Now what

waternymph

Game client Download is complete.
Will not extract/don't know how to extract

First off what is extract? What dose it do and do i need to extract?

After extracting what do i do next?


How do i make a character?


so far these are my only questions....

gattsuru

Surtr has an excellent installation guide here.

Assuming you want to use the Direct Download path :

1. The link on our webpage itself gives you the Perfect_World_Downloader_v3.exe file. It's a small (~1.0 megabyte) download.

2. The Perfect_World_Downloader_v3.exe program will download the Perfect_World_International.exe file. By default, it downloads it to My Documents/Downloads/ (XP) or Documents/Downloads (Vista). This .exe file is the large download, roughly 2.378 gigabytes.

3. Perfect_World_International.exe, when run, extracts a lot of installation files into a folder. By default, it extracts them into the same folder it is sitting in, the (My) Documents/Downloads. One of the files it extracts will be called install.exe

4. Running install.exe will give you the option of verifying the client download, installing the client itself, and putting a shortcut icon down on the desktop.

5. Double-click the shortcut icon to patch the game, or use the manual patcher.

If you prefer, this is a torrent available, which works excellently with uTorrent, and will get you to the start of step 3.

Once you've done that, bring up the Launcher with the desktop icon. Use the Launcher's setting button to increase your resolution to at least 800x600. After that's done, hit the Start button on the Launcher to bring up the ElementClient.

From the client, you'll want to hit the "Next" button to close the Notice window, and if you have not done so already, select a server. Then put in your username and password, and hit start.

That'll bring you to the character selection/creation screen. Mine goes to the Untamed area and has a Barbarian because I've already played one, but yours will likely have an empty vista of Etherblade or the City of Plume. Yours also won't have a red arrow pointing to the Create Character button, although I wish it did. Click that button.

In the resulting screen, you'll want to set a name, select your species, gender, and class, and even customize your appearance. Continue past that to get your character in-game.

waternymph

it wont extract for me.....b:cry

gattsuru

If you have a very old version of WinRAR or 7Zip installed, please update that software.

If that does not work, the easiest and fastest workaround is to use a torrent program to verify the file. Ryuuzaki has a good guide on the matter, and his Alternative Method for Corrupt Files using Direct Download (with a quick tweak for the changes to the installer) can save you a lot of time :

Download a bit torrent program, such as uTorrent.
Download the torrent controller and open it with your torrent program.

You should then be asked where y ou want to save the file. Browse to the directory where the original Perfect World International.exe file is located (should be my Documents\Downloads), and click OK. The torrent program should then start checking the integrity of the file and correct any corrupted files. You can also right-click on the file in the download area, and select Force Re-check to make extra sure.

kammie has an alternative guide if the above is confusing.

1. download the torrent
2. double click it, or just open it with utorrent
3. LET IT DOWNLOAD FOR LIKE 1 MB ---> this way, utorrent generates the entire file
4. now close utorrent and the download
5. copy your corrupted zip file that you have downloaded before to the folder that utorrent created and overwrite that file
6. open utorrent but do NOT start the download, instead rehash it by right clicking and selecting 'forece recheck' (or something like this, currently do not have bittorrent client installed)
7. after awhile (about 3 minutes if u have a fast computer) it should say u have near 100% download
8. continue download