Download client on laptop, transferred to PC.

Download client on laptop, transferred to PC.

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Posted by: Eieolon.5083

Eieolon.5083

So i pay for my data at home, and i decided to download the game on my laptop at the library then take it home and transfer it to my PC via EHD. My laptop doesn’t have good specs so it couldn’t play it but it said it was ready to play i thought. It seemed to be all patched up so i took it home and put it on my PC, start the game client and it brings up a small window that said it was Downloading _____KB and ___KB per second. I figured it may be just a small update so i let it go 30MB but still didn’t work. I didn’t want to use all my data up on a download so i cancelled it.

Anyone have any problems like this? Or are there any other file locations that i missed other than Program Files x86: Guild Wars 2? I’ll probably end up taking it back to the library and see if i missed any patches but i was hoping to see if anyone had a solution before i did so. Appreciate any feedback!

Edit:

So i hooked my laptop up to my internet at home and decided to try and load it. It goes to that little patch screen but skips the downloading and initializes into the launcher where you can sign-in and press “play”.

It seems like i’m missing files here, the game client doesn’t try and download when i put the disc in, it just goes straight to patching. Are the patch files located separate from the Guild Wars 2 folder?

For example, WoW has a separate file/program for its launcher titled as Battle.net in a diff location than the actual WoW folder. Am i missing a launcher file possibly?

Download client on laptop, transferred to PC.

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Posted by: Meow Ren.5382

Meow Ren.5382

If you want the game on your PC, you only need to move the .dat file from the EHD to your PC. If installing via disc or the official game download website, go ahead and let the process run as normal. Once it reaches the point where it starts the big data download, stop the installer. Go to the folder the installer created for the game on your PC and replace the incomplete .dat file with the one from the EHD. That should “fool” the game on your PC into thinking it’s complete. It should run normally after that (give or take any patches/updates).