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[alaskanwyvern]

Every time I try to patch, I get this glitch. I've tried patching, I've tried clean installs, I'm about to try installing somewhere random to see what happens... I'm at wit's end, since this takes five hours to download every time. Does anyone have a fix for this, or know what causes it?

[XphR]

This could be due to many things such as:

• Bad internet connection
  
• Overactive anti-virus
  
• File corrupting infection
  
• Dieing HDD

[alaskanwyvern]

With any luck, it was the connection. My SSD is brand new, it's definitely not dying.

[bnw15]

I have the same problem and have yet to get a solution from support or the forums. I haven't been able to play the game for almost a month now. My system is great I have a stable connection and I even uninstalled my anti-virus but nothing is working.

[XphR]

bnw15, on 14 May 2015 - 04:30 PM, said:

I have the same problem and have yet to get a solution from support or the forums. I haven't been able to play the game for almost a month now. My system is great I have a stable connection and I even uninstalled my anti-virus but nothing is working.

Are you sure nothing snuck in behind your antivirus? Have you tried any anti malware and a good registry cleaner?

[bnw15]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess I don't have any viruses. Even if I do I know I did not get any around the time this problem started occurring.

The problem actually started when I ran the repair tool because it was recommended to do it before the last patch or two. After that MWO stopped working when I tried to drop in a game. Then I uninstalled and reinstalled and got the MD5 problem. If I run the repair tool I just get the same problem ware MWO crashes.

[eRudenas]

I am also experiencing the same thing now. I already did everything to get the game re-installed again short of having to reformat my whole system. I already used the fixes that are posted here in the mwo site but still no luck. The last patch killed the game for me.

[XphR]

bnw15, on 14 May 2015 - 07:59 PM, said:

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess I don't have any viruses. Even if I do I know I did not get any around the time this problem started occurring.

The problem actually started when I ran the repair tool because it was recommended to do it before the last patch or two. After that MWO stopped working when I tried to drop in a game. Then I uninstalled and reinstalled and got the MD5 problem. If I run the repair tool I just get the same problem ware MWO crashes.

The repair tool is crashing?

[Palor]

If you have had any form of power failure/loss to the PC the SSD could have corrupted data. I found the SSD's are really only useful as a boot drive.

[bnw15]

Palor, on 15 May 2015 - 07:00 AM, said:

If you have had any form of power failure/loss to the PC the SSD could have corrupted data. I found the SSD's are really only useful as a boot drive.

I actually have a hybrid drive. But again I don't recall any power failures around the time of this happening. I do have a secondary drive and one thing I was thinking is maybe downloading it on that drive and then transferring it into my primary.

XphR, on 14 May 2015 - 11:31 PM, said:

The repair tool is crashing?

No. Running the repair tool gets me a few seconds past the patch screen in which the program itself stops responding.

[XphR]

bnw15, on 17 May 2015 - 11:03 AM, said:

I actually have a hybrid drive. But again I don't recall any power failures around the time of this happening. I do have a secondary drive and one thing I was thinking is maybe downloading it on that drive and then transferring it into my primary.

No. Running the repair tool gets me a few seconds past the patch screen in which the program itself stops responding.

So you are no longer receiving the MD5 and launching the game is stalling either at the end of the patcher or before the title screen? Or is the repair tool never run without MD5 errors and you are just attempting to launch even though its not repaired?

[Tarl Cabot]

What has not been mentioned, and the files hit this on incoming and when being unpacked for play is system ram.

Unstable or bad ram, or bad memory slots will also cause the issues. And uninstalling a 3rd party antivirus program does not stop Windows Defender from activating and running.

On the unstable part, it could simply be due to the system dynamically adjusting settings/timing/speed (usually this is default), with a borderline bad stick causing the issues. Additional culprit is a failing/underpowered (specific rails) PSU.

[Goose]

http://www.memtest.org/

http://www.memtest86.com/

Pick one, then pick the disk version, if you BIOS is a BIOS, or else the USB model for UEFI.

One lap tends to take ~45 minutes; The second one bumps the total up to almost four hours: You should know how bad your RAM is by then …

[bnw15]

XphR, on 17 May 2015 - 12:07 PM, said:

So you are no longer receiving the MD5 and launching the game is stalling either at the end of the patcher or before the title screen? Or is the repair tool never run without MD5 errors and you are just attempting to launch even though its not repaired?

If I click patch I get the MD5 error. If I skip the patch all together and run the repair tool it then crashes immediately after I hit the launch button.

Tarl Cabot, on 17 May 2015 - 01:11 PM, said:

What has not been mentioned, and the files hit this on incoming and when being unpacked for play is system ram.

Unstable or bad ram, or bad memory slots will also cause the issues. And uninstalling a 3rd party antivirus program does not stop Windows Defender from activating and running.

On the unstable part, it could simply be due to the system dynamically adjusting settings/timing/speed (usually this is default), with a borderline bad stick causing the issues. Additional culprit is a failing/underpowered (specific rails) PSU.

I don't think windows defender has a fire wall. I did however disable windows firewall and Windows smartscreen as well. It's not the PSU, im sure if it was I would have other symptoms. Everything is fairly new and I have had PSU problems in the past.

Goose, on 17 May 2015 - 02:23 PM, said:

http://www.memtest.org/

http://www.memtest86.com/

Pick one, then pick the disk version, if you BIOS is a BIOS, or else the USB model for UEFI.

One lap tends to take ~45 minutes; The second one bumps the total up to almost four hours: You should know how bad your RAM is by then …

I ran mdsched.exe and found 0 probems. I can throw my specs up if it matters. I could run the stuff you advise if you think its better.

[bnw15]

Windows 8.1
GPU: GTX 780 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5
CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz
Memory: G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866
MotherBoard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA
HD: Seagate Hybrid Drive ST2000DX001 2TB MLC/8GB 64MB - OEM
Cooling: CORSAIR Hydro Series H90 High Performance Water/Li
PSU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817438011

Edited by bnw15, 17 May 2015 - 03:50 PM.