pwn_sh0p · Aug 07, 2010, 05:22 AM // 05:22

I already have an account, but ive moved to a new place and i dont have the disk with me to install into my comp. It was on my old computer, but can i just download the client for GW from the site and then use my account? Thx for the help

End · Aug 07, 2010, 05:29 AM // 05:29

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Originally Posted by pwn_sh0p

I already have an account, but ive moved to a new place and i dont have the disk with me to install into my comp. It was on my old computer, but can i just download the client for GW from the site and then use my account? Thx for the help

kind of...

You can download the client...but it's missing alot..that you will end up downloading as you go unless you use the -image command

Rushin Roulette · Aug 07, 2010, 07:10 AM // 07:10

Downloading through the client is the only way to install the complete game (Using the -image hook).

The CDs are only helps to instaling the game. They are by no means anywhere close to being a complete install, seeing as teh full game is somewhere over 3.6GB at the moment.

Mintha Syl · Aug 07, 2010, 08:11 AM // 08:11

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Originally Posted by Rushin Roulette

Downloading through the client is the only way to install the complete game (Using the -image hook).

The CDs are only helps to instaling the game. They are by no means anywhere close to being a complete install, seeing as teh full game is somewhere over 3.6GB at the moment.

that's why they're dvds and not cds...

gremlin · Aug 07, 2010, 10:34 AM // 10:34

1 Download the client

2 or borrow a game disk of a friend "any gw disk will do,its safe for you both as you are using your account information the disks are universal its the access code that's personal.

3 or copy the gw.dat and exe files from your old computer if you still have access to it.

Option 3 will set the game up as it was last time you played.

The Image command mentioned forces the files to update so you don't get the situation of the game updating as you enter new map areas.

Rushin Roulette · Aug 07, 2010, 10:35 AM // 10:35

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Originally Posted by Mintha Syl

that's why they're dvds and not cds...

They can be 50GB Blurays for all I care.

The actual point was that any DC/DVD/Bluray/whatever can only have the game installed up to a certain point... and that would be the point when the game was burned onto the disk. Any updates, patches or area additions added since that point in time can not be included and would therefore only be downloadable via the game client autoupdate function.

HigherMinion · Aug 07, 2010, 12:28 PM // 12:28

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Originally Posted by Rushin Roulette

They can be 50GB Blurays for all I care.

The actual point was that any DC/DVD/Bluray/whatever can only have the game installed up to a certain point... and that would be the point when the game was burned onto the disk. Any updates, patches or area additions added since that point in time can not be included and would therefore only be downloadable via the game client autoupdate function.

I don't even think the CDs are updated far from the client you can download from on the site. It's just a client, which is never updated, and you have to download every area as you enter unless you do -image.

xInitialz_ · Aug 07, 2010, 12:59 PM // 12:59

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Originally Posted by Mintha Syl

that's why they're dvds and not cds...

only nf and eotn are dvds

Quaker · Aug 07, 2010, 02:24 PM // 14:24

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Originally Posted by pwn_sh0p

can i just download the client for GW from the site and then use my account?

Yes.

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Bob Slydell · Aug 07, 2010, 04:13 PM // 16:13

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Originally Posted by Mintha Syl

that's why they're dvds and not cds...

Mine are CD's...

The Scorpion Knight · Aug 07, 2010, 04:39 PM // 16:39

I thinking about uploading my Gw.dat file to a torrent. I have all the games and every area/location explored so it should cover almost everything to this date. Would seriously save some hours.

gremlin · Aug 07, 2010, 05:38 PM // 17:38

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Originally Posted by The Scorpion Knight

I thinking about uploading my Gw.dat file to a torrent. I have all the games and every area/location explored so it should cover almost everything to this date. Would seriously save some hours.

Good idea and of course with dvd writers and flash drives no one should ever lose the game.

Back the game up to a second hard disk Monthly.

Better still flash drive

dvd rw or dvd r as a last resort

We are only talking a few pounds at most here to save you from disaster and hours of work.

The Scorpion Knight · Aug 07, 2010, 09:28 PM // 21:28

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Originally Posted by gremlin

Good idea and of course with dvd writers and flash drives no one should ever lose the game.

