Is there a way to force a file check and redownload the patch?

[Gyphon_GF]

Ever since installing the patch I keep getting a critical error. I've deleted the mods folder...I've deleted the pref.xml and also gone into update folder and deleted everything and tried to repatch....

 

Still says I have the latest client and when I hit play....boom...same thing.

 

Any help is appreciated

[Macabe]

Did you put back the mods folder? It won't run without it.

[Gyphon_GF]

Yes I did actually...

The error is a "Search path does not exist" c:/Games/world_of_warships/res_mods/0.4.0.6 does not exist

 

Listen my net connection sucks and it took almost a week to download this so reinstalling the whole friggin game is not something I may want to attempt. This is

why I thought to try and just repatch

 

Any thoughts?

[thestuff]

Ever since installing the patch I keep getting a critical error. I've deleted the mods folder...I've deleted the pref.xml and also gone into update folder and deleted everything and tried to repatch....

 

Still says I have the latest client and when I hit play....boom...same thing.

 

Any help is appreciated

There's your problem. Don't just delete crap. I'm not sure that re-patching returns the stuff you deleted.

 

Even if you don't even have any mods, you still need the mods folder for WoWS to operate.

 

It said what your problem was right there.

"Search path does not exist" c:/Games/world_of_warships/res_mods/0.4.0.6 does not exist

 

Are you sure that you returned this?

[Gyphon_GF]

I've been playing fine since it went public beta. Up until the patch that is.

 

I've been working on computers since the early 80's so please don't be condescending. If you have some advice

that could help I appreciate any...

if you just want to make snide comments find another thread....

 

I'd like to be playing again soon.

[Gyphon_GF]

Just a fyi after removing all those things and before posting I went and restored them all...  undoing what I had done.

 

I just wanted to know if there was a way to force a repatch because something in that patch broke what was working

without issue (except for the lag spikes).

 

I apologize if I snapped at you...I don't like feeling talked down to.

 

 

 

[Gyphon_GF]

There's your problem. Don't just delete crap. I'm not sure that re-patching returns the stuff you deleted.

 

Even if you don't even have any mods, you still need the mods folder for WoWS to operate.

 

It said what your problem was right there.

"Search path does not exist" c:/Games/world_of_warships/res_mods/0.4.0.6 does not exist

 

Are you sure that you returned this?

 

 

 

oh and the "search path does not exist" is why I posted in the first place...

There was nothing done on my end other than letting the game patch...I removed nothing

[catsmoke]

Is there a way to force a file check and redownload the patch?

 

In the Wargaming.net game World of Tanks, one can force a file check by adding the switch -integrity to the loading path.

 

So, for example, on my own computer, the command line would be:

 

C:\Games\World_of_Warships\WorldOfWarships.exe -integrity

 

 

[Gyphon_GF]

I tried it and immediately got the same error to pop up....

 

but thanks..hmmmm

[Vertigasen]

 

 

catsmoke was close....but a little off.

 

It should be <PATH>\World_of_Warships\WoWSLauncher.exe -integrity_default_client    For me, I just right click the launcher icon on my desktop, and add "-integrity_default_client" to the end of the "target" string with a space after the exe file name.

 

I did try this, and it forces the integrity check, but it failed.  It seems that WG has screwed up the patcher files for the integrity check.  Here are my specific errors with the integrity check.

 

14/08/2015 10:44:37    Get integrity check list

14/08/2015 10:44:37    prepare http request(id = 1): url="emptyclient/40.110854/filelist.txt"

14/08/2015 10:44:39  ERROR: http request(id = 1): what="http request error", msg="verb="GET" url="emptyclient/40.110854/filelist.txt" status_code="0" error=(6)"Couldn't resolve host name""

14/08/2015 10:44:39  ERROR: http request(id = 1): FAIL

14/08/2015 10:44:39    Stop verify integrity process

 

*If you do this, you will not be able to log into the game again, as the launcher will be stuck in the "force_integrity_default_client" check.  To fix this, you must fix the WoWSLauncher.cfg file.  Open the cfg file with notepad.  Find the first configuration line....<options>default;force_integrity_default_client</options>.  remove everything after "default" including the semi-colon, up to the ending </options>. The line should now read:  <options>default</options>.  This will allow you to run the launcher without forcing the update.

 

WG has screwed up somewhere in the coding so that it is not putting the actual web address to force the update, that is why it says "emptyclient/40.110854/filelist.txt", it should have the actual web path to the file, not emptyclient.  I will try to chase down the problem, but it might be a while since I am at work.

 

The only other option I see, until this is fixed, is to redownload.......

