
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
30660
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Posted - 2015.02.28 15:54:14 -
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#onlythekoolkids
Don't post on the forums, devs don't read it. Send GMs your questions with support tickets. Don't be silent.
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Drizzd
Eagle Construction Worx
6
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Posted - 2015.02.28 16:11:58 -
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I heavily doubt that it will save "few" gigs - seeing as what you can do in captains quarters .. my bet is more in the range of a few megs ... a hundred tops...
Might change when project legion comes upon us and the captains quarter unites with the ones for the dust 514 players - for who wants to do it. |
Rain6637
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
30661
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Posted - 2015.02.28 16:16:42 -
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Don't tease me bro
Don't post on the forums, devs don't read it. Send GMs your questions with support tickets. Don't be silent.
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Yuri Semah
I don't even care anymore
4
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Posted - 2015.02.28 16:27:01 -
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The way I installed the DoD Version: 1) start the launcher 2) select "yes" when the launcher asks you if you want to prime your cache 3) let the launcher do what it does (and I'm pretty sure it's not downloading 9GB of data - no way that my mediocre internet connection could do that in 30 min) 4) rename the C:\ProgramData\CCP\EVE\SharedCache folder 5) start the launcher 6) let it do whatever it does 7) done
Everything works fine, as far as I can tell. However, the first time I started the game I had a black screen for about 20s between when the game was done "loading" and the character selection screen. When I selected my character, it took abother 20s to load the station interior (not captain's quarters). So... maybe add the station interior to the basic game files? Staring at a mostly black screen might put off new players... |
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CCP Snorlax
C C P C C P Alliance
665
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Posted - 2015.02.28 17:50:06 -
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Yuri Semah wrote:The way I installed the DoD Version: 1) start the launcher 2) select "yes" when the launcher asks you if you want to prime your cache 3) let the launcher do what it does (and I'm pretty sure it's not downloading 9GB of data - no way that my mediocre internet connection could do that in 30 min) 4) rename the C:\ProgramData\CCP\EVE\SharedCache folder 5) start the launcher 6) let it do whatever it does 7) done
Everything works fine, as far as I can tell. However, the first time I started the game I had a black screen for about 20s between when the game was done "loading" and the character selection screen. When I selected my character, it took abother 20s to load the station interior (not captain's quarters). So... maybe add the station interior to the basic game files? Staring at a mostly black screen might put off new players... Hmm, if you rename the SharedCache folder you're hiding it from the EVE client, unless you changed the setting in the launcher to match. That would mean the client will have to download everything it needs, rather than having the cache primed from the stuff files.
CCP Snorlax - Software Architect - Team RnB
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Daniel Jackson
Liandri Sanctuary Corps Liandri Covenant
184
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Posted - 2015.02.28 19:01:58 -
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Daniel Jackson wrote:ok well i did that but i selected a different location for the cache folder so the sisi folder still has all the files in it, how do i reduce it so that it only uses just the sharedcache?
or which files or folders should i delete in the sisi installation folder? cause its still showing all the files in there no one answered me on this yet, there's still all the old in the folder which files do we delete? cause the launcher did not delete any of the old files
I Vote YES! for Downloadable HI-RES Textures!!!!
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Manella Antollare
Scrublords Inc. Praetorian Directorate
0
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Posted - 2015.02.28 19:07:35 -
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Im probably being stupid and haven't read something. But, each time I switch from SiSi to Tranquility, I have to download 1GB? Every single time...
Confirmed scrublord.
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Salpun
Global Telstar Federation Offices Masters of Flying Objects
828
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Posted - 2015.02.28 19:09:43 -
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Manella Antollare wrote:Im probably being stupid and haven't read something. But, each time I switch from SiSi to Tranquility, I have to download 1GB? Every single time... You using the same file set for both you need separate ones for now.
If i dont know something about EVE. I check https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/ISK_The_Guide
See you around the universe.
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Drizzd
Eagle Construction Worx
7
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Posted - 2015.02.28 19:13:01 -
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Daniel Jackson wrote:Daniel Jackson wrote:ok well i did that but i selected a different location for the cache folder so the sisi folder still has all the files in it, how do i reduce it so that it only uses just the sharedcache?
or which files or folders should i delete in the sisi installation folder? cause its still showing all the files in there no one answered me on this yet, there's still all the old in the folder which files do we delete? cause the launcher did not delete any of the old files
If you start the launcher from the "sisi-folder" it should ask you, if you want to "prime the res-cache" - say YES - and it will de-pack the .stuff-files in your eve.folder to the res-cache - and delete them one by one, reducing the client to about 350 mbytes. Probably you now have a res-cache so you'd need to delete that to get the launcher to question you again about the priming - or you just delete the .stuff-files from the sisi-folder
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BeanBagKing
The Order of Atlas
314
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Posted - 2015.02.28 19:21:59 -
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I tried deleting all the .stuff files like Drizzd said. It asked me if I wanted to prime my cache again and I said yes. This time things seemed to work just fine instead of freezing.