Back the game up to a second hard disk Monthly.

Better still flash drive

dvd rw or dvd r as a last resort

We are only talking a few pounds at most here to save you from disaster and hours of work.

I know what you mean, I have mine back up on another hard drive as well. I guess it will help those few people that don't have it back up or just don't have the space or something :/.

rhade_adama · Aug 08, 2010, 06:35 AM // 06:35

When Norton nearly destroyed my PC I was able to get on in safe mode and copy my Gw.dat file... a 3.11 GBs of it. That way after I installed Windows 7 fresh I just had to download the client and not use the j-image to redownload all 3 GB of data and waste nearly 2 days to do it.

Mintha Syl · Aug 08, 2010, 11:16 AM // 11:16

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Originally Posted by Rushin Roulette

They can be 50GB Blurays for all I care.

The actual point was that any DC/DVD/Bluray/whatever can only have the game installed up to a certain point... and that would be the point when the game was burned onto the disk. Any updates, patches or area additions added since that point in time can not be included and would therefore only be downloadable via the game client autoupdate function.

But the very same applies for the downloadable client. With both you need to dowload a lot after. And this is the answer to the OP, other way it looks like I'm trolling. I was only answering to who said that disks can't have everything because the game it's almost 4GB.

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Originally Posted by xInitialz_

only nf and eotn are dvds

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Originally Posted by Bob Slydell

Mine are CD's...

We were talking about full game. Full game is in a dvd. Obviously.

gremlin · Aug 08, 2010, 12:54 PM // 12:54

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Originally Posted by The Scorpion Knight

I know what you mean, I have mine back up on another hard drive as well. I guess it will help those few people that don't have it back up or just don't have the space or something :/.

First time I thought mine was lost was when windows refused to boot.

I used a Linux bootable dvd I had been experimenting with a few months before.

Booting into Linux let me access almost all the files on the hard disk I then copied all the important stuff and reformatted.

Since then GW is on 2 hard disks and also on a dvd rw.
Yes the copies are out of date and you have to update once you reinstall.
But there is a real difference in time between installing from a month out of date dvd or archived copy, and a 2 year out of date dvd.

Downloading it all again even on my fast broadband still takes longer.#
Which reminds me must back it up again.

Aug 07, 2010, 05:22 AM // 05:22	#1
pwn_sh0p Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: da 671, Guam Profession: W/Mo	Can I download GW in full on the website.......? I already have an account, but ive moved to a new place and i dont have the disk with me to install into my comp. It was on my old computer, but can i just download the client for GW from the site and then use my account? Thx for the help

Aug 07, 2010, 07:10 AM // 07:10	#3
Rushin Roulette Forge Runner Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Right here Guild: Ende	Downloading through the client is the only way to install the complete game (Using the -image hook). The CDs are only helps to instaling the game. They are by no means anywhere close to being a complete install, seeing as teh full game is somewhere over 3.6GB at the moment.

Aug 07, 2010, 10:34 AM // 10:34	#5
gremlin Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2006 Guild: GWAR Profession: Me/Mo	1 Download the client 2 or borrow a game disk of a friend "any gw disk will do,its safe for you both as you are using your account information the disks are universal its the access code that's personal. 3 or copy the gw.dat and exe files from your old computer if you still have access to it. Option 3 will set the game up as it was last time you played. The Image command mentioned forces the files to update so you don't get the situation of the game updating as you enter new map areas.

Aug 07, 2010, 04:39 PM // 16:39	#11
The Scorpion Knight Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2009	I thinking about uploading my Gw.dat file to a torrent. I have all the games and every area/location explored so it should cover almost everything to this date. Would seriously save some hours.

Aug 08, 2010, 06:35 AM // 06:35	#14
rhade_adama Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ebonhawke, Blazeridge Mountains Guild: The Forsaken Vampiric Vanguard [TFVV] Profession: E/Mo	When Norton nearly destroyed my PC I was able to get on in safe mode and copy my Gw.dat file... a 3.11 GBs of it. That way after I installed Windows 7 fresh I just had to download the client and not use the j-image to redownload all 3 GB of data and waste nearly 2 days to do it.