Getting really annoyed now - does anyone else remember?

[Kevinius Scotia]

<p>OK PC is fine, Pentium 4 3ghz Hiper thread - 1gb ram and nvidia 6600 with latest drivers.</p><p>I have been playing EQ2 for almost 2 and a half years and every time there is a large update I get hell breaking loose. My patcher will not update - it keeps hanging trying to update the launchpad, and then if it does (miracle of miracle) get past this - the patcher locks up on any one of a number of files - eemingly random in name.</p><p>I do recall that during the EOF update fiasco, someone posted a list of files you had to delete off your system to fix this problem, anyone remember what they were? I delete all .log, .ini and lp_ files whenever i try again but it is still not working. I have even rebuilt my PC and reinstalled windows XP (SP2) to see if that helps - same probs. Both HDD units are fully scanned and ok, and it happens whichever HDD i install eq2 on - HELP!!!</p><p>If i cant get it to work I may have to leave game - and i LOVE it so..... </p>

[doctorbow]

Kevinius Scotia wrote: <blockquote><p>OK PC is fine, Pentium 4 3ghz Hiper thread - 1gb ram and nvidia 6600 with latest drivers.</p><p>I have been playing EQ2 for almost 2 and a half years and every time there is a large update I get hell breaking loose. My patcher will not update - it keeps hanging trying to update the launchpad, and then if it does (miracle of miracle) get past this - the patcher locks up on any one of a number of files - eemingly random in name.</p><p>I do recall that during the EOF update fiasco, someone posted a list of files you had to delete off your system to fix this problem, anyone remember what they were? I delete all .log, .ini and lp_ files whenever i try again but it is still not working. I have even rebuilt my PC and reinstalled windows XP (SP2) to see if that helps - same probs. Both HDD units are fully scanned and ok, and it happens whichever HDD i install eq2 on - HELP!!!</p><p>If i cant get it to work I may have to leave game - and i LOVE it so..... </p></blockquote> Heya Mr. Scotia: Well, basically you can delete everything except the eq2.exe file and it'll repatch itself anyway, so if it IS a problem with a file, rather than pick-n-choose, I'd go with the nuclear-bomb approach: Get 'em all. First, enable to view hidden files: Tools->Folder Options->"View" Tab->Show hidden files or folders.  Hit ok. You can delete literally anything here except for EQ2.exe, and it'll re-patch.  So I'd say any files other than that could probably be safe to delete.  As far as cache goes:  There's a cache folder, as well as a logincache folder.  May or may not have anything to do with patching, but those can be deleted.  Other than cache folders and those files in the root-directory that are non-folders, leave everything alone (especially that gargantuan 'paks' folder.  Otherwise you're in for a long re-patch).  Make sure not to delete eq2.exe either. So basically, if this IS some kind of corrupt-file problem that is somewhere in EQ2's directory, this'll fix it.  If it doesn't and you're still hangin', come back and we'll see what we can look at.

[Kevinius Scotia]

<p>Ok this is now getting really old! I have completely reinstalled the game from scratch several times - no dice.</p><p>I have dowloaded the EQ2 installer recommended in the knowledgebase and tried that - same problems. I have also completely removed (Not disabled mind - removed!) my firewall and AV software, still no joy - I cant even get the launchpad to patch correctly - let alone the game itself - at this rate i'm either gonna need SOE support (Fat chance) or i'm gonna have to leave and I hate the very thought of it....</p><p>HELP!!!!</p>

[doctorbow]

Kevinius Scotia wrote: <blockquote><p>Ok this is now getting really old! I have completely reinstalled the game from scratch several times - no dice.</p><p>I have dowloaded the EQ2 installer recommended in the knowledgebase and tried that - same problems. I have also completely removed (Not disabled mind - removed!) my firewall and AV software, still no joy - I cant even get the launchpad to patch correctly - let alone the game itself - at this rate i'm either gonna need SOE support (Fat chance) or i'm gonna have to leave and I hate the very thought of it....</p><p>HELP!!!!</p></blockquote> What type of network setup do you use? Who's your ISP?  Do you use a router? what type? Are you wireless?

[Kevinius Scotia]

<p>OK Network is as follows</p><p>ISP is TalkTalk.Net</p><p>Not wireless</p><p>No router just a an ADSL Broadband USB Modem</p><p>Usually get around 4mb Broadband connection - when EQ2 patcher hangs - I can still access Internet as normal</p><p>Thoughts please?</p>