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2nd WARNING: DO NOT uninstall Arc/STO yet.
Okay, here is my guide to creating an install of STO that does not have Arc in it.
First thing's first,
DO NOT REMOVE your current install of STO/Arc. We still need the data files, or you will have to re-download an entire year-and-a-half's worth of patches & seasons. Don't worry, it will be taken out soon, though.
Secondly, you will need around 14GB of free hard drive space. We will be performing a little transfer of files, and the data files consume the most space.
Next, you will need one of the older installers. You need the Full Install, which is around 3.5GB. I'm afraid there's no getting around this requirement. Here are a few links:
We're almost there.
Unpack the installer files into a temporary directory, but do not run it yet. Delete the files in the
installer's PIGGS directory, and replace them with files from your
current install.
The files from your current install are located here:
Cryptic Studios\Star Trek Online\Live\piggs
Doing this will update the installer's data files to the current latest version.
NOW you may uninstall Arc.
One final step: Install STO from the installer we just updated. It will take a while, and fortunately for us the installer will not mind that the hogg files are different and much larger than the originals. When completed, run the game as normal. The launcher will update itself to the latest version, and download the game's latest binaries.
Star Trek Online is now installed without Arc.
Optional: Save a copy of the installer onto a thumbdrive so you don't have to re-download every time you need to reinstall. Update the hogg files to keep the installer up-to-date. You will need to re-format the drive to NTFS, as one of the datafiles (bins.hogg) will possibly exceed the 4GB size limit.
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Sorry if it's a little vague, this is my first time writing a guide.
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That is true. But still, few people keep a backup of the installer ( it IS huge, after all ), and fewer still are aware that the installer's data files can be updated.
I myself discovered it on a hunch, when I looked at the files in the installer.
I have never seen it when playing, would it be due to me downloading the game back in closed beta?
I had downloaded the game through the massive installer way back when.
Arc is like Steam, but only for Perfect World products.
odd, seems slightly pointless due to their lack of games, at least with steam they have a very large store of games.
Now that I think of it, it's not worse then EA's origin... I curse the day I bought battlefield 3 and had the use "origin" to download updates =(
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Has anyone simply tried install Arc, Installing STO, uninstalling Arc and then going into the STO folder inside program files and making a shortcut for the desktop?
Seems to be working for me atm. Patching now.
If there ever comes a time where I cannot play STO without ARC, i'll move over to Steam.
Long story short, I'm not installing a bunch of gaming browsers from all kinds of different companies on my system just to play 1 game. The end.
I don't need some tool running on my computer, ripping off my bandwidth torrenting games I don't play and the minute that I can't run the game without running Arc will be the end of my STO gaming.
So that's one way around i suppose
After you started it, it'll patch itself but without arc.
I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
My brother is here visiting and wanted to install STO on his laptop so we could do a couple of missions in co-op mode but he was having some kind of problems with ARC installer. We installed the game with collectors edition DVD then copied my Live folder over to his installation, worked right away no problems, and he is using the old launcher.
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It does work apparently. You can install the game with this stupid Arc non-since and after its updated you can search for the program folder with STO's launcher, copy a shortcut to it and then uninstall Arc. This working fine for me now without those extra steps of moving files around. Good luck all!
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Since last patch, my Arc-less install crashes on load, whereas a friend who uses Arc runs STO just fine...
Attempting to reinstall the client again.
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This. I have 3 computers in the house and I just copied the directory over to the other two computers (it was installed pre-Arc). Works great everywhere I run it.
Should I install STO through Steam? Will that be compatible?
Should I use Fileplanet or whatever?
I read the lead-in OP but seems pretty complicated. Is that the best plan though?
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