Edit: I can see the new icons now! they weren't working before. |
Daniel Jackson
Liandri Sanctuary Corps Liandri Covenant
184
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Posted - 2015.02.28 19:29:02 -
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Drizzd wrote:Daniel Jackson wrote:Daniel Jackson wrote:ok well i did that but i selected a different location for the cache folder so the sisi folder still has all the files in it, how do i reduce it so that it only uses just the sharedcache?
or which files or folders should i delete in the sisi installation folder? cause its still showing all the files in there no one answered me on this yet, there's still all the old in the folder which files do we delete? cause the launcher did not delete any of the old files If you start the launcher from the "sisi-folder" it should ask you, if you want to "prime the res-cache" - say YES - and it will de-pack the .stuff-files in your eve.folder to the res-cache - and delete them one by one, reducing the client to about 350 mbytes. Probably you now have a res-cache so you'd need to delete that to get the launcher to question you again about the priming - or you just delete the .stuff-files from the sisi-folder
it didn't ask me if i want to prime it at all even on the first time i launched it, is it because i switched the sharedfiles folder to a different directory? since i have like no space on my c at all
I Vote YES! for Downloadable HI-RES Textures!!!!
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Drizzd
Eagle Construction Worx
7
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Posted - 2015.02.28 19:48:19 -
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Daniel Jackson wrote:Drizzd wrote:Daniel Jackson wrote:Daniel Jackson wrote:ok well i did that but i selected a different location for the cache folder so the sisi folder still has all the files in it, how do i reduce it so that it only uses just the sharedcache?
or which files or folders should i delete in the sisi installation folder? cause its still showing all the files in there no one answered me on this yet, there's still all the old in the folder which files do we delete? cause the launcher did not delete any of the old files If you start the launcher from the "sisi-folder" it should ask you, if you want to "prime the res-cache" - say YES - and it will de-pack the .stuff-files in your eve.folder to the res-cache - and delete them one by one, reducing the client to about 350 mbytes. Probably you now have a res-cache so you'd need to delete that to get the launcher to question you again about the priming - or you just delete the .stuff-files from the sisi-folder it didn't ask me if i want to prime it at all even on the first time i launched it, is it because i switched the sharedfiles folder to a different directory? since i have like no space on my c at all
That could be a reason.
Here's a workaround for you - if you want eve to "believe" the res-cache is still on the c-drive
start "cmd.exe" - then go to the drive where you have space like e: >e: >mkdir EVE >c: >cd \ProgramData
if not already there (check via dir and scroll up ) create a Folder CCP
>mkdir CCP >cd CCP >mklink /J EVE e:\EVE
now you can close cmd by >exit
the now the launcher will use this EVE folder on drive E to create the res-cache and still "sees" it being on drive C - because the Junction you created by the commands before is like a logical link - based on features of the ntfs-file system of your windows.
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Worrff
Viziam Amarr Empire
64
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Posted - 2015.02.28 21:18:13 -
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CCP Snorlax wrote:Makari Aeron wrote:So... "DoD Sappin' My Bandwidth!" *Waves engineer wrench wildly" You always have the option of downloading everything before you start your client. That's what it does today - it's called patching. We're just giving you more options - the option to start playing before the client is fully patched.
If I choose to patch before starting to play, is there a way of opting out of the DoD system, and disabling or avoiding all this caching of files ?
Or are we forced to go through this laborious process even if we have no intention of ever using it ?
CCP Philosophy: If it works, break it. If itGÇÖs broken, leave it alone and break something else.
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Sarmatiko
1674
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Posted - 2015.02.28 22:08:40 -
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CCP Snorlax wrote:We'll see if we can optimize this. Shuffling 12GB of data does exercise the hard disk a bit, but keep in mind also that this is a one-off process. Speaking of optimization.. Currently I update two clients for different test servers with DoD daily with "download all resources" option enabled. For some reason both launchers begin full resource check occasionally, even if there was no client update. This process could take 5-7 minutes affecting HDD and processor heavily. Maybe there are some cross-client conflicts (like resfileindex_md5 same for both servers or something else) that cause this? I wonder if this will affect TQ-Sisi clients later. |
Sgt Ocker
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
340
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Posted - 2015.02.28 22:16:14 -
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Worrff wrote:CCP Snorlax wrote:Makari Aeron wrote:So... "DoD Sappin' My Bandwidth!" *Waves engineer wrench wildly" You always have the option of downloading everything before you start your client. That's what it does today - it's called patching. We're just giving you more options - the option to start playing before the client is fully patched. If I choose to patch before starting to play, is there a way of opting out of the DoD system, and disabling or avoiding all this caching of files ? Or are we forced to go through this laborious process even if we have no intention of ever using it ? If caching is working as it should, it will only download what you need to do whatever it is your doing. If it has already been cached from previous use, it won't download again (unless there is an update to something).
