This info is gathered from post that follow, for a quick recap:
This info is for downloading the game, if you have the disc and install from there, please skip to the folder portion of this post. If you purchased the game and were playing the beta, just patch up the beta and play the game. You will need to update your profile with the new retail key under the my account link.
Initially you will need to download and run the
Star Trek Downloader.
After the Star Trek Downloader hosted here is complete there will be a setup.exe file that will need to be run for game install. This setup file will then run like any other setup install process.
This will then install the game to a default folder:
Win XP
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cryptic Studios\Star Trek Online
Vista/Win 7
\Users\Public\Games\Cryptic Studios\
Concern over not installing in Program Files (PF) on Vista/Win 7 machines. Basically if installed in PF the operating system makes it harder to keep the game up to date with all the patches that MMOs will see, due to a feature within Vista/Win 7. For actual post by coderanger see page 2.
Question was asked about how many charactor slots you have, and what happened to beta toons. From Coderanger on page two, "2 to start, you can unlock 1 extra Klingon slot later. You got 2 extra for purchasing the lifetime or 12 month subscriptions (though I think the offer has ended)." As for charactors that you may have had during the beta, they were wiped prior to release, unless you had your head start toons, all previous ones were erased for release.
Thanks to all that helped calm my nerves.
***Original Post***
Ok, I probably missed something, but I grabbed the installer from the main page and am using the Star Trek Downloader. After hitting the .exe file, it asked for a
temporary folder to download the files to, and I'm currently downloading to a folder I don't wish to have a game at. Was just wondering if after the downloader will I then have to run another file, or the folder that was created called "Star Trek ST.0.20100108a.0" run the game out of that?
Using Win 7, so not sure if that makes a difference. FAQ just says,
"Locate the file downloaded in your download directory, and double-click it.
Complete the installation process to start the Star Trek Online launcher.
When the launcher starts, enter your Username and Password, and click Submit.
Patching should begin automatically. The progress bar displays the percentage of patching completed. When the patching completes, click Play to start Star Trek Online"
So I'm kind of assuming the launcher will actually install the game, but this downloader is huge, almost 8 gigs, expected it a little different I guess.
Thanks
Comments
That should be the default install path for Vista/Win7.
MattTreck should be right, that how it should be anyways. If Dev got a third party installer.
To maintain my sanity, I force it to install where it should be installed.
The user's folders are for storing user files, not for running applications!
I consider this to be a bug.
AGREE 110% I've had enough of newer programs that follow this 'don't install to program files' bull@##% that MS is trying to push. Programs go in program files, simple as that. END of discussion!
It is not a bug...go and read your other thread:
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=1399200&posted=1#post1399200
edit:
I actually install all my games on my main computer to
So is there anyway to install it to say D or F etc i dont have games on my windows drive.
[email]StarTrekOB_D2D_ST.0.20100108b.10.dlm[/email]
Star Trek ST.0.20100108a.0
They seem to be both 6 Gig....Which one is it??/Help?
And Im still downloading
For the install, after you download the game and the setup autostarts or you click it. The setup will ask you where you wish to install the game. At this time you may select a different drive to install it to.
ethanADAMS:
This is just from what I have in my download folder, which was downloaded on 1-11. The downloader name is:
Star Trek Downloader ST.0.20100108a.0
After I ran this it downloaded a folder that it extracted/installed to a folder called:
Star Trek ST.0.20100108a.0
In the above folder there are two additional folders one a directx, other a piggs along with a setup.exe. After running the setup.exe it will ask you where you wish to install the game if you don't wish to install it within the default folders.
I want to know where my beta character went? I had tweeked the appearance and other attributes just the way I wanted them and now I've got nothing.
*grumble grumble*:mad:
So how many character slots should I have? 2 or 3?
Turn off User Account Control and reinstall the game...
EDIT: Start > Control Panel > Users(green link) > Turn off UAC by moving slider bar all the way down(win7) or removing the checkmark (vista) > Restart.
My concern is in reading what's been posted here. I have VISTA and when the program was installed, it selected the Program Files directory, not the \Users\Public\Games\Cryptic Studios.
Since the download and install will take all night, I don't want to have to do that all over again.
Should I cancel and start over?
Note - I have the beta STO installed and that is in the \Users\Public\Games\Cryptic Studios\ directory. Nowhere did I read that it had to be uninstalled . In fact, I thought it was good that the DVD-ROM version did select a different location so that the beta version was not over-written.
What now?
Of course, you'll still need to enter your Retail code on the activate page.
The default if you download the game from Steam is:
c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\star trek online
By the way, it's a good idea to go into the game's properties in Steam and change "Always keep updated" to "Do not keep updated automatically" (the game's launcher does it for you).
Necropost for the win? Anywho, why bother? Just install STO to your bootcamp partition.
WTH really.