[LeGroTetram]

I still can't install the update. Problem seems to be with binfiles TW2EE_Patch-30.bin to TW2EE_Patch-35.bin (errors begin with 30.bin and all files after fail to install, using the cut/past method ). The checksums of bin 30 to 35 is the same as Guy N'wah last post but not the same for some of the previous files (downloaded 8 to 10 hours ago). I really hope this problem will be fixed for the weekend...
Good Luck to all CDRed Project team, we know you do your best

[ReaperSpirit]

Same problem, part 30 always fail for me

[Guy N'wah]

LeGroTetram said:

I still can't install the update. Problem seems to be with binfiles TW2EE_Patch-30.bin to TW2EE_Patch-35.bin (errors begin with 30.bin and all files after fail to install, using the cut/past method ). The checksums of bin 30 to 35 is the same as Guy N'wah last post but not the same for some of the previous files (downloaded 8 to 10 hours ago). I really hope this problem will be fixed for the weekend...
Good Luck to all CDRed Project team, we know you do your best ›››

The patch executable and Patch-1 to Patch-35 files were updated between 7 and 8 hours ago. If you have files from before then, or a mix of files from before and after, you're doomed.

[jmayhem]

Guy N said:

The patch executable and Patch-1 to Patch-35 files were updated between 7 and 8 hours ago. If you have files from before then, or a mix of files from before and after, you're doomed. ›››

I have the same problem :. Can anyone confirm if a completely fresh install from the GoG.com backup will install EE without error?

[LeGroTetram]

Does anyone have a rope so I can hang myself?

Re-download everything should fix the problem for me, right? (exe + bin 1 to 29, bin 30 to 35 are 3 hours old)

edit: ...and I just shift+deleted all the files in my update directory... FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!

[Natai]

No joy here either. I hit a wall with Patch-28 (MD5 checks out), specifically at \CookedPC\movies\load_a1_a2_i.usm

[Franpa]

Licaon_Kter said:

maybe their server has issues, maybe your antivirus does something, tryed another browser? just get them till they check ok and that's it i guess ›››

We can not know if they check out "okay" because they're changing the files and thus the checksums so that what we are comaparing against, is no longer valid. There excuse for this? They have none! They said themselves that there was no god damn reason for replacing the files. I'm left to assume they just hate there mature customers who there mature game is targeting.

[Guy N'wah]

jmayhem said:

I have the same problem :. Can anyone confirm if a completely fresh install from the GoG.com backup will install EE without error? ›››

I did a fresh install from GOG yesterday, and it worked fine. So that is one alternative. YMMV: you may find GOG's downloader more troublesome, or less so.

Also, my setup allows me to determine whether, and when, files on the download page have been modified. So if I see modifications posted, I'll run a new set of checksums.

As of now, the files on the download page are complete and valid, and they are 13 to 14 hours old. If you have downloaded the full set since then, you should be golden. But if you have earlier files (don't worry about the language packs: the language packs haven't been updated since the release; they're OK, whenever you downloaded them), you're likely to have problems.

[Franpa]

@CDProjekt: Let's go over the scenarios you have left for your customers (Customers of a mature game you developed for a mature consumer to play) to take advantage of shall we?


Scenario 1: Redownload the entire game.
I dunno about you but I have 450KB/s internet and it takes 17 minutes to download a single 300MB segment of the installation files. Downloading the entire game patch takes hours to do and there is no way to guarentee it will succeed, on top of this you have to run the installer and wait for it to either succeed or error before you can determine if you need to proceed to repeat the download process, further wasting time. If the installer fails, prepare to waste several more hours/spend several more hours browsing the internet with really slow internet with the download going in the background.


Scenario 2: Download random segments and hope that it works, potentially reducing the down time from several hours, to half an hour.

1) Download entire patch via downloader
2) Run the installer and find out that it won't install fully, instead reporting a file is corrupt.
3) Seeing as there are no files by the name reported, the user is left to randomly guess which TW2EE_Patch-#.bin file is to blame.
4) User randomly selects a TW2EE_Patch-#.bin file from http://en.thewitcher.com/ee_manual/ and prays it is the right one
5) User finishes downloading the TW2EE_Patch-#.bin file without knowing if it downloaded properly or not.
6) They locate the copy of the TW2EE_Patch-#.bin file that they previously downloaded, now without knowing if the original copy they downloaded was correctly downloaded or not, they replace it with the copy they just then downloaded and also don't know if it was downloaded correctly or not.
7) User has either replaced a correct/functional copy of a randomly selected TW2EE_Patch-#.bin file with a incomplete/corrupt copy of the randomly selected TW2EE_Patch-#.bin file or been incredibly lucky and no harm was done, the 2nd copy they downloaded ended up being correctly downloaded. Still no way for the user to know if that part was the one that was corrupt to begin with though so a good chance the consumer has wasted time even if the file downloaded properly.
8.) The only way to verify this? Run the installer and wait another numerous amount of minutes and hope it completes without fail.
9) What? You thought after all that that it would work? HELL NO! Chances of that are so slim it isn't even funny. More likely then not you're gonna have to begin again at step 2. Say good bye to trying to be smart and save time.


