Error while updating to 1.61

[Mr.Snuggles]

Hey i'm new to PK (got it for christmas xD) and i'm tryin to update my game to 1.64, i heard that u gotta install 1.61-63 to do 1.64 so i dled the patches and while i was patching 1.61 i got this error

Error while decompressing file C:\Program Files\DreamCatcher\Painkiller\Data\Maps2.pak err= -5

now wth does that mean? i really appreciate anyone helping me wit this. O yea do i really need 1.61 to install 1.62 and 63 properly?

[T'krau]

Read this - http://www.dreamcatchergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26376

[Bjossi]

To sum up the contents of the link, you downloaded a corrupted version of the patch, download it from www.gamershell.com and it should install fine.

Btw, there is no 1.63, do not ask me why. :p

[BigDevilRed]

no 1.63? a question then...@ gamershell i found a 1.63 (5.34meg) http://www.gamershell.com/download_8729.shtml

so no point in dl it then?

[PeTjA]

Btw, there is no 1.63, do not ask me why. :p
There was a 1.63 Patch!!!:D

If i remember right it should fix some bugs in the CPL-Maps (Player got spawned in the Air in DM_Ballistic former DM_TheBallist in 1.62, released one ore two weeks before 1.63)! :)
Its not needed to install 1.63.:cool: Just 1.61 / 1.62 and 1.64 because 1.64 includes the fixes for the CPL-Maps.:rolleyes:

[BigDevilRed]

ah of course thanks for info...there would be no point obviously to dl that lol

[Bjossi]

The guys here have always said 1.61, 1.62 and 1.64, so I assumed there was no 1.63. :p

[BloodBuster]

Yep - as I recall, 1.63 was entitled 'PK1.63 CPL quickfix.exe'

[T'krau]

1.63 was only available for about five minutes - replaced by .64 (don'tja just love it when a patch is patched?).

[PeTjA]

But how long do we have 1.64 now? About 6 months?

[T'krau]

GamersH*ll has .63 dated 3/25/05 and .64 dated 3/28/05.

[PeTjA]

So 1.64 was released 1 week (3days) after 1.63.:D
And 1.64 wasnt updated for 10 months.:eek:
We have to wait untill X Box will be released (28.2.06) 2 more months. With bit luck we will get a final patch then.:cool:

[BigDevilRed]

after tryin 4 times to get .61 each corrupted, and on dialup too. i finally got what i think is a good version. maybe not, everything was going fine until it got to the engine.dll, then it just starts eatin up free space on my hdd(round 14gig) till it uses it up, then asks me retry etc. so i cancel it and get a engine.dll err = -1. please tell me this isnt another corrupt patch!

[PeTjA]

Error while decompressing file C:\Program Files\DreamCatcher\Painkiller\Data\Maps2.pak err= -5
... is the correct Errormassage. Im mot sure what Ur error is causing.

Can anybody please tell me where this corrupted patch is (filefront?Link?) so i can contact the admin to remove this f*cking file after 9 months.:o

[BloodBuster]

This is DreamCatcher's responsibility. Discussions about these corrupt patches have been going on for months and months. It is time DreamCatcher pulled their fingers out and removed them. The moderator of this forum, whoever that was or is, should have taken action a looooooong time ago.

[PeTjA]

...tell me where this corrupted patch is (filefront?Link?)

please ......

[BigDevilRed]

ok where i dl the patches from

http://3dgamers.planetmirror.com/pub/3dgamers/games/painkiller/painkiller_patch_161.exe
http://3dgamers.iinet.net.au/pub/3dgamers/games/painkiller/painkiller_patch_161.exe


also i posted @3gamers and the reply i got was

"Sorry to hear about the trouble, but I'm not sure what could be causing the problem. The file on our master server is exactly the same size, but I don't have the game so I can't check whether it patches correctly. This is however the first complaint on a file that's been downloaded thousands of times, so I doubt the file is bad or we would have gotten a lot more feedback.

Try the official Painkiller forums for advice, and include the exact installation error messages so that folks over there have more to go on."

[PeTjA]

Thx, i try it one (or two) more times.
And btw: the filesize dont say nothing about a corrupt uplaod = download.

[PeTjA]

Ur links dont work, do we talking about this link?
http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/painkiller/painkiller_patch_161.exe.html
:confused:
I mailed them and hope its the 3dgamerspatch.

[BloodBuster]

also i posted @3gamers and the reply i got was

"Sorry to hear about the trouble, but I'm not sure what could be causing the problem. The file on our master server is exactly the same size, but I don't have the game so I can't check whether it patches correctly. This is however the first complaint on a file that's been downloaded thousands of times, so I doubt the file is bad or we would have gotten a lot more feedback.

