Patch 1.0.2 won't initialize

[bbydlr]

I have downloaded the newest patch for the English version of Black Shark

 

When I click on the patch icon, i get the blue circle of "windows is thinking". Nothing happens. Same thing happens when I right click. I can't even get the patch to initialize.

 

I have windows 7. 8800gtx, q6600 quad core, 4gb ram.

 

The game runs great. Can't get the patch to "patch".

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thank You.

[topdog]

You may wish to try leaving it for a long time, I would not be surprised for it to be 15-30 mins in extreme cases. Is it fair to assume you have been killing the process before this, under the expectation it is just hanging?

 

It seems the installers being used are not quite used to the packing/unpacking of such large application bases, and fail to give good feedback during this initialization time.

 

I think it was also the case for either the FC2 or another stage in the 1.0.2 BS patch where a 'Next' button appeared to lockup and do nothing for minutes at a time -- same reason -- but it does eventually get going.

 

If you're able to check that the MD5 hash (visible beside the patch download links on DCS websites) on your own locally downloaded files are the same values, you can be quite sure the integrity of the file you're trying to install from is intact (it is a far more accurate method than, say, comparing the file byte size is correct).

 

Microsoft have an MD5 tool for download if you search their site, and don't have an alternative. It's worth just checking that off as a potential problem, as well as giving the patcher an unusually long time to initialize.