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    Company of Heroes Patch

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Dec 30, 2009.

  1. HTWingNut

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    Is there a SINGLE CUMULATIVE Patch for Company of Heroes / Opposing Fronts that I can download? I have spent over an hour between installing off the DVD and downloading the autopatch from the program. I have no idea what version was installed or what version patch it is installing. It doesn't tell me. This is the third 100MB+ patch I am installing and it is getting quite annoying.
     
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    Nope. It'll keep installing patch after patch automatically until you have 2.606, or whatever the latest version is. It is indeed a very annoying patch system.

    For a full list of all COH patches, see here:

    http://cohpatch.relic.com/
     
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    What I did was I bought Tales of Valor (originally had CoH (discs) and CoH: OF(from steam)) and what steam did was it automatically patches the games itself so I found that really useful.
     
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    Great, they don't even host the downloads, just torrents. How crappy is that. Maybe I should download them all just to have them for future use.

    I own the DVD copies of CoH and Opposing Fronts. I also own them on Steam. But I am installing the DVD copies on a friend's laptop so we can play multiplayer. If I knew it would take so long I would have just downloaded the torrents to begin with.

    Plus the patch process takes forever too.
     
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    Be aware that when you launch the game, a program called the Relic Downloader will quietly open without your permission and begin uploading the patch to others using p2p.
     
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    Thanks for the info. Can you stop the downloader process without kililng the game?
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 30, 2009
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    Does this apply to the Steam installs as well?
     
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    I'm wondering if I do all the patch installs, and backup the directory, then in the future, if I install off the DVD, then just copy the whole CoH directory back and if it would work properly.
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 30, 2009
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    I did that with starcraft patches and custom maps back in the day and it worked fine(we all know how many fun maps you lost when reinstalling)
     
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    Whoa, once you get to patch 2.4, it asks to use the relic peer-to-peer downloader. I wonder if you can download that before you get to patch 2.4 so you don't have to go through all the other crap.
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 30, 2009
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    You can as it is a small separate program. I've read that deleting its directory will kill it off permanently, but I tried it and everything was restored to normal later. If possible, I would just recommend using Windows Firewall to block it.

    Given that Steam is just the content delivery program, the answer is yes; the Relic Downloader will show up regardless.
     
    Bog, Dec 30, 2009
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