Patch "Corruption" Fix - Updated 18/12/04 - PLEASE TAKE THE POLL

[tEM]

UPDATE (by Church)

The patch might be exiting with the corruption error because it can't access one of DoW's files, because other software is currently accessing that same file.
The easiest solution is to install the patch in safe mode.

During boot-up, press F8. A menu will appear with multiple boot choices, choose "Safe Mode" (should be the first one) and hit enter.

This only loads a minimum of software and drivers, so your graphics may look weird. Install the patch (may take a long time), and reboot into normal mode.





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UPDATE (by Moe)

I added a poll to this first post. Please "vote" for whatever option applies to you. Multiple votes are possible.
Important note: Please only select option #1 if your file was in fact corrupt, i.e. if either re-downloading the patch helped or if the checksum test came up with a different result than the one posted below.


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UPDATE (by Sensori)

Apparently the installer needs a lot of space in the temporary directory. Windows places its temporary files to the partition it itself is in by default.

Try either freeing up an additional 2-3 GB of space on your C:\ partition (deleting files, uninstalling programs, repartitioning), or changing the location of your temp directory.

This can be done via the control panel. Right-click on "My computer".
Select "Properties"
Select the "Advanced" tab.
Click on "Environment Variables"

Now you can change the location of both the "Temp" and the "TMP" directories to a drive that has at least 3 GB of free space.

Note: Win9x and ME users can change their temp dir location by adding the line " set temp=[drive]:\temp\" to their autoexec.bat file. ([drive] is the drive where you want the temporary directory to be, for example "set temp=d:\temp\")

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UPDATE (by aevoc)

For users with INTERNATIONAL version of the game only :

if you patched your game with the ENGLISH patch version 1.01, you will never be able to patch it to version 1.10 with either version english ou international... you need to reinstall.

so be sure to check you have applied the INTERNATIONAL 1.01 patch. most of the 1.01 patchs on the net are for the english version, i found the international 1.01 patch here :
http://dofw.free.fr/update/dow_101_Int.exe

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UPDATE (by Moe)

This is a way to see if your downloaded file is in fact corrupt, or if the problem is something else. You will calculate a so-called md5 checksum, and compare it to the one posted on this thread. If they match, your file should be ok. To calculate the sum, please just follow those simple steps one by one:

(1) Go here and download md5sums.zip.
(2) Extract the file to your C:\ partition
(3) Copy the patch file, "DoW-110-English.exe", to your C:\ partition as well (you may delete it after this again)
(4) Click start, select "run", and type "cmd", then hit enter.
(5) A DOS window will appear. Type "C:" and hit enter
(6) Type "md5sums DoW-110-English.exe" and hit enter.
(7) You will get a small table, the entry on the right is your MD5 sum.

Check your MD5 sum against this one:
32e1fb267ea66ed552a9b11bf30df23c

If your checksum matches, then your patch is ok, which means that you don't have to download it again, and that the problem is somewhere else.
If the checksums don't match, you will need to download the patch again.

Note that this is for the English version only, if those of you with an international version could post your checksums here as well, that'd be great.

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UPDATED 11/7/04:

You can find patch 1.10 mirrors in this thread:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=46423

Recommended Fixes:
Moe Said:

New idea, thanks to Corsix. Try this:
(Corsix) I think i found some info on patch corruption
(Corsix) if you get corrupt, look in your DoW folder for patch.err
(Corsix) it should giv the name of corrupt file
(Corsix) eg. ENTRY: W40k.module
(Corsix) then extract the corrupted files from the data files on your CDs
(Corsix) worked for me!

See if you can get this to work before reinstalling. Extract files from the data files on your CD using winRAR.
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Make sure you are using the ORIGINAL EXE - nocd crack will prevent the patch from working. Sometimes, even when replaced with the original, it still won't work. Possible solution? Don't use nocd cracks. Learn that swapping discs doesn't take THAT much time away from your gaming.
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Uninstall Dawn of War.
- manually make sure that all files in \dawn of war\ are deleted
- even delete the directory.
Reinstall Dawn of War - a fresh installation.
Download the 1.01 patch for your language.
Install the 1.01 patch onto your fresh install.
Download the 1.10 patch for your language, either autoupdate or download from mirror.
Make sure you have at least 2gigs free (this is reported to help, but results have been mixed.
Defrag your hard drive - also reported to help, but results have been mixed.
Install the 1.10 patch.
It should install, and work.
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I got it to work. Here's how and possibly why.

