Rise of Isengard Update/Patching Discussion - OFFICIAL

[korat102]

This ftw. All the Wow kiddies these days have no idea what is was like back in the day

That reminded me of the old tape drives we used to have to load programs from. Sat there for half an hour listening to beeps and buzzes then ten seconds from the end of the load, a cosmic ray shower (or something) hit it and you'd have to start again from scratch...hilarious...not.

[Cherrio]

I've changed the title of this thread with the hopes that it will help those who might have missed it and prevent the creation of multiple threads.

Europe here cant patch up says connection refused.
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might i suggest to turbine to invest in a FTP server with the patch so ppl can download it ?
or an uppgrade to the launcher it seems to not work properly.

[Sapience]

That reminded me of the old tape drives we used to have to load programs from. Sat there for half an hour listening to beeps and buzzes then ten seconds from the end of the load, a cosmic ray shower (or something) hit it and you'd have to start again from scratch...hilarious...not.

I'm old enough to remember that. The worst part was when you died and had to reload all over again. 20 minutes to load, dead in 2, reload.

[plopeye]

Well it looks like I'm going to pin the connection issues on Akamai, tbh. Despite netstat, ping and traceroute glory, also still waiting for a turn at the patching wheel...


TCP 172.31.x.x:50035 96.17.111.10:80 ESTABLISHED
[TurbineLauncher.exe]
TCP 172.31.x.x:50037 96.17.111.57:80 ESTABLISHED
[TurbineLauncher.exe]

C:\Windows\system32>nslookup 96.17.111.10
Name: a96-17-111-10.deploy.akamaitechnologies.c om
Address: 96.17.111.10

C:\Windows\system32>nslookup 96.17.111.57
Name: a96-17-111-57.deploy.akamaitechnologies.c om
Address: 96.17.111.57

[dagnic]

As for the updater, Sapience stated on Twitter that leaving the Launcher up could cause it to bug, and get stuck if left open. He advised we keep restarting it, in an attempt to get a good connection.

I left the lotro starter open. When i arrived home it had crashed. I've restarted it a few times. It keeps saying "An updated error occurred: A connection attempt failed." Should i wait or should i keep trying to restart the program?

[lordmg1]

"A server is never late, nor is it early. It comes up precisely when it means to."

[Loriedor]

done with patching. waiting to login server to wake up.
servers itself might be online already, not sure http://status.warriorsofnargathrond.com/

That site has been broken for a while already. Try this one instead.

[Gewoonikke]

That was only in Europe I believe. And it wasn't f2p but Mirkwood expansion iirc, if we're talking about the same thing.

Aye indeed, we updated this way first time when f2p was released. So idd i meant like Mirkwood and before
Wasn't aware it was only Europe that could do it like this. Still it works great and they can make use of anyones computer by downloading p2p i.e.(though i think in a way they do that now aswell). But stillgiven torrents and use of i.e. gamershell servers aswell worked great and very fast.

[dieci]

still cant connect... 5 hours and counting... I just hope that the speed someone talked a while back compensates this waiting...

[Junoriel]

Hmm its late here just wanted to play 1-2 hour. Guess I might be able to play today

Dreamer...no way anyone is playing today....preparing the expansion for months and not having capacities to handle the patch requests on P-day.....with some breaks trying to only "connect" for over 8 hours to no avail - that´s pathetic

nvm - out now watching some football and checking tomorrow if it´s possible to patch

[TheOneRinger]

The information they show is inaccurate. The Game Servers are not available at this time.

By the way, I use your interface skin. Really enjoy it.

We should derail this thread to discuss his UI skin and then blame Sapience.

Anyways, it looks like I'm patching for a second time, which is bizarre, but it's still blazing fast. 62% now.

[ctenney]

My files are patched!... But now stuck on "A conection attempt failed."

[Gwenryth]

Nobody near Turbines headquarter, to bring some young, fresh hamsters? It seems some wheels are empty

[Beorthnoth]

At the risk of stating the obvious - seeing a show we all know that the gane servers aren't up, wouldn't it be fair to everyone in the queue to log off once the patch is complete so as to free up space?

[Agni]

Right - EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE, who isnt VIP please close down your clients to allow the VIPs to patch first. I dont want to hear whines of 'that isnt fair', 'pay to download first' or any other gripes, just do it now.

Sapience, please take note of above and make the necessary adjustments your end - theres a good chap.

[Yalsurisabar]

That reminded me of the old tape drives we used to have to load programs from. Sat there for half an hour listening to beeps and buzzes then ten seconds from the end of the load, a cosmic ray shower (or something) hit it and you'd have to start again from scratch...hilarious...not.

How it was?

-> load ""

[Phoebee]

Europe here cant patch up says connection refused.
-- -- -- --

might i suggest to turbine to invest in a FTP server with the patch so ppl can download it ?
or an uppgrade to the launcher it seems to not work properly.

had to be done that way looong time ago

[Serra-Angel]

still getting

an update has occurred
A connection attempted failed.

But i have given up restarting my computer and the game.. i'll let it stand as it is.. maybe in the evening the game will come on.. or the patch will begin. i really hope it will. want to play the game today

[Yma]

apparently no one remembers what updates/patches were like back in the days of dial-up combined with EQ....

I remember the days where patching a full mmog expansion over the net was simply unthinkable... you had to buy your cd - which was often for sale the same day as release, not before, hence you had to camp your game store or wait for your mail order to arrive, which on the route from USA to Europe often meant you were able to play one week after live...

I don't miss that, tbh :P

[Cherrio]

I'm old enough to remember that. The worst part was when you died and had to reload all over again. 20 minutes to load, dead in 2, reload.

i miss those tapes :/ donald duck in the tivoli and when daisy showed up it always hanged and u have to rewind the tape just to try more.

or Moonstone coolest knight game evvva

btw sapience will our glowing light ball for LM aktually attack ? or is the 3 min flank only thing he ever get ?

[Happyfish]

I follow the forums pretty regularly, but I totally missed this one. Why are we patching today when RoI comes out tomorrow? Sorry if this is repeat but no way I can sift through 24 pages of posts in this thread.

[Brave.Sir.Robin]

Can you give us an ETA (seconds, hours, days or even years :P) on the game servers coming back online Sapience? Thanks in advance

[Moejo]

That reminded me of the old tape drives we used to have to load programs from. Sat there for half an hour listening to beeps and buzzes then ten seconds from the end of the load, a cosmic ray shower (or something) hit it and you'd have to start again from scratch...hilarious...not.

I used to play games that came on 5 1/4" floppies. One game could be dozens of floppies, and sometimes you had to load 6 or 8 of them in sequence, just starting the game took hours.

[Passerby]

Foremost, as it was originally announced for release the 27th, I see today as 'bonus-early' -- if I actually get to patch and play today, it'll feel like a gift. (For a real gift, bring back the lottery. *g*)

That said, add my Win boxes to the list of ''A connection attempt failed'' every 60 seconds, plus client restart every 10-20 mins ... for hours ... with no love.

Hopefully in the launch post-mortem, Turbine will get the hint that purchasing a LOT of extra bandwidth on launch day would have greatly decreased customer dissatisfaction. While I can't imagine many (if any) people are going to /ragequit over not being able to play a day earlier than first expected ... I CAN imagine the grudge carrying on to reduce LOTRO Store sales.

[Ninthgate]

That was only in Europe I believe. And it wasn't f2p but Mirkwood expansion iirc, if we're talking about the same thing.

it was before mirkwood, Turbine used to put out a patch file the day/night prior to any launch they did. Seemed to save alot of the trouble with whats going on now.