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Thread: CSR told me to uninstall the game ... I did.
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SdeWndr
Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:48 am
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The only fix to the launch pad problem according to the CSR I talked to this morning was to uninstall the game. Well I did....
I guess he figured I would reinstall it and sit around and wait for the 6 months worth of patches, and updates to download too.
Not. I'm not going to pay 15 bucks a month to play a game I have to do the maintence on.
JacobKell
Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:57 am
#2
Had to reinstal the game after downloading and instaling beta as it destroyed my original instal directory.
Over 2 hours to patch it
So glad i have 2 pcs with 2 instals
SdeWndr
Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:51 am
#3
JacobKell wrote:
Had to reinstal the game after downloading and instaling beta as it destroyed my original instal directory.
Over 2 hours to patch it
So glad i have 2 pcs with 2 instals
Beta did it to me I think although they deny it. I completely deleted it too.
DeIncRampage
Sat Oct 16, 2004 8:47 am
#4
Is there a reason that you installed BETA into your main SWG folder? That is the ONLY way it would have messed up your game....
duncje
Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:09 am
#5
You have to install beta to a folder that already contains SWG. Most people don't have multiple installs of SWG on their computer, so your options are limited.
Ipseck
Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:56 am
#6
duncje wrote:You have to install beta to a folder that already contains SWG. Most people don't have multiple installs of SWG on their computer, so your options are limited.
erm no you don't... if I remember correctly the install asks you when to install it to, then asks you where there's already a full install of the game so it can copy the files. I only had one install and it went just fine for me.
Smuggler_Caylin
Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:39 am
#7
8.5g of SWG on my hard drive... All seperate installations.
Live/Test/Beta
Message Edited by Smuggler_Caylin on 10-16-2004 12:14 PM
One of the Four Horsemen of the Smuggler Apocalypse! 
AldaronTavish
Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:51 am
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duncje wrote:You have to install beta to a folder that already contains SWG. Most people don't have multiple installs of SWG on their computer, so your options are limited.
No, what happens is if you don't give hte beta a unique folder name to install to it just copies and moves your original installation forcing you to reinstall. I lost my profiles this way and now have to rebuild it, a real pain redoing macros, etc.
JacobKell
Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:17 pm
#9
DeIncRampage wrote:
Is there a reason that you installed BETA into your main SWG folder? That is the ONLY way it would have messed up your game....
Nope seperate directory,it wont actually let you overwrite the main directory with the beta install,you have to create a new folder,which i did. What the instaler seemed to do for me was rather than edit/copy/paste the files from the main directory,it directly dragged them across between folders. My original instal directory had all the critical files missing after beta install and thus i couldnt run the normal game on the pc i installed beta on,beta however worked fine. Reinstalation in the main folder fixed the issue for me and i can now happily run both
Maxalus
Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:28 pm
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Have no clue what your guys did, but I just let
the system do what it was established to do and
beta made its own folder and installation. I just read
and followed the directions of the E-mail, only had one
hitch, my main drive is (I). just a small correction and
walla, no problems here.
AldaronTavish
Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:35 pm
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JacobKell wrote:
DeIncRampage wrote:Is there a reason that you installed BETA into your main SWG folder? That is the ONLY way it would have messed up your game....
Nope seperate directory,it wont actually let you overwrite the main directory with the beta install,you have to create a new folder,which i did. What the instaler seemed to do for me was rather than edit/copy/paste the files from the main directory,it directly dragged them across between folders. My original instal directory had all the critical files missing after beta install and thus i couldnt run the normal game on the pc i installed beta on,beta however worked fine. Reinstalation in the main folder fixed the issue for me and i can now happily run both
Yep that's what happened to me except I didn't realise it did that and I couldn't find an uninstall for the beta so I deleted the folder, and along with it my profiles
Couldn't let it install to the c: as default because that is just about full and only for my system files. I hate the fact some programs INSIST on being installed there.
true_Kieran
Sat Oct 16, 2004 7:41 pm
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Smuggler_Caylin wrote:
8.5g of SWG on my hard drive... All seperate installations.
Live/Test/Beta
Message Edited by Smuggler_Caylin on 10-16-2004 12:14 PM
If you weren't a corr, I'd say that's kind of nuts...
duncje
Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:31 am
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Hrm... strange. When I went to install JtL Beta, I picked a different directory, and it told me something along the lines of "SWGClient_r not found in that location, do you want to continue with install?" I assumed this meant it had to be installed in the same directory. I do have separate folders for SWG and the Beta, as well as the TestCenter install.
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