So your "laborious process" is actually very minimal, very fast and saves downloading lots of stuff you may never use in game.
You do know how caching works and why it is such a good thing coming to Eve?
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Gerart en Daire
EVE University Ivy League
3
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Posted - 2015.02.28 22:31:36 -
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Inspired by DoD, the new NPE starting-in-space and static site etc, and the new icons (yay! It's possible to tell apart frigates and destroyers at a glance from the icons, not just the names!), I tried firing up the test server with the DoD client yesterday.
Since I don't have the space to spare on my C drive, it felt like the easiest way to try it was to get a fresh install (I have a pretty good internet connection anyway), since that seemed to be the easiest to set up so the stuff goes into the right partition right away.
I got the installer from the link in the first dev blog about DoD from last December, since the newer ones didn't have direct download links for an installer that I noticed. Ok, I'll admit to being a bit too lazy to fiddle about with copying the entire EVE folder (it takes longer than downloading a new installer!), deleting the files, unpacking the .stuffs etc.
So I got the installer, set it to install in a new folder, made a shortcut, and added /server:Singularity to the target line like the wiki article says. When I tried to start it up, first the launcher crashed (might have had something to do with the fact that I was still logged on to Tranquility on my regular install?). After a restart and after every subsequent restart, the launcher would start up fine and log in fine (and even show the number of pilots online... 83 at the time), and it did do a launcher update, but the play button was greyed out, and it didn't seem to be doing anything in terms of downloading assets or patching (grey progress bar at the bottom, no text indicating any activity). It did once create the C:\Program Data\CCP\EVE\Sharedcache folder (grr!), but they remained empty. Whenever I tried to click on the cog button to see about changing the folder, the launcher either didn't respond to the click at all or crashed (basic Windows error popup, "launcher.exe has stopped working").
So that's my 2 cents so far, and a plea for help at the same time: any ideas on what went wrong? |
Gerart en Daire
EVE University Ivy League
3
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Posted - 2015.02.28 23:40:34 -
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So I thought about trying some other tactics... downloaded the EVE_Online Installer_865562.exe from https://community.eveonline.com/support/download/. But that one wants to download the entire 7 GB right away, so that's a no-go. :(
So I caved and followed the wiki article's instructions to make a new folder, delete .patch/.download files from the old one, copy contents of old one to new one, wait while it copies >13 GB, including .stuff files I wouldn't be using )...
Realized midway that hang on, if I say 'no' to unpacking the stuff to the default location, so that I can actually change the location (as outlined in newest dev blog on DoD), I don't need any of these 12GB of .stuff files even though none of the instructions mention that you don't have to copy those. So I made a 3rd EVE folder that I just copied the non- .stuff files to (only 1.36GB!
End result:
- Started up the modified shortcut in the EVE folder with .stuffs copied, it starts up and I can vew the settings from the cog button... until the launcher quickly autoupdates and restarts to version 2.2.865769 and resumes the same behaviour as when I just downloaded a client, as detailed in the previous post (crashing on attempting to view settings, doesn't offer to prime the cache).
- Started up the modified shortcut in the EVE folder without .stuffs copied. Same deal.
- Started up my regular EVE client, which apparently has launcher v.2.2.859950. Game starts up fine, can access settings fine.
- Ran "D:\...\repair.exe" --server=sisi in both copied folders. Repairs fine, launcher starts up ok, allows login, but still grey play button, nothing on progress bar, and crash when clicking the cog button.
So it seems that the autoupdate/newest version of the test server launcher, either from an old Tranquility install's version, or from the only "test DoD with this fresh install client here" download link I've found, at least breaks accessing the settings for me. Possibly also causes it not to even ask to prime the cache. And it doesn't seem like I'm able to get on the test server at this point, and I'm out of ideas on what to try.
Help? |
Castelo Selva
Forcas armadas DARKNESS.
70
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Posted - 2015.02.28 23:43:06 -
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My piece of feedback, first test.
I copy my eve files to another HD, then point the shortcut to Singularity and start the launcher. It update to the new version without problem, then close. I started it again, get the message, click yes and then I choose to prime the cache, aka unpack my stuffs files. It take some time, but rum ok without problem.
When it finish the unpacking, everything went to the C: drive as expected, around 12.5 GB of files. So I open the launch setting and change the location of the sharedcache to the drive I want it, in this case E: and close the launcher. After launcher close, I move the sharedcache folder from drive C: to E: and started the launcher again, which started the patch process to update to singularity. It was around 30Mb download. Launcher finish the patching process and show the GÇ£client is readyGÇ¥ message, and then I log only one of my accounts.