I had installed some skin mods - not actual schemes created in the editor, but skins that were added via a .lua or something - they became part of the default skins set.

I think that these prevented me from installing the patch.

I took drastic measures - I reinstalled because I couldn't find where those files were, and lo -

After a Fresh Install, I was able to install both patch 1.01 and 1.10.

If you are able to remove those files that were changed, you should be able to install.

Otherwise, fresh reinstall and patch

1.00 -> 1.01-> 1.10

Worked for me.

Godspeed.

[Magus]

Did that. No effect.

Edit: And tried about 3 different sources for the patch, and completely removing/adding user files

[Reichstaag]

I just spent a while downloadin the patch (which i am thankfull for), but as i was startin the setup process it said an error message kind of saying the patch was corrupted? Do i need to reinstall 1st? is the file saved on a directory on my pc so i dont have to download again?

[Reichstaag]

Actually dnt worry i am downloadin from fileshack which is a hell of a lot faster - about 10 mins compared to like 30 mins through the game! Ill install from scratch and go from there.

[cento]

Ok, I am also having trouble.

I have the original cd install, no previous patch. No mods, no cracks, nothing but a basic install of the US version.

When I try to install the patch, on the third screen on the patch apllication, I get this message:

"Warning! Error.

Patching error: This patch should not be applied to your version of Dawn of War."

Any ideas?

Do I need to install the 1.01 patch first? Does anyone have a handy link for it?

[VeSa]

Ok, I am also having trouble.

I have the original cd install, no previous patch. No mods, no cracks, nothing but a basic install of the US version.

When I try to install the patch, on the third screen on the patch apllication, I get this message:

"Warning! Error.

Patching error: This patch should not be applied to your version of Dawn of War."

Any ideas?

Do I need to install the 1.01 patch first? Does anyone have a handy link for it?

i have the exact same problem, does anyone at all know if DoW can be patched to 1.1 straight from 1.0 without 1.01 ?

[velvetpoet]

doesnt work for me. bummer.

[Reichstaag]

heres a link for patch 1.01. I reinstalled and rant is, then ran next patch. Gota get new NO-CD now 2. Oh wel at leaast the game bugz r fixed, hope no new ones show up!

http://files.filefront.com/3644638;/...ial%20Patches/

[RisingPhoenix]

Hmm, I went fine.
Anyway, I've found 1.01 links:
http://www.download.com/Warhammer-40...-10323099.html
http://dawnofwar.filefront.com/file/...31853#Download

Edit: If you are using a no-cd crack there is a zero percent chance of this working. If you're using the no-cd crack and own the game... why? If you don't... BUY IT (This game is worth it a dozen times over)! You should NEVER expect patches/games to work properly after 3rd party file add-ons, and you shouldn't complain when they fail.

[velvetpoet]

i did a complete resinstall early today, ran first patch but get the same corruption error on second. The first time i ran the second patch it went through but when i started the game it didnt take effect. Im not using a nocd file.

[Tranj]

i have the exact same problem, does anyone at all know if DoW can be patched to 1.1 straight from 1.0 without 1.01 ?

You need to patch to 1.01 before going to 1.10

[Cure]

Ok I have done the re-install followed by the 1.01 patch, then
when I tried to install the 1.1 patch it "Corruption errored" again.
I've downloaded it about 4 different times, from different sources,
Not one of them works.


--------Very very Frustrated...

[velvetpoet]

Same here i also uninstalled any virtual drives i had installed, just to see if it made a difference. Nada. I just reinstalled everything once again and i get the same problem.

[seto]

Confirmed, Patch 1.10 is NOT inclusive. You need to have your game patched to 1.01 for 1.10 to install! You can manually install patch 1.01 or get it via the MultiUser login in DOW.

[Asgardian]

New installation, patch to 101, patch to 110 ... and still it's "corrupted". Downloaded three times, from various sources, including the in-game patcher.

From my point of view, this patch has some serious problems.

[Kingslayer]

seto.. when the devs say the 1.01 patch is needed.. i dont think MORE confirmation is required lol

asgardian... if you have aim or something like that i can send it to ya

[velvetpoet]

yeah what a bummer, i got to play one game today then my friend told me to sign off and back on to get the patch and ive been down since. look its great if this fixed worked for some of you but its obvouse that its not working for everyone. Ive downloaded from the in game as well as from 3 sites, ive resinstalled everything twice, untilled demon tools (seen it cause problesm in the past) and its still a no go. Ill give it a couple of days to fix itself but its a real bummer to be cut off like this

[{Unholy}Scorp]

u guys are complaining about download times what speed internet and u using im using 1500/256 DSL in Australia and i download of US server and i download the patch in 4 minutes

[Asgardian]

Well, now this is strange .....

