Quick question.

I'm running Portal 2.6 and for the past week or so when I launch it say after I reboot my PC it wants to update 6 files.

I've always bypassed this (closed the small update window) and just logged in with no problem, so will updating portal cause any problems and is it even necessary?

Thanks

Updated portal will fix some things in the UI (such as removing the EU patch option) and will also allow for neat features like auto mod patching when you connect to uthgard. also, it no longer requires manually run as administrator, as it will prompt you if it is needed.

Staff suggests running the latest daocportal

Currently I would advice against updating to 2.8.

When it gives you the option to turn off auto-patching, and use server-list-cache,
then I will change my mind.


Not to long ago the server containing the list of shards was down.
Because of how 2.8 behave, you could not use the cache you already had on your computer.
Instead you had to go through the nuisance of manually logging in through Custom Servers, and digging through your %appdata% folder for your quick-login-information.

The auto-patching is also a bit of an annoyance if you ever find yourself on other freeshards.

Liss wrote:Currently I would advice against updating to 2.8.

When it gives you the option to turn off auto-patching, and use server-list-cache,
then I will change my mind.


Not to long ago the server containing the list of shards was down.
Because of how 2.8 behave, you could not use the cache you already had on your computer.
Instead you had to go through the nuisance of manually logging in through Custom Servers, and digging through your %appdata% folder for your quick-login-information.

The auto-patching is also a bit of an annoyance if you ever find yourself on other freeshards.

Blue has stated that in the future it will be required to connect using DAOC Portal. We recommend you keep a separate, uthgard only copy of DAOC to play here.

I began to be in trouble this weekend when I enter the Tajendi zone. The client crashed when we were doing the quest that allows you entering the Temple.
I logged in again, talked to the arqueologist and zoned again to Tajendi zone. I did it like 10 times, half of them I was like "flying" with no texture around, the sky over my head and nothing below my feet. The other half times it just crashed me to the desk.

I checked the Uthgard files in the DaocPortal folder, copied them again, patch and nothing happened. I can tell you more, yesterday I was playing well with my character in Midgard for hours, but when I entered the Vasudheim town, the client crashed me to the desk. When relogging, it happened the same everytime. I logged in my laptop and it was fine.

Something happens when you update Daoc Portal from 2.6 to 2.8, I'm using windows 7 but never got any problem like this. I had to reinstall Daoc Portal one more time, didnt update it and the mod files were installed well.

If you let the server patch them, the client crashs.

Liss wrote:When it gives you the option to turn off auto-patching

Then you won't be able to connect to Uthgard in future. Some patches are mandatory and not patching the client properly will not let you connect as this is potential cheating. You won't have an option to connect otherwise.

Server caching will come. At the moment we mirror the server list already so that there is no single point of failure anymore.

you plan to force a 1.110 or higher?

pythion wrote:you plan to force a 1.110 or higher?

Why you ask?

i cant see why an out of date daoc portal could be cheating otherwise

pythion wrote:i cant see why an out of date daoc portal could be cheating otherwise

What we want is to be able to use versioning on mods and update them if needed. Imagine we introduce doors on mile gates. You wouldn't want that your enemy does not have these doors.

Or you disallow entering in RvR zones without this patch (what you allready do if im right).

MT-Pear wrote:Or you disallow entering in RvR zones without this patch (what you allready do if im right).

We want all players to use the same required patch set to play flawless on Uthgard. What you mention is a workaround.

Blue, while you're here maybe you can answer a really quick question.

Buddy and I started up recently and are super excited to get going, we have connected and already leveled to ~10 or so using the portal and such. But is the "crafting patch" and "classic patch" something separate we need to download in order to access endgame OF and crafting abilities? Or is it now bundled into the process which we went through?

Thanks!

russellmunger wrote:Blue, while you're here maybe you can answer a really quick question.

Buddy and I started up recently and are super excited to get going, we have connected and already leveled to ~10 or so using the portal and such. But is the "crafting patch" and "classic patch" something separate we need to download in order to access endgame OF and crafting abilities? Or is it now bundled into the process which we went through?

Thanks!

if you are using daoc portal 2.8 it will be patched automatically

Thanks mate