Would I be right in thinking that the game is not actually on the CD. Or perhaps something's gone wrong with my installation. I'm asking because I set off the installer, it asked me to start a subscription so I did, then the installation froze half way (I think as it was trying to install DirectX). I couldn't get it to do anything so I cancelled it but upon re-inserting the CD I couldn't get it to do anything. So i went to look if it had installed anything and there was a launcher for STO so i clicked it and it's started to install a 10GB patch that i'm assuming is actually the full game i also have no shortcuts for the game and its not on the start menu yet. It is in the Add/remove programs menu though. Would you say it's installing normally?
The majority of the game is on the dvd. However, you will still need to patch the game up from when the cd as made.
Also, the launcher uses a slow method to extract the files to your system. It's not unusual for it to last 30 min - 1 hour depending on the speed of your computer/HDD speed. This is so it doesnt corrupt any files once you install it If you cancelled it mid install, then all it would have installed would be the launcher. The launcher would not be able to find any of the hogg files to install, so it would need to download them.
I tried re-installing but it looks like it's frozen again in the same place. The info info above the progress bar said something like "Excecute /directx /SILENT" and now it just says "copy failed". I think it may have something to do with the fact I have directx 11 on my system despite the fact that i'm pretty sure my Graphics card doesn't support it. I'll have to see if I can put it back to Direct X 10.
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Also, the launcher uses a slow method to extract the files to your system. It's not unusual for it to last 30 min - 1 hour depending on the speed of your computer/HDD speed. This is so it doesnt corrupt any files once you install it
If you cancelled it mid install, then all it would have installed would be the launcher. The launcher would not be able to find any of the hogg files to install, so it would need to download them.