For no reason whatsoever, I decided to try patching the game with the 1.10 patch again ... for something like the tenth or eleventh time. As usual, the patch failed with the "corrupted" error message. Nothing new there.

Because this thread recommends uninstalling DoW, I took in upon myself to just "bite the bullet" and do it, even if I think forcing someone to unistall/re-install a program of this size is a bit much. Heck, I only installed it for the first time a few days ago, and haven't installed anything except for the 1.01 patch.

When I was getting ready to uninstall, however, I decided to uninstall a totally unrelated game instead (Empire Earth). The notion of uninstalling DoW, only to re-install and re-patch it a minute later, seems a little ridiculous to me, I guess.

After uninstalling Empire Earth, I decided to try the patch again. After all, it couldn't hurt, right? And, hey, maybe uninstalling a program--any program--might loosen something up. And guess what?

It worked!

I don't know what that means. Perhaps the 'corrupted' error message is indicative of the patch being overly sensitive to something more generally associated with the install/uninstall mechanism of windows and/or the system registry. All I know is that it's finally working ... and due to no particular reason that I can pin down.

[Gib_goblin]

Dear Relic

I am having troubles and have come here looking for anyones help please?

Just completed the campaign today and tried to play online for the first time...I had to install the first patch ok. But the second is like you all say, it downloads all fine and runs install, but at the end says patch corrupted try again.

Well I have gone so far as to uninstall and LOOSE my saved campaign just in case that was a problem, I have no other moding stuff and it works perfect when not online.

I've tried uninstalling - then rebooting - installing and logging on to get path 1.01
Then rebooting to safe mode - and running 1.1 patch (which I've downloaded twice no from server and mirror site). Still fails at end of patch.

Please tell me what I must to do make it work, I'll be taking the game back to my shop on Monday, its less than a week old and if it doesn't work online, then its breaking trades description act when I have a system upto spec that works standalone but not online.

Thank you in advance for I hope to play online instead of returning game.

David Haselden

[Dyrvom]

Same situation as Cure. Friday night was gonna be a good night for DoW, but now I've been held off for 2.5 hours... I need to go to sleep soon...

[Cure]

I feel your pain Dyrvom...

God this sucks, I've spent about 4 hours now on trying to
patch this.

So far have tried:
1. Re-patching 1.01 first
2. Defragmenting comp.
3. Re-installing DOW and the 1.01 patch before the 1.1.
4. Spitting at my computer and crying for awhile.
5. Searching every inch of google and these forums looking
for a remedy to the dreaded "Corruption Error."

By the way..I have no cracks, no Demon Tools or Alchohol Tools,
Nor any DOW mods or anything.

I love DOW sooo much and its frustrating that I can't even
patch it.

Someone from Relic please save us...

[Reichstaag]

If you are using a no-cd crack there is a zero percent chance of this working. If you're using the no-cd crack and own the game... why? If you don't... BUY IT (This game is worth it a dozen times over)! You should NEVER expect patches/games to work properly after 3rd party file add-ons, and you shouldn't complain when they fail.

Risingphoenix - i did buy the game because i support the whole warhammer thing. I just use NO-CD's because i hate having to change disks all the time and my drive makes noise!

I believe the NO-CD stopped me from being able to do the patch immediately. Anyway starting from scratch definately worked for me and should work for everyone else. Just uninstall, reinstall, do patch 1.01 from http://files.filefront.com/3644638;...cial%20Patches/, Run the 1.10 patch (i used a mirror as it is much faster), and there you go.

I actually moved my profile out of the directory just in case and then put it back in after all this. Version 1.10 looks good. Happy there is no F2 bug - EAT CHOPPA 'UMIES!!! Won my 1st 2 battles in "blood river". Hope you all get on soon!

[Black_Krigsi]

If you're using the no-cd crack and own the game... why? If you don't... BUY IT

Cause maybe people dont want to scratch the original. Or maybe they dont like swapping it with other cd's.

I personally like to keep all my expensive software in a cd wallet that is kept in a fire safe at home.

I don't know about you, but I would perfer to download a couple of kilobites worth of a no-cd patch, than buying a new CD.

Yes, I agree people should buy the game legitimatly, but whats wrong with patching afterwards.

Anyways, thats what I think.

[velvetpoet]

i think its a bit unfair to say that because an unistall reinstall fixed your problem it should work for everyone because obvously this isnt the case as many have stated it didnt work for them. Ive even gone as far as checking my registry files.

