I own it

(Oh, and Sheepeh has not posted here for many months, for various reasons)

I own it

Team based stuff would be most interesting - I'm not really good enough on my own.

OK some assistance is reqd. I have this on DVD. So can I add it to Steam or something?

Do you need to add it to Steam? You can add a shortcut in steam to launch it (games> add a non-steam game), but there's no difference between the different digital distributions of the game e.g., D2D, steam, retail.

OK patching for online use noo.

You're not bloody wrong Peter !!

Ten minutes I have been sitting here and I have 6.7 of 137mb.



And I looked for dreaming_lad but I couldnae find you.

I'm hoping steam has automatically updated everything CoHwise. Live has spoiled me somewhat with its ease of updating.

Why doesn't it periodically check for updates on all my games and patch them there and then, rather than waiting for me to put the disk in?

I do not own it - I own the previous game, S:HOWW2, and I suspect CoH won't work on my rig.

S:HOWW2, whilst an excellent game, is made by a completely different company!

Heh - the review I read of CoH many moons ago said it was a sequel. Silly games reviewers.

I found the box for it the other day, but the CD wasn't in it. And then I managed to put the box in a throwing out pile so haven't even got that any more so I can use the serial numbers.

I think a couple of people might be buying that THQ Ultimate pack thing that includes CoH etc, having already got it. Maybe one of them can help you?

If you are still having issues, we suggest uninstalling the game, obtaining and running a registry cleaning program (such as http://www.ccleaner.com), defragging the PC, then reinstalling OF again. Before installing, be sure to run a clean boot process.

Remove ANY emulation software completely: Alcohol, DaemonWare, Roxio. Clean the registry, run clean boot, and patch.

Update the driver (firmware) for your disc drive.

Finally, move any custom files (mods, custom maps, training files, etc) to another folder.

Sadly, no. Only the valve packs can be split, else I'd have copys of DoW2, CoH & CoH:OF available.

(To Bolshy Pete, obviously)

Oklies I looked into it more and found this -

http://support.thq.com/thq/consumer/kbd ... p?kbid=354

Of which this bit I found interesting



As if I am going to do that. And as if I am going to fuck around with my drive's firmware.

A-holes.

Try this method of installing the patches.

Try this method of installing the patches.

I..I... I just don't believe it. My bollocks are tingling I'm so fucking angry.

Ta, I may use one in future. What's a good average mbps speed for wireless? I installed my old wireless card after dithering, temps seem okay, but the signal ranges from 5.0mbps to 11.0mbps. Wondering if its the age of the card.

Anyway.

Been playing Company of Heroes, great fun, but the patching system is the biggest piece of shit I have ever seen in a game. Fire up autopatcher - not only does it download at a 56k speed but it actually slows down the rest of the computer to do it. Downloaded first patch of 135mb after two hours and do the auto-apply. Patch corrupt. It's also corrupted the game, so I have to uninstall and reinstall. Try again, same thing. Go to website for remote downloads and to see how many patches there are to get CoH: Opposing Fronts to the latest version.

EIGHT PATCHES.

Company of Heroes 2.100 - 2.103
Company of Heroes 2.101 - 2.201
Company of Heroes 2.102 - 2.201
Company of Heroes 2.103 - 2.201
Company of Heroes 2.201 - 2.202
Company of Heroes 2.202 - 2.300
Company of Heroes 2.300 - 2.301
Company of Heroes 2.301 - 2.400
Company of Heroes 2.400 - 2.500

I have to download EIGHT PATCHES. Each anything between 20mb and 200mb, and apply each one in turn. Frankly, this is shit. Think I'll stay offline for CoH until I get Windows 7, and even then it'll be a gritted teeth affair. Cue obvious console gamer jokes about PC Gaming. Etc. (It's the price we pay, at least we get mods, though.)