Guild Wars 2

So the client started downloading patch and then suddenly it crashed. Once it got back up I have 260k files remaining to download..

seriously..? Is this just some file verification or I just lost almost the entire game files for no reasons?

I have the same problem. Starting download the new update and than nothing… If i reconnect than : “Connection error(s) detected. Retrying…” and nothing….

It seems to me now.. that the client is downloading the WHOLE NEW GAME…. kitten .

I check the original file location and I can still see the 17gb .dat file but the gw2.exe won’t recognize it.

Any mod response at all? This is ridiculous..

I can’t even get that. When I open up the GW2 client, I immediately get the same error that Sschindylryn is reporting. Nothing opens… and no files are downloading.

Any moderators have info about any problems?

Figured this out all by myself. Apparently if the client crashes while patching, gw2.dat will be corrupted and causes the entire game to re-download… even if the .dat is sitting there with 18gb size, gw2.exe won’t recognize it and insists that the game be re-downloaded.

What a dumb way to put everything into a single file. Crash once, lose the entire game.

Thx so much for zero help anet.

Thread closed.

I have the same problem and i have a data cap… im really irritated

Attempt the steps I outlined in hircane’s thread and see if it fixes the problems you are having.

I get you are frustrated, but you are seriously going to blame this entire issue on ANet?

There are dozens of connections between you and their servers so just ASSUMING their servers are the reason you were disconnected is not fair….internet disruptions happen and data gets corrupted. Trying to place blame and figure out who’s fault it is does not fix the problem.

With that out of the way, you need to realize that if the game “suspects” there is a problem with the GW2.DAT database, it starts downloading it again. However, you can manually try repairing the DB with the -repair option. You may need to download some files again, but at least it won’t be all of them. The thread mentioned above has the instructions and you can also find them here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

Hope this helps.

Brother Grimm.5176:

I get you are frustrated, but you are seriously going to blame this entire issue on ANet?

There are dozens of connections between you and their servers so just ASSUMING their servers are the reason you were disconnected is not fair….internet disruptions happen and data gets corrupted. Trying to place blame and figure out who’s fault it is does not fix the problem.

With that out of the way, you need to realize that if the game “suspects” there is a problem with the GW2.DAT database, it starts downloading it again. However, you can manually try repairing the DB with the -repair option. You may need to download some files again, but at least it won’t be all of them. The thread mentioned above has the instructions and you can also find them here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

Hope this helps.

1. This is not connection issue. Servers have nothing to do with this.

2. I said the game “CRASHED” during the patching process.

3. I’ve played mmos for almost 10 years, countless games, NONE… repeat NONE of them would design a game such that ONE SINGLE FILE holds everything the game has. Because when it CRASHES and gets corrupted, the entire game is blown. This happened before when the game was newly released but I thought it’s a one time thing. Guess I can’t trust Anet’s programming anymore.

4. 260k files is the WHOLE game.

5. I’m not tech-kittened. I’ve undergone at least 5 different solutions before I made this thread. I even checked my computer’s registry, scanned for malicious software, down to system restore and checked countless outdated forum threads for possible causes and solutions of the problems. There is no “assuming”

6. Don’t try to play a white knight when you don’t know what you’re talking about.

Same Problem here and none of the tricks worked, yet. Still sitting on my .dat i can’t use…