[LamerBurn]

Ive got the same errors as you with my INT Version and INT Patch!

Patch corrupted!
Plz download and try again

[Jazkal]

I had the same problems as above. even a fresh install didn't work. Had to do a complete defrag of the system, and that worked.

Don't know why that would do anything, but saw the suggestion over here:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=46425

[nachricht4]

I ran into the same problem and i fixed it by simply trying to patch it again and it worked. i didn't change anything except put the 1st cd back in the drive /shrug

[GriNGoLoCo]

they should include all previous patch fixes in the latest patch. oh well... start downloading 1.01

Later,
GriNGoLoCO

[Zabojca]

I've tried all of the above (the w40k.exe fix, reinstalling the entire game, patching from in the game, from outside the game, etc) and nothing.

The only things that seem to work which I haven't tried is a total defrag (that's next) or just having it randomly decide to work (that would be nice).

[Axeman]

I am by no means suggesting this will fix everybody's problem but it just fixed mine.

Check how much disk space you have, I had a couple of hundred meg left and it wouldn't work, after a million reinstalls and downloading from different sites I tried freeing up some space and what do you know it worked. Someone previously suggested they got their's to work by uninstalling another game, disk space might be the answer as oppossed to a registry thing

[Nailman]

Dont htinks that space is the problem, cause i got over 15gig left on my computer and it still dosent work

[Domineus]

Here is how I got mine to work. (Before this I suggest you copy your local.ini file so you can keep your original settings for later, I didn't and had to redo all my custom graphics settings) I first uninstalled the game. Then I moved all remaining files in the folder (like profiles, badges and banners, screenshots, replays, and all modding files and programs, basically the important stuff you want to keep) into a new temporary folder. Then I deleted the original DOW directory and completely reinstalled the game from scratch, then once the game was reinstalled I updated to version 1.01 then to 1.10. After that I ran the game and let the graphics config tool run and everything then exited. Then I moved the files from the temporary folder back into the main DOW directory. (Of course for those of you who do not care about what is in the current directory can just simply unistall the game, delete the original folder, then reinstall and update, but you lose all personal settings and saved games). Basically the patch is a pain if you do not start out with a fresh install of DOW WITHOUT any modded files or additions or basically any other files than the original ones that are installed. I could not pinpoint which file was corrupted because it stopped at a different file every time. My computer automatically defrags itself at night so that was not the problem. Hope this helps someone.

[Zabojca]

That's not the problem everyone is having though. Many of us (myself included) did start with a fresh copy and still get the corrupt patch error.

When I reinstalled I got rid of everything...my profile, my custom banners, etc. All gone, all fresh, and still didn't work.

[Domineus]

Errrrr, that sucks, I have no clue then, this same problem appeared on both of my computers and doing the same thing fixed them both, wish I could help out more.

EDIT: Do you have any system performance or maintnence programs running on your pc's. The reason I ask is because I use a program which protects the recycle bin and creates backups of ALL files removed from the computer (whether they are from unistalls or just deleted stuff sent to the RB) and keeps them until I tell it to perminently remove the files, and when I try to reinstall anything the system program has it check the protected files first and copies matching files it finds in there and then copies new content that is not found. If you have stuff like that running in the background you may want to "empty" your protected files folder.

[Zabojca]

It's all good man, not your fault. Thanks for all the help you have given anyway. I'm thinking the patch has some sort of issue with something (os, another game, disk space, etc) and that's why it's giving some of us problems.

[RisingPhoenix]

Hmm, if everyone having this problem could report OS and video card we might see something... Basically Relic is going to have to see a lot of problems with complete system information attached.

[Zabojca]

Windows XP Pro

Geforce2 MX/MX 400

DirectX 9.0b

Other than that no idea what is needed. And I know that my pc is a bit under the system requirments (ram, processor, etc) but it's been running great up until this patch so I don't think it's my lack of processor power or what not.

[tEM]

I am running an ENGLISH (american) version of the game. I uninstalled completely, including MANUALLY removing ALL user data - I then installed the 1.01 patch and a 1.10 patch, both downloaded from outside sources.

I also disabled ALL antivirus and firewall software.

Good luck.

[Zabojca]

I'll try the defrag first, if that doesn't work I'll do the same I guess (I didn't manually remove left over files if there were any but the rest I did already). I'm at my wits end though so I'm not against trying it again.

[tEM]

Please post if you find a way to fix it other than that described in this thread - it will help the community.

