Downloading Issues

Vista AND IE? Ouch

Your download may have gotten corrupted, try again, or try one of the other links.

If you decide to use the bittorrent link available here: http://perfectworld.com/download/client

This program is recommended by us to download it with: http://www.utorrent.com

I personally recommend that you use the latest version of Mozilla Firefox as you web browser: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

and install the latest version of Flash for the front end of the game and the website: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Try the Gamer'sHell official download mirror.

1. The Gamer'sHell file is a large (~1.0 megabyte) download.

2. The Perfect_World_International.rar must be opened with an extraction program. WinRar (shareware) is a powerful extraction program that can open almost any type, including .rar files. WinRar's only limitation on its free version is a click-through after the first 30 days of use, but if you prefer open source software, 7-zip is capable of extracting but not compressing .rar files. Depending on what download server you use, this will give you either a Perfect_World_International.exe file, or a number of files including an install.exe file. If the former, please go to step 3, if the latter, go to step 4.

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.

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.