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Re-Install STO

wmdracutus006wmdracutus006 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited May 2015 in The Academy
Greetings,

I have had to format my system and am at the point of reinstalling STO. I still have the STO game files saved before I formatted.

Ive copied the files back to the arc game location, but arc seems to be still downloading the whole game again

Is there a way to re-install STO with out having to download 13-14 gb again?

Cheers!
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  • norobladnoroblad Member Posts: 2,624 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    dunno. Drop the game directory worked for mine but I am on steam. Arc may be more stubborn.
  • wmdracutus006wmdracutus006 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    I did this of course, but it still wants to downland the whole game, any other suggestions?
  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    noroblad wrote: »
    dunno. Drop the game directory worked for mine but I am on steam. Arc may be more stubborn.

    For arc it has to be in its right place in c:\users\public\games\cryptic studios before you install arc itself, but it also isn't picky. You can also skip arc entirely and use the old launcher that's still in the folder.
  • wmdracutus006wmdracutus006 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    the game is in the correct location, still not working
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    If you copied your old install directory, you can play the game by just running the .exe file in that directory. The game will run without Arc and play just fine.

    As for using Arc, try launching the game and under 'Options' on the launcher, click the 'Force Verify' button and launch the game.

    This will cause the launcher to verify your game files, this process should show the launcher that everything is there already.

    Good luck. :cool:
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  • whamhammer1whamhammer1 Member Posts: 2,290 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    wmdracutus006 wrote: »
    Greetings,

    I have had to format my system and am at the point of reinstalling STO. I still have the STO game files saved before I formatted.

    Ive copied the files back to the arc game location, but arc seems to be still downloading the whole game again

    Is there a way to re-install STO with out having to download 13-14 gb again?

    Cheers!

    I used my original STO disk, and it only downloaded 11.5 gigs. Maybe you can find a copy on Ebay and bypass Arc?
  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    wmdracutus006 wrote: »
    the game is in the correct location, still not working

    Are you sure it's redownloading; and not just going through and verifying? I ask because i've done what you've done twice (installed the base game for the registry entries and then copied over my backed up game directory - and the first time I run the launcher after that it goes through the directory and re-writes some index files and other things - but at Hard Drives access speeds, not internet DSL/Cable speeds - it's not redownloading anything at that point.

    (That said, I never have and never will use ARC to install STO, I reinstall from a Disk let it update the launcher, then cancel and copy over my backed up data and launch again)
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