[Domineus]

These are my specs, I included a list of system and security software as well. I had all of those turned off when I installed the patch.

-Windoes XP Home Edition w/ SP2
-Norton System Works, Antivirus, and Security, Webroot Spy Sweeper, Spybot, Spyware Blaster
-2 GHz Intel Celeron
-512 RAM
-64 MB Intel Extreme Integrated Graphics
-40 GB Hard Drive

[Diivil]

Defragging worked for me. Patch ran fine.

[bugmeless]

I have no idea what i changed to get it working.. It seems totaly random as to when it will decide to work or not.
I was on the verge of uninstalling the game then reinstalling but i gave it one last shot and it seemed to work.

Maybe the custom banners i moved our had something to do with it ?,
Maybe downloading the patch for the 15th time had something to do with it ?
Maybe freeing up some space had something to do with it ?..

Not sure, but i will contribute something to this thread that hasnt been mentioned yet.

http://ocs.thq.com/patches/DawnOfWar...10-english.exe

Here is the direct link to the 110 patch, i suggest downloading the page manually and running it manually to troubleshoot this issue.

(When i finally got it working i ran this from my desktop so it does not appear it matters where you run this patch from )


/end my 2 cents.

[Zefyris]

Well, now this is strange .....

For no reason whatsoever, I decided to try patching the game with the 1.10 patch again ... for something like the tenth or eleventh time. As usual, the patch failed with the "corrupted" error message. Nothing new there.

Because this thread recommends uninstalling DoW, I took in upon myself to just "bite the bullet" and do it, even if I think forcing someone to unistall/re-install a program of this size is a bit much. Heck, I only installed it for the first time a few days ago, and haven't installed anything except for the 1.01 patch.

When I was getting ready to uninstall, however, I decided to uninstall a totally unrelated game instead (Empire Earth). The notion of uninstalling DoW, only to re-install and re-patch it a minute later, seems a little ridiculous to me, I guess.

After uninstalling Empire Earth, I decided to try the patch again. After all, it couldn't hurt, right? And, hey, maybe uninstalling a program--any program--might loosen something up. And guess what?

It worked!

I don't know what that means. Perhaps the 'corrupted' error message is indicative of the patch being overly sensitive to something more generally associated with the install/uninstall mechanism of windows and/or the system registry. All I know is that it's finally working ... and due to no particular reason that I can pin down.

!!!!!

Me too!

i had like only 95 meg free space in my hard disk and had the same probleme as above... patch corrupted again and again!
BUT i uninstalled ut2k4 and tribes 3 beta ,then retried, having 6gig free space(didn't try just after uninstalling tribes thought). it worked perfectly.

Here is what i think : the patch need a lot of place to work . Really MORE than people thinks. both uninstalling other games/deleting some files, or sometimes defrag can solve your problem (that and removing added .lua files of course)!
Try to have really more space on your HD, then retry !

(BTW, sorry for my english, i am french, it is well know that we are bad at speaking other languages :P)

[SkullCrusher888]

I replaced my NO-CD crack with the original file, after that I finally was able to patch correctly! Maybe this works for some of you guys as well!

[Moe]

Guys, do you have DoW installed on your c:\ partition or on a different one?

[Sorrow_Pain]

what i did and worked for me ( i had CD 1 in drive during the process just fyi ):

i did re install the game after deleting files/reg ( official path ),

used patch 1.01

then tried 1.10 and i got the file corrupt thing...

BUT

if you do

install then 1.01 then LAUNCH game to configure video / create profile then QUIT the game then apply 1.10 it appears to work

so i think you just need to launch game between 101 and 110 to get it work of course don t put back your saved profile/games/... in between

and yes again you can forget about your no-cd exe

[Zefyris]

Guys, do you have DoW installed on your c:\ partition or on a different one?

don't know if u also want to know for those who already solved their own problem, but
it was(and it is) on G:\ partition for me... Do u think that only peoples who don't install on C:\ get this problem?? Oo

[WereX]

My problem:

The patch kept telling me that it war corrupted. I downloaded it from the ingame interface, as well as from two mirrors, and all 3 files reported the same error.

What I tried:

I reinstalled the game 3 times, to 3 different directories(neither of which were on the c: drive), and the patch still reported the error. Following this, I defragged my hd using the VoptXP tool, but the error persisted.

How I got it to work:

At the verge of giving up, I tried freeing up 1.5 gigs of space on the drive that the patch ran from(the game was also installed on this drive). Following this, the patch started with no errors.

Hope this helps.