Relic

Hi everyone,

With the release of today’s 2.201 patch, please note that due to an error in the 2.103 patch you will need to either manually apply the 2.201 patch or re-install the game. The instructions below only apply if your game is currently patched to 2.103:

a) Manual application of the 2.103 - 2.201 patch.

1. Load Company of Heroes and download the 2.201 patch.
2. Once the patch transfer is complete, exit the game.
3. Browse to the following folder to find the patch file:

XP Users: C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\Patch

Vista Users: C:\Users\username\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\Patch
4. Double click the on the ##_2103_2201_Patch.exe file. (## designates a language prefix)
5. Apply the patch.
6. Launch Company of Heroes.

b) Re-installing the game.

1. Uninstall Company of Heroes via Control Panel or Start Menu (THQ -> Company of Heroes -> Uninstall).
2. Do not check the box that opts to remove your saved games. This will ensure that previously downloaded patches are not removed.
3. Install Company of Heroes.
4. Load Company of Heroes and download the patch to 2.201. Users who have installed the original Company of Heroes will need to apply the megapatch, then patch to 2.201.
5. Apply the patch
6. Launch Company of Heroes.

We are sorry for the inconvenience this issue may have created and we appreciate your patience.

The Relic Team

Moe-edit:
When do I have to reinstall?

Bonnet

Please keep this to technical discussion only. ALl other patch related chat goes in the changelog stickied thread.

nuttyjawa

This is slightly confusing? Does this mean the patch is out now as my game isn't downloading anything when i log in?

Moe

Said thread can be found here.

Relic

No, the patch will be out shortly.

Arcinatus

ok so...if we never downloaded the latest bugged patch..meaning we still have..umm..1.03? or something...cant remember the #...we wont have to manually install the patch or reinstall the game? just clarifying...i'm kinda tired..

err nvm...went to moe's link...i know whats going on now....nvm..again..

Hartmann

So what I understand is that the issue with the automatic application lies in the 2.103 patch, and not 2.200/2.201?

Rankles

Yeah from what I understand the huge cuffuffle with 2.200 was caused by an error in 2.103 not 2.200.

This means we all have to manually install the new patch.

I'm curious though, what about those who don't read forums? Won't they try and do it automatically?

Hartmann

Not much choice there, they're gonna have to apply it manually. It shouldn't be to hard to find out.

On a side note, Relic just went down. Patch time already?!?

Inflatable

Yeah, potential big problem there..

Hartmann

They going to have to find out, there's not a whole much Relic can do about it.
But then again, people are idiots.

Rankles

I understand it's easy to figure out for some but then if that was all that was wrong with the 2.2 problem surely rolling back the patches was a bit hasty? Either way I'm happy, just glad we can finally patch up!

The Great British Empire

The servers are down, I hope its to update them to 2.201.

LowlyGrunt

I expect they'll put the instructions on Relic Online. If not, we'll have it all to ourselves. Hehe.

GerryHYH

Servers are down, unable to update the game.

The Great British Empire

Lol, I would have thought that it wouldn't matter, the only people who moan are us fourm goers ^_^

Rankles

Oh ok, it says it will close the program and patch automatically but doesn't start the install - I'm assuming to prevent the bug from happening.

Cool. Manually installing now...

Viper Strike

Very discommoding to uninstall and reinstall...

Sle

Ok, so from what I understand, we don't *have* to reinstall, in fact that would be unnecessary, as we can simply apply the patch from within

mydocuments/mygames/coh/patch

Right?

LowlyGrunt

Thats what I'm doing right now, so I hope so.

Sle

Fingers crossed then. I'm sure they don't mean to be so vague.

philidor18x

The patch is not working for steam users. Hopefully this isn't going to take several days to get the patch to Steam, as it has before. I regret buying this game from steam at all now, but not so much I want to go out and buy a new copy just so I can play.

Any ETA on getting the patch from Steam?

Viper Strike

Let me know if it works when you launch the patch from " My Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\Patch " works without having to reinstall.

matthewdanese

Right, so If I have never ever installed the latest patch that was recalled, will my game be prompted to auto-update, or do I still need to do this manual install. I am at work, just want to know what to expect when I get home and try this.

Vintage

You have to manually install it. Me and some other users are guinea piging it right now so you will find out soon if it works.

Shaitan

It will be prompted to autoupdate either way, it just may not autopatch (after you download it, depending on your version).

Warnstaff

My NA retail version didn't autostart, only autodownload. That may be why this thread was created.

