Classic Client patch!

[Aurelius]

Classic client users be aware we just got a rather big patch....

Launches a file unpacking process in a DOS screen - if it looks like that has hung on an error, do NOT shut it down! It's still working, just takes a couple of minutes - and when it's over and you relaunch the client, you will see it now does the 'file check' that EC does, and you'll get a 444 meg patch...

 

[Storm]

yes it now uses the same patcher it appears as the EC that's a good thing!

 

[Mapper]

I didn't have to relaunch the client, Give it some time.

 

[Kylie Kinslayer]

Well dang. Wish they had included that in the patch notes or something. Closed it out and now UO Assist can not find UO and is all F'ed up.

*goes back to trying to solve the problem*

 

[Storm]

Well dang. Wish they had included that in the patch notes or something. Closed it out and now UO Assist can not find UO and is all F'ed up.

*goes back to trying to solve the problem*

after you get it patched correctly Uoassist should come back on the next launch ...mine did

 

[Kylie Kinslayer]

Cool, thanks. Up and running again.

 

[SirZ]

Nice job UO Team.

The next suggestion - increasing the game window size. After that you'll be a gods

 

[Cetric]

buggy... kept getting errors but now its running the ec patch screen as reported. sheesh, a headup would of been nice lol.

 

[Mapper]

UOAssist fine here thankfully.

 

[Mapper]

Okay something is odd.

Open via 2D as usual, it loads fine.

Open with UOA the following happens at once: Client opens, UOA opens, Patcher opens (note: alongside the client). Client/UOA login and work fine however the patcher downloads an 18MB file called gumpartLegacyMUL.uop EACH TIME.

 

[dizzylish]

What i can tell i can not run 2 chars at the same time now

 

[Tina Small]

What i can tell i can not run 2 chars at the same time now

Yep, looks like the team has effectively killed the ability to run two copies of the classic client at the same time. Good-bye to being able to hand stuff between characters on different accounts on shards where you don't have a house to use for exchanging stuff. Grrrrr!

 

[Cetric]

Okay something is odd.

Open via 2D as usual, it loads fine.

Open with UOA the following happens at once: Client opens, UOA opens, Patcher opens (note: alongside the client). Client/UOA login and work fine however the patcher downloads an 18MB file called gumpartLegacyMUL.uop EACH TIME.

ughhhh!!!

 

[dizzylish]

Lmao just did alittle programming can be bypassed

 

[Mapper]

Yep, looks like the team has effectively killed the ability to run two copies of the classic client at the same time. Good-bye to being able to hand stuff between characters on different accounts on shards where you don't have a house to use for exchanging stuff. Grrrrr!

You can create a shortcut of client.exe and pop it on your desktop, you can quite easily load more than one client that way.

 

[Tina Small]

You can create a shortcut of client.exe and pop it on your desktop, you can quite easily load more than one client that way.

Thank you! That worked.

 

[Storm]

Thank you! That worked.

I just loaded both clients and it seemed fine to load both

 

[Tina Small]

I just loaded both clients and it seemed fine to load both

Maybe your machine has more memory than mine does! I couldn't get it to work with running 2 copies from uo.exe. (And I haven't used UO Assist in almost two years, so that wasn't the problem either.)

 

[Storm]

Maybe your machine has more memory than mine does! I couldn't get it to work with running 2 copies from uo.exe. (And I haven't used UO Assist in almost two years, so that wasn't the problem either.)

I loaded EC and CC fyi

 

[Aurelius]

I'm losing count here, so many small patches after the big one! Restarted the client, and got another... so far I think I've gone through 7.0.24.1 .2 and now on .3 .... all in the last couple of hours...

 

[Cetric]

it does that 18mb patch everytime you run uo, even if you don't have uoassist up. if you run it from the default uo shortcut it does it too. I hope everytime i open uo its not adding another 18mb file..... will take forever to get in game in you client crash lol.

 

[Daelomin]

Okay something is odd.

Open via 2D as usual, it loads fine.

Open with UOA the following happens at once: Client opens, UOA opens, Patcher opens (note: alongside the client). Client/UOA login and work fine however the patcher downloads an 18MB file called gumpartLegacyMUL.uop EACH TIME.

Mine behaves similar. It works finw with no assist, but when I run via assist it downloads the same file as you but I also get an error message. UO+assist seem to work OK... odd

 

[Tina Small]

I loaded EC and CC fyi

I've given up trying to run EC. It used to run fine on my older laptop (well, other than making it so hot I thought it would melt), but I just get a black screen half a second after I log in on my newer laptop. Even though I'd like to use the EC again, I've given up trying to figure out why it won't run.

 

[Aurelius]

Maybe your machine has more memory than mine does! I couldn't get it to work with running 2 copies from uo.exe. (And I haven't used UO Assist in almost two years, so that wasn't the problem either.)

I have managed to get two copies of classic running at once, but I've always had two complete installations of the whole thing, in two different directories - paranoia about shared files and a need for two seperate journal log files meant that was my best solution!