The first login take some time to load, around 30 second of black screen with only the spinning well at top left. After I choose my character, I get another clack screen and wait more 30 seconds. After that, I get the load station environment only, no ship image. I open the inventory and try to change ships. The active ship indicator change to the desire ship, but no ship show in the screen at any time. I try to change ships seven or eight times but no luck, only the station background. Another thing I notice was that all the icons from module, ammo and stuffs was missing at my inventory and appears to being downloading because after some seconds the icon image shows. Things are noting looking good, therefore, I close the client and the launcher.
After second start, no problem with the launcher, and client was more responsive with only a few seconds of black screen. That time ship appears inside station and I was able to change ships without problem with all ship showing ok. I then log my second account.
After undock, no ship or station image, only the background nebula. After some time, around 1 minute, station shows but still no ship (picture: http://i.imgur.com/58dCH5j.png). So I dock and undock again, this time station and ship show ok. Then I undock the other account, which show the ship ok. So I start to alt tab between the clients and note that at one of then I was seeing the two ships in space, but at another only one ship was appearing, the other ship was missing (pictures: http://i.imgur.com/J34Bvct.png and http://i.imgur.com/RSQaA3P.png). I did not understand because if the two models are already showing in one of the clients it supposed to show at another, since both clients are supposed to share the same cache.
In addition, I notice at the top left corner a spinning well, on both clients. I did not understand the why but it could be that something was still being downloading. It was supposed to download noting because I did the prime process and the launcher patching to singularity version without problem and then show the GÇ£client is readyGÇ¥ message. So, to be sure, I close the two clients and then went to launcher settings and mark the check box GÇ£download all the resource filesGÇ¥, close the launcher and start it again.
When launcher boot up it started to download 8.67 GB of files (picture: http://i.imgur.com/0ZgEDl4.jpg). Wtf! I did the prime process. It supposed to download nothing more. If the prime process did not work, it expected to give me a warning message, at least. Also, if it not worked, how it created 12.5 Gb of files?
Well, that is my first try. Tomorrow I will have more time to do more tests.
Castelo |
Gerart en Daire
EVE University Ivy League
3
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Posted - 2015.03.01 01:42:05 -
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Ok, I'm still unable to get through the launcher, but was able to get the client up and apparently DoD too by launching Singularity through the exefile, but it was a bit fiddly. I used some advice from this post, some experimentation detailed in the next one, abbreviated below in this post):
- (Not sure if this is relevant/necessary, but... I deleted the AppData\Local\CCP\EVE\d_test_server_name folders, and did a fresh copy of the 1.36GB of non- .stuff files and folders from my Tranquility folder to my test server folder.)
- Tried to startup using exefile.exe /server:Singularity to bypass the launcher and go directly to the in-game login screen. When attempting to login, it refused to connect due to "Incompatible (Release)", but did create the \SharedCache\ResFiles\ including subfolders in the default location, whereas previously I had only seen an empty \SharedCache\ at most.
- I tried a sisi-repair (repair.exe --server=sisi), which didn't do anything to the launcher, but it did patch the folder to the Singularity files...
- Running the exefile.exe /server:Singularity now allowed me to login to character selection (portraits were blank). Success! (more on my first impressions on DoD below).
I'm still facing the issue that the SharedCache just went to the default location, and it does seem to be downloading stuff in the back as it should with the DoD functionality (it was at ca. 760MB when I first looked, and 1GB when I logged out). However, I can't let it stay there because I don't have enough space on my C: partition for even half a cache, so I'll need to see if I can change the shared cache location without the launcher's settings window, as the launcher is still as broken as when I started.
So yea, as noted above, the in-game login screen let me log in, finally (oh, and this paragraph will mostly be copypasta from my post to the other thread). The game did take a long while (20-60 seconds?) to load up and move on from the in-game login screen though, and was unresponsive while doing so. I Got into the character selection screen (blank character portraits, which isn't a huge problem IMO), got into the game. I watched the intro video because my wife hadn't seen it yet, but after that was over, loading up the station view including my ship was practically instant. Undocking felt pretty much the same as on the regular client, the only thing I noticed was that the planet the station was orbiting around did take a while to pop up its graphics, only the brackets were visible in space at first and then suddenly *boom* a huge planet appeared on screen. It's getting really late, so I left further gameplay testing for later... possibly not before I solve the shared cache location mentioned above, but we'll see.
tl;dr: only got into the game by using sisi-repair + exefile.exe /server:Singularity (I did more steps but copy - sisi-repair - exefile shortcut modified to Singularity seems like it might be enough?). Can't change shared cache location, or don't know how without using the non-functioning test server launcher. However, DoD does seem to be working as intended and fairly smoothly for me. |
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