 

[Moksie]

 

catsmoke was close....but a little off.

 

It should be <PATH>\World_of_Warships\WoWSLauncher.exe -integrity_default_client

 

I did try this, and it forces the integrity check, but it failed.  It seems that WG has screwed up the patcher files for the integrity check.  Here are my specific errors with the integrity check.

 

14/08/2015 10:44:37    Get integrity check list
14/08/2015 10:44:37    prepare http request(id = 1): url="emptyclient/40.110854/filelist.txt"
14/08/2015 10:44:39  ERROR: http request(id = 1): what="http request error", msg="verb="GET" url="emptyclient/40.110854/filelist.txt" status_code="0" error=(6)"Couldn't resolve host name""
14/08/2015 10:44:39  ERROR: http request(id = 1): FAIL
14/08/2015 10:44:39    Stop verify integrity process

 

*If you do this, you will not be able to log into the game again, as the launcher will be stuck in the "force_integrity_default_client" check.  To fix this, you must fix the WoWSLauncher.cfg file.  Open the cfg file with notepad.  Find the first configuration line....<options>default;force_integrity_default_client</options>.  remove everything after "default" including the semi-colon, up to the ending </options>. The line should now read:  <options>default</options>.  This will allow you to run the launcher without forcing the update.

 

WG has screwed up somewhere in the coding so that it is not putting the actual web address to force the update, that is why it says "emptyclient/40.110854/filelist.txt", it should have the actual web path to the file, not emptyclient.  I will try to chase down the problem, but it might be a while since I am at work.

 

The only other option I see, until this is fixed, is to redownload.......

 

Wait bro.

No they won't talk about it.  Running the file integrity breaks the launcher, to bypass this:

Navigate windows explorer to game file, at the second to bottom is the launcher use this just to update the client,  and then when it gives you the "Im broken" message then exit out of the launcher.

Click on the .exe 5 lines from the bottom to run the client as normal.

[Vertigasen]

 

Wait bro.

No they won't talk about it.  Running the file integrity breaks the launcher, to bypass this:

Navigate windows explorer to game file, at the second to bottom is the launcher use this just to update the client,  and then when it gives you the "Im broken" message then exit out of the launcher.

Click on the .exe 5 lines from the bottom to run the client as normal.

 

 

OP, please let me know if this fix works.  If so, I will scrap my integrity checker fix.  I just don't see how running the WorldofWarships.exe file is going to bypass the error of a file not found.....

 

OP, if Moksie's fix did not work, do this, delete all folders inside of res_mods.

Make a folder named: 0.4.0.6

Put nothing in the folder.

Launch the game by either running the patcher, or the direct exe.​

 

If this does not work, then you are SoL.  The only fix would be the integrity checker, which is broken.....I just haven't fixed the link in the XML file yet.

[Moksie]

 

 

OP, please let me know if this fix works.  If so, I will scrap my integrity checker fix.  I just don't see how running the WorldofWarships.exe file is going to bypass the error of a file not found.....

 

OP, if Moksie's fix did not work, do this, delete all folders inside of res_mods.

Make a folder named: 0.4.0.6

Put nothing in the folder.

Launch the game by either running the patcher, or the direct exe.​

 

If this does not work, then you are SoL.  The only fix would be the integrity checker, which is broken.....I just haven't fixed the link in the XML file yet.

 

Your update for the configuration file works thanks.

And your solution there is a good one, for many that break their clients via usage of modding.

[burning_gl0w]

Thanks!  Editing WoWSLauncher.cfg worked for me too. Wooohoo!

[Red_Raven_168]

 

In the Wargaming.net game World of Tanks, one can force a file check by adding the switch -integrity to the loading path.

 

So, for example, on my own computer, the command line would be:

 

C:\Games\World_of_Warships\WorldOfWarships.exe -integrity

 

 

 

according to moksie

 

this technique actively damages this game

[Vertigasen]

 

according to moksie

 

this technique actively damages this game

 

It doesn't really damage the game, it just force the launcher to look for a file that does not exist.  Because of that, the launcher will fail EVERY time after that because it will continue to look for the file on the WG website.  The problem is that I have no idea where that file is located on the WG servers.  I tried similar paths to the WoT and WoWP patchers use, but it is not there.

 

If someone does the integrity check, the fix is easy.  It is about 5 posts up, from me, and details how to fix the launcher by changing a line within the config file.  Eventually, WG will add the correct file paths into the integrity check, and it will work, but until they do, it does not work!  I just don't want people to think it breaks the game, it doesn't, it just forces a file check, and the check file does not exist yet.