Scenario 3: Using checksums the user can determine which parts are faulty and target just those files when determining which files to redownload. (Your customers were working together to make this sceneraio possible, but then you guys, for no good reason at all (That you have given so far), decided to try and nullify any previous attempts at making this sceneraio possible. Good job guys, bravo.)

1) Download entire patch via downloader
2) Verify the integrity of the download
3) Determine which files are corrupt (If any)
4) Redownload corrupt files
5) Verify integrity of files
6) If all files pass, proceed to step 7. Otherwise return to step 3.
7) Install patch
8.) Done. Enjoy the game!


Edit: Tremendous THANK YOU goes to this guy http://en.thewitcher...post__p__806503 for keeping Scenario 3 alive!

[dragonbird]

I know that this is a very frustrating issue for many of you, but for the benefit of anyone coming in looking for help, could we keep this thread focused on trying to solve the issues please.

[Franpa]

Yep, well now I know that my Part 29 to 35 were downloaded after CDProjekt replaced the files. So now I have to redownload parts 0 to 28 to install the game patch and there is (so far) no guarantee they won't replace the files yet again during my download.

(Unless someone has a high speed alternative to downloading the old versions of part 29 to 35. I heard a mention of a torrent?)

[neonism]

like other people said, what does it mean that some files got replaced? does it mean something for people who managed to install the patch perfectly? did they change something in the game? or is it just to fix what the auto downloader downloads?

[Guy N'wah]

neonism said:

like other people said, what does it mean that some files got replaced? does it mean something for people who managed to install the patch perfectly? did they change something in the game? or is it just to fix what the auto downloader downloads? ›››

I think it was to fix the downloader. I have two different sets of files: one from the pre-download plus the initial fix to Patch-2.bin alone; the other consisting of the files that were updated on the 19th. Both succeed and yield a working game. CDPR has not said anything about the content being different, so I'm figuring they're the same content, differently archived.

[Bicka]

So I've managed to re-download all the files multiple times to the point that only patch-24.bin doesn't work now. And no matter how many times I've downloaded it, it still doesn't.

Gotta wonder if CDProjectRed are making some money from all these downloads, because I sure as hell am not.

[Guy N'wah]

Bicka said:

So I've managed to re-download all the files multiple times to the point that only patch-24.bin doesn't work now. And no matter how many times I've downloaded it, it still doesn't.

Gotta wonder if CDProjectRed are making some money from all these downloads, because I sure as hell am not. ›››

Each download costs them money (not sure how much, but at least $0.25 per full set, and maybe as much as ten times that), and they're getting no return on it except for good will (and rather short of 100% on that).

I can't tell you why Patch-24.bin doesn't download for you, because it works fine for me.

[mrStones]

Hello all, have downloaded the entire EE patch via the manual option and am getting hit with the "pack0" error. All checksums are matching up except for "Part_2" which i have re-downloaded multiple times from the official site and every torrent/DDL link I could google.

Every single version i can find of "Part_2" seems to show a checksum of "a33eb8d6eb84cebdc9a7de8fbe233afa" and not "68fedf1cb88a4d292a3f8344065c6212" as the supplied list shows (and by the way a million thanks for putting together the list in the first place).

So... any ideas/input would be much appreciated, has "Part_2" been updated since the checksum list was created? or should I just go back to banging my head off the desk and wait for a official solution?

[Guy N'wah]

mrStones said:

Hello all, have downloaded the entire EE patch via the manual option and am getting hit with the "pack0" error. All checksums are matching up except for "Part_2" which i have re-downloaded multiple times from the official site and every torrent/DDL link I could google.

Every single version i can find of "Part_2" seems to show a checksum of "a33eb8d6eb84cebdc9a7de8fbe233afa" and not "68fedf1cb88a4d292a3f8344065c6212" as the supplied list shows (and by the way a million thanks for putting together the list in the first place).

So... any ideas/input would be much appreciated, has "Part_2" been updated since the checksum list was created? or should I just go back to banging my head off the desk and wait for a official solution? ›››

No, the checksum beginning with "68fe" is correct for that file, and the file that is currently on the /ee_manual/ page has that checksum. I don't know where you're finding the other file, but you're looking in the wrong place.

DO NOT attempt to obtain these files from ANY source except by downloading from the /ee_manual/ page or by running the current version of the Downloader.

[Vinthir]

I've got a present for you guys . I suppose this topic here could get unpinned now, I linked to it in my sticky anyway.

[stevehuybrechts]

Hello, I have also downloaded the entire EE patch from the manual download page this afternoon. All checksums match except for part 2 and 24. I have a33eb8d6eb84cebdc9a7de8fbe233afa for TW2EE_Patch-2.bin and for TW2EE_Patch-24.bin ad9b399beb6864651845c76b4300d628. Those are the same values as on the first checksum list. I have redownloaded these 2 parts more than 10 times and always get the same result and it looks like I'm not the only one.

[Moprheus]

I have downloaded the whole patch 3 times. Two times from the auto updater and one time one the page:http://thewitcher.com/ee_manual/. Nothing. I still get an corrupted file error message. I have also tried to make an crc check. The result is that some files always have the same wrong crc no matter how many times I download them.

Edit:
Part 2 and 24 are corrupted.