 

[dizzylish]

Run the same client 2 times it will not work, not both enhanced and classic

 

[Bleak]

Players that are having issues patching up to the latest client please verify the following:
1) The client executable is not running when you start the patcher and once the patch process is complete you are viewing the new classic patch window.
2) You must use UO.exe to start the patcher. If you launch the game using UOAssist it will attempt to open both the client and the patcher which will cause patching issues. UOAssist must resolve this issue.
3) You will still be able to run multiple clients by running the client executable.

 

[Sevin0oo0]

Started by UO.exe, wait for patching, Done login
log out
Started by UO.exe,patched 2 files wait for patching again login
log out
Started by UO.exe - doing that xx/390 again
UOA starts client, and Patcher runs again, more wait

What now chief? Wait every time to close the patcher?

 

[Aurelius]

Started by UO.exe, wait for patching, Done login
log out
Started by UO.exe,patched 2 files wait for patching again login
log out
Started by UO.exe - doing that xx/390 again
UOA starts client, and Patcher runs again, more wait

What now chief? Wait every time to close the patcher?

The xx/390 looks to be more a client version (and maybe for some files integrity?) check, since there is no data transfer going on while that is filling up - I suspect the UOA problem is it can't quite interpret the new file structure, so tells the client to patch Can't think of an easy way round that, since I have never used Assist....

 

[Cetric]

Its broken regardless of uoassist. As for the uoassist part, i sure hope tugsoft is willing to edit it since there was no notice given.

 

[Mandrake of DF]

If you go to settings when UOA starts, you can choose it to start a file of your own destination. Do that - and choose client.exe.

For to patch, start uo.exe and let it patch - for to play, start uoa.exe.

 

[Sevin0oo0]

got yet another patch, at the end it showed the "/390b" maybe i'm done?
But we'll need more icons now, Assist and a separate one if we want to see if we need patching?
So with all this patching, if I wanted to try the EC client, do I still need to d/l more, and go thru thios again?
The patcher is slow as crap, but for those that wanted the client to do a 'files integrity check' before running, this would make a good preview

 

[S.P.A]

If you go to settings when UOA starts, you can choose it to start a file of your own destination. Do that - and choose client.exe.

For to patch, start uo.exe and let it patch - for to play, start uoa.exe.

Actually, that doesn't solve the problem.

Even if you set that, UOAssist still starts UOPatch.exe first, and that is what is causing the problem. Go try it, I just did to prove it.

The only workaround that I've proved is working is in my thread here.

 

[Pawain]

You can create a shortcut of client.exe and pop it on your desktop, you can quite easily load more than one client that way.

Thanks, I got addicted to that while moving things into a new house.

 

[Hunters' Moon]

What was all added in this patch? All I have noticed so far is a new log in screen and that the snow is gone.

 

[Kylie Kinslayer]

What was all added in this patch? All I have noticed so far is a new log in screen and that the snow is gone.

Ummmmmmmmmmm http://community.stratics.com/index...sh-75-comes-to-tc1.263030/page-4#post-2099118

 

[Czarina]

grrr i keep getting patch error over and over and over and over and over and over

 

[Czarina]

and over and over and over again

 

[S.P.A]

and over and over and over again

Try one of the two methods I have documented here.

 

[Czarina]

grrr okay im going to give it 2 more tries before i decide i dont have the patience for this stupid crap they pull. Not all of us are techno gurus that know how to tweak files and junk just to patch a game that we have had absolutly no problem getting to patch for near 14 years now! This is totaly stupid i shouldnt have to the last 5 hours screwing with this. Two more tries before i just cancel accounts and let my crap decay.

I should add im not going to reinstall this game again or download the stupid client again. last time it took me 8 days to download and patch it all.

 

[Ezekiel Zane]

Well, first of all maybe you can describe how you are attempting to start UO? Ultima Online "shortcut" or UO Assist "shortcut"? Then we can go from there.

You should also delete the contents of the Patch folder whenever you encounter errors and a failed patch, before you try again.

 

[Czarina]

Well, first of all maybe you can describe how you are attempting to start UO? Ultima Online "shortcut" or UO Assist "shortcut"? Then we can go from there.

You should also delete the contents of the Patch folder whenever you encounter errors and a failed patch, before you try again.

I tried 10 times from the uo.exe file and it would go smoothly for a while then i would get a patch error message. Im trying from the uopatch.exe file now to see if that makes a difference. my patch folder actualy shows no content and im not sure why.

 

[Ezekiel Zane]

Well, when there's errors, I believe it's supposed to auto-delete the contents of that folder. That's why when you do get a failed patch repeatedly you should check to make sure it's empty.

Hmm, starting from uo.exe and 10 fails. Ouch. I'm thinking. If I can help I'll post.

 

[Czarina]

I just got failed patch again. it wont let me copy and paste what the error message says so im going to type it out.

Patch error!
The patch client was unable to retrieve the file
[base/unpacked/e517ea935f837cf7] from the patch server (0 total errors encountered). Please try the patch operation again in a short while.

Thats what the little window that popped up keeps saying.

 

[Ezekiel Zane]

Well that one's stumped me. I seen that Bleak was still around a moment ago but now he's gone.