View Full Version : Champions Online beta starts today - Get patching!!
beau_safken
08-17-09, 12:48 PM
FYI guys, if you intend on playing Champions...get patching now. It's a huge 3.6 gig patch and it will take a good chunk of the day as the data is flowing sorta slow atm. Logmein to your home computers, and get that bad boy patchin while you faint work for the rest of the day ;) :beer:
Update....SOOOOOOOO SLOW!!!! Dang this is the slowest patch ever.
Benitora
08-17-09, 06:13 PM
Omg I started maybe a hour ago, I dont think I will get to play today at this rate.... so gay wait that I will have to wait til 5:30 tomorrow night to play!
beau_safken
08-17-09, 06:49 PM
It's a beta, but still. Look around for the info on moving some files around to reduce the 3.6 gig DL to only 952 megs. Still a lot thou....
Benitora
08-17-09, 07:22 PM
OoO nice do you have a link? and did you finish the download?
jstutman
08-17-09, 11:15 PM
1)Install the client.
2)Run the patcher once.
3)Navigate to Program Files/Cryptic Studios/Live/Prepatch/piggs and delete all *.hoggs files you find there.
4)Navigate to Program Files/Cryptic Studios/Live
5)Cut and paste all 2.02 GB of *.hogg files from Program Files/Cryptic Studios/Live to Program Files/Cryptic Studios/Champions Online/Live/Piggs, overwriting the files therein.
6)Restart the patcher.
7)If patch stalls during download, give it a chance to resume. If it does seem stuck, press the X button on the patcher and restart it.
If you do it this way and replace the files in there (a bunch of 65k files) you will not have to download a 3.6 GB patch but a 952 MB patch!
When the patcher freezes downloading as noted by DarkFaceCrusher let it "cook" there for a min and it should download another chunk. If nothing seems to move just press the X on the patcher and restart it. You will continue downloading from where you left off (NOTICE THE TOTAL FILE SIZE IS REDUCUED BY WHAT YOU DOWNLOADED NOT THE % BE SAME
Hope this helps
How do you get the beta? I can't find it anywhere on their site.
jstutman
08-18-09, 12:04 AM
How do you get the beta? I can't find it anywhere on their site.
Fileplanet
beau_safken
08-18-09, 01:24 AM
Its VERY VERY Slow too Don't expect to play for a while, as this will be patchercraft for a bit.
Ok, DLed and installed, now how do I get log in info?
beau_safken
08-18-09, 01:07 PM
Played a little thing morning. Not too bad, just a matter of took 19 hours to DL a freakin patch.
Bah, I knew I should have stayed up the extra 5 minutes this morning to install and register this thing, let it patch while I slept. But NOOOO, I said, I'm tired, I'll install this afternoon, and let it patch during an outting with my friends. Guess who just cancelled, and now the servers are down and I can't patch.
UnrealAlex
08-18-09, 05:12 PM
I downloaded the beta thinking its for everyone but its for subscribers only? How do i get a key.
beau_safken
08-18-09, 05:41 PM
pay 29 bucks a year and subscribe to fileplanet.
Benitora
08-18-09, 06:46 PM
I just got done playing for a bit and thought it was pretty cool. I definitely like the character customization.... Its awesome how many things you can actually do.
jstutman
08-18-09, 08:28 PM
Played just like 30 minutes, it was fun...but if this is P2P I wont be joining, not really my style.
You can avoid a monthly fee by buying the lifetime pass... :P
jstutman
08-19-09, 12:27 AM
You can avoid a monthly fee by buying the lifetime pass... :P
Oh yes, now I remember....includes access to star trek beta
this is not for me :)
UnrealAlex
08-21-09, 10:14 PM
Been playing the beta. Very fun, character customization is great, but the game is very far from finished.
Aztroth
08-21-09, 11:46 PM
hmmm... $200 for a lifetime... hmmm... you know, if I wasn't shipping out shortly that would sound appealing.
Stratus_ss
08-22-09, 08:20 AM
hmmm... $200 for a lifetime... hmmm... you know, if I wasn't shipping out shortly that would sound appealing.
I tend to agree... but the question is... do I really want to shell out $200 for a game that may or may not be worth it...
I want to know if its actually different from other games. If not whats its closest equivelent
UnrealAlex
08-22-09, 01:57 PM
I tend to agree... but the question is... do I really want to shell out $200 for a game that may or may not be worth it...
I want to know if its actually different from other games. If not whats its closest equivelent
try the beta, its completly open.
completely open if you preorder, or have fileplanet account.
still need to have a beta key to join
Redstone
08-23-09, 02:32 AM
completely open if you preorder, or have fileplanet account.
still need to have a beta key to join
Not a big deal. I registered for free with file planet, registered for beta on the champions site, got a beta key then downloaded the client. Took a little over an hour for the whole thing today. Didnt cost anything.
Not a big deal. I registered for free with file planet, registered for beta on the champions site, got a beta key then downloaded the client. Took a little over an hour for the whole thing today. Didnt cost anything.
Weird, when I got my FP key it required you to buy one of the premium memberships, like $5 a month.
Benitora
08-23-09, 07:55 AM
I've been playing this throughout the week and say this is City of Heroes with many more options I think. Building your character has so many different options its sick. I would spend $200 on a lifetime membership if I had it just because I played CoH. If CoH wasn't your game chances are this one isn't because they are very similar I think.....
Aztroth
08-23-09, 09:09 AM
the core mechanics are very different though. gameplay is similar, but, like I said, core mechanics are very different.
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