Oh, and mine is not broken post-patch.

mukkel

Hi everyone,

The only version of the game that requires you manually apply the patch is 2.103. This is the result of a bug in the 2.103 game client. The bug does not exist in any other version of the client.

A newly installed version of Opposing Fronts will need to apply one patch (2.101 - 2.201) in order to get to the latest version of the game.

Hope this clarifies things slightly.

Thanks,
mukkel

Vintage

Well I am up and running on the server now. They have the instructions in this thread on the server to help people who don't visit the forum I guess, but I don't see how they can log in and read the news if they are forced to restart the game everytime they click multiplayer due to the patch auto downloading and forcing you to restart.

Oh man I hope this is just a temporary side effect, but nearly all the games have red X's now.

The server just went down, I'm gonna go get some food then try again in 20 minutes.

kingkillerducky

Hi

Just to say that I have manully applied the 2.103 - 2.201 patch and everything looks fine. I was able to join game.


The whole process took about 30mins to apply the fix.

I just followed the instrustions in the original post for manually appling the patch.

maxfly77bis

im really really lucky im just install a new mainboard I have reformatted the pc and reinstall coh....now I see hmmmm strange i have all patch backed up and it downloads anyway a patch....strange not strange is 2.201 !!! i think u must reinstall the game...for have no problem....

Homer Killsome

My problem is I have CoH installed from DVD and CoH: OF from Steam. What do I do?

I started CoH: OF via Steam and downloaded the patch. It was of 112.65MB. I then exited the game and tried to manually install it like it says here on the forum. An error message came up.

I uninstalled CoH (but not CoH: OF) and luckily for me I had allready downloaded all patches so the latest patch I applied was the monster patch of ca 1.8GB.

I then started CoH and it said I needed a patch of about 114.74MB. It is at this point my problems begin. The patch will not download.

I then tried to start CoH: OF and it said I needed a patch of 112.65MB. I know I have allready downloaded it, but I press OK to download it and it states I am done downloading and the game exits. When I try to manually apply the patch it just comes up an error message saying "This patch updates Company of Heroes version 2.103, but you appear to have version 2.101.0 installed already. To download the latest patches, run CoH and log in to Relic Online. (Error code 10244)"

What do I do? Is the download server down since I cannot download the patch with a size of 114MB?

kunoxs

Any eta on when steam users can enjoy CoH again?

Ashmole3110

It keeps saying I have 2.200 so it can't install 2.201...

scoiatollo

well do you have 2.2?

If yes reinstall and don't patch to 2.2 as said a couple of times now

philidor18x

I cannot download the patch. Retail COH, Steam OF..

When I start COH:OF it says I dont have the right version and a patch is not available. If I download the patch from the link provided and attempt to run it manually it says I dont have a valid COH installation.

Do I need to reinstall or wait? I want to play, but at least I would like to know what I am supposed to do.

EDIT: I currently have v2.103

Bonnet

What version of the game do you have (its in the lower left hand corner of the splash screen).

v00lks

Once again Relic fails. This game was once so great, why does Relic insist on ruining it???

Ashmole3110

No I have 2.103.

Schwarzwald

just manual installed client says 2.201.0 is that correct?

Sierra Oscar

I know it has been asked already - but any ETA as to when this patch will come to steam?

diLuca

can we get this darn site updated already please?

the german patch on GR.replays is broken/notavailable/idontrealycarecauseiwantmypatchinRO

this is not funny anymore relic

Unicous

diluca, the patch is alright. patched it just a few minutes ago. just tell us what the problem/error code is. i had a problem patching because i did not have enough space free on the drive. you need at least 4 to 5 gb.

diLuca

i get a prompt message before login to download a 42,94MB patch. after klicking ok i get the message (translated): "the patch couldnt be downloaded. switching back to main menu. please try again later"

i foresee another nightmare to get this hicked up game running AGAIN

ps: 50gigs free space on drive should be enuf (but i start to doubt it since its relic)

Roush

I bought COH off of Steam. I'm currently downloading the patch in game should I wait for steam to update the patch or should I be fine with the in game download?

nomex

can't download the german version either! ingame it tells me that the patch isn't available and i should retry later!!

WHERE IS THE GERMAN VERSION!!!! Why is the link broken?

throdgrain

Sorry, but this is piss poor

Ashmole3110

Oh I should also mention I bought COH hardcopy but OF on steam. I guess it must be a steam problem.

Unicous

german version:

http://coh.esgnserver.de/?w=downloa...ntid=5&id=0&t=1