Try the official Painkiller forums for advice, and include the exact installation error messages so that folks over there have more to go on."

According to Kalme, the corrupt files are the same size as the good ones - the problem is that the corrupt ones are full of junk. There is something like 64MB of zero's or something - hopefully Kalme will see this and clarify the matter.

I was unlucky too, I had to D/L the same patch 3 three times from different locations before I got a good one - that's 1GB of D/L!

[PeTjA]

hopefully Kalme will see this and clarify the matter?
I hope he will! Will he?

[PeTjA]

Check this forumlink please
http://dreamcatcherinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26880

[BigDevilRed]

Ur links dont work, do we talking about this link?
http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/painkiller/painkiller_patch_161.exe.html
:confused:
I mailed them and hope its the 3dgamerspatch.


strange i just checked the links in netpumper and they worked fine.

[BigDevilRed]

According to Kalme, the corrupt files are the same size as the good ones - the problem is that the corrupt ones are full of junk. There is something like 64MB of zero's or something - hopefully Kalme will see this and clarify the matter.

I was unlucky too, I had to D/L the same patch 3 three times from different locations before I got a good one - that's 1GB of D/L!

do you happen to remember where you the good one from?

**** cant get it from the gamershell aussie link, cause they dont have resume support

[PeTjA]

Check this forumlink please
http://dreamcatcherinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26880
Was it Filefront?:confused:

[T'krau]

...cant get it from the gamershell aussie link...
Try this one - http://www.gamershell.com/download_8160.shtml - let us know if it works.

Welcome to the loony bin!

[BigDevilRed]

Try this one - http://www.gamershell.com/download_8160.shtml - let us know if it works.

Welcome to the loony bin!

thanks i think im in the right place, cause after tryin 5 times now i am goin loony! lol

umm not tryin to sound like an a-hole or anything, but you read my post yeah? ive tried the aussie, israel & one of the uk mirrors. none of them have have resume support for dialup. the only place ive seen so far, is the aussie mirrors on 3dgamers and they are corrupt

[Bjossi]

Instead of waiting a week for a download to complete, you should instead email DreamCatcher and ask them to send you the patch on a CD.

[BigDevilRed]

yes i will definately do that. cause this thing with corrupt patches is getting beyond ridiculous!

[T'krau]

...you read my post yeah?
Yes, I read your post - that's why I put up that link. I'm also on a dial-up, and use GetRight for large D/L's, partially because of the 'resume' feature. That link worked for me (including resume).

Bjossi's right about contacting Dreamcatcher - I did, and they sent a disc with 1.61, .62, and .64 on it. It took about 3 weeks to get it, tho...

[BigDevilRed]

Yes, I read your post - that's why I put up that link. I'm also on a dial-up, and use GetRight for large D/L's, partially because of the 'resume' feature. That link worked for me (including resume).

oh sorry T'krau, i didnt realise. ok thanks i do have get right so i will give it a try, it will be bout 3-4 days before i know the result though.


It took about 3 weeks to get it, tho...

lol thats not bad....ive only had pk for bout 6 months, obviously i havent played it yet. but the upside, bought it 2nd hand for only AUS$25. so 3 weeks i can wait

[T'krau]

...it will be bout 3-4 days before i know the result though.
Good Lord, and I thought my dial-up was slow... :D

I should mention that the link worked well about a year ago. Hopefully, it's still good.

[BigDevilRed]

lol well i usually manage to connect @ 50.6 at work, which thankfully is where i am most of the time. heres where it gets bad though, cause our telco either never thought that pair gain would deteriorate the speed of a connection. they knew and wanted to save money, and finally, im sure, they already knew asdl would take off. i think anyone reading this, would choose the same as me, and that would be the last 2.

why i also said it would take 3-4 days, is ive only got one line @ home, so thats gotta stay clear, in cans of emergency calls.

[PeTjA]

After 10 min in the waitingline ...
(im in germany) i downloaded from californian server 355 MB (adsl 2 MBit) during 30:20 min with 189 kB/Sec.:)
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/6505/161start4lw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/3811/161start12nd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
:D

[BigDevilRed]

oh PeTjA you suck lucky shite :p lol

[PeTjA]

...i downloaded from californian server 355 MB (adsl 2 MBit) during 30:20 min with 189 kB/Sec.
The australian server was slow 3kB/Sec .
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6581/untitled9tk.jpg

[PeTjA]

... i downloaded from californian server 355 MB (adsl 2 MBit) during 30:20 min with 189 kB/Sec.
On the australian server i got 3kB/Sec too.:o
http://dreamcatcherinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26880&page=2&pp=10
LOL nice 2xpost.:D