If you ordered from D2D and downloaded the zip file, the updater may be trying to download a 10GB patch for no reason. I had this problem too, then realized that the hogg files were missing from when I first extracted them and installed the game.
After uncompressing the files the first time:
Step 1. Install the game once.
Step 2. Check if the pigg folder is empty after installation. I believe that the installer is cutting and pasting the files rather than copying.
Step 3. Unzip the pigg folder a second time, to the same location as the setup.exe.
Step 4. Run the installer again to the same location. It will see that there are hogg files already in your install folder and proceed to install them onto an application data folder.
Step 5. Run the patcher again and see if it is still trying to download the 10GB patch. After I did these steps, it allowed me to launch the game right away, so I could tweak my video and audio settings to my liking.
Ta Da!
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Oh well, at least we can get as many people as we can working, bandwidth doesn't come cheap... =/
I swear, when I hear people talking about their 5gb or whatever !monthly! cap, I actually feel sick to my stomach...
Also, don't take me seriously, I'm hammered.
Also, why has no one yet discovered a gadget that prevents you from posting on social sites/texting when you drink too much? Imagine the cash that gadget would bring in. No IP as of yet folks, go make it happen.;)
If it doesn't work my friend is gonna pop round and transfer his client which is fine via an i pod lol.
(ie. I've got the time and the patience, if I just let it run, will it work when its complete?)
Thanks for that, I appreciate it.
For some reason the STO client says 7gb not 10gb remaining, does it cache the 3gb downloaded somewhere or is it going to overwrite only 70% of the files from steam and cause issues?
What OS do you have? Some seem to have got it without issues, something must be causing it.
Win 7 64bit here.
this fix did not work for me.
We're all running windows 7 64bit.
What about for those who did NOT download from Steam and have the same issue? I'm still downloading the patch for the past hour and a half. I downloaded from FilePlanet.
Try opening the location of the download from the fileplanet downloader. As far as I know, it should be a zip file. Just unzip everything and run the installer a second time. It should install the hogg files to a second location.
i'm having the 10gig patch problem, i tried what u said, installed, re-unzipped the file back to the original folder, clicked install again, but now it says its only a 27 gig patch?
do i have to go through the piggs folder and unzip every individual file there?
driving me nuts, help??
thanks