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Offline SerratedSabre

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Auto-Updater borked
« on: August 18, 2012, 12:31:55 pm »
Well, that was a thing. I'm trying to install the latest update, but apparently AVWW auto-update just hangs when it's supposed to be used. Is there any way I can just reinstall just the auto-updater (since it seems to be its own separate thing) to see if that fixes the issue? It's worked fine in the past, so I find it kinda odd, especially since I have no explanation for it. My version of the game is 1.205, if that info helps.
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2012, 12:34:13 pm »
Windows or OSX?  I can upload the updater file for you.
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2012, 01:29:34 pm »
It's a Windows.
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2012, 01:32:53 pm »
Here you go!
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2012, 02:36:00 pm »
Oh dear, that didn't work at all, which makes me think it has nothing to do with the auto-updater at all. I don't want to reinstall AVWW entirely, since I don't think that would help. However, it's not a permissions issue since the other updates went through fine. It is a mystery.  :-\
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2012, 07:04:38 pm »
Hmm, that's very odd!
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2012, 12:03:58 pm »
Quote from: SerratedSabre on August 18, 2012, 02:36:00 pm
Oh dear, that didn't work at all, which makes me think it has nothing to do with the auto-updater at all. I don't want to reinstall AVWW entirely, since I don't think that would help. However, it's not a permissions issue since the other updates went through fine. It is a mystery.  :-\

You check the usual suspects? Antivirus, other security related programs, firewalls, etc? Boot into safe mode (with networking) and try it there?
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2012, 05:24:42 pm »
Nope, safe mode with networking still has it hang. My next question is: what happens if I try to run the auto-updater manually if there is no update? Would it hang in a similar fashion? I'm thinking there's a possibility that it doesn't see the update for some reason. I scrounged around in the files and noticed the zip file with the update was there, which kind of supports that idea.
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2012, 05:28:50 pm »
If the files have been downloaded, then running the updater manually should normally work a-ok.
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2012, 01:27:12 pm »
My updater always hangs just when it should be finishing, but killing the task and then starting the game always results in it working anyway. Not sure if that's related or a different issue. It started with AVWW and now sometimes happens in AIW as well. And the problem has followed me from win XP when I upgraded to win 7. Very odd, but it hasn't caused any issues so I don't really worry about it.
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2012, 03:43:21 pm »
I had the AIW updater hang on me once, but it finished normally a few minutes later.  And that's once out of a bunch of times.
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Re: Auto-Updater borked
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2012, 03:45:26 pm »
If my input helps, I've got Windows 7, I've just always downloaded and installed the updates through the in-game 'download and install' button... and they just work. I've always had Windows 7 as I play these games, and it's never had any issues hanging. So.. at a guess maybe it's some kind of hardware issue, if not a software conflict.
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