Lord of the Rings Online Forum

Let me start by saying that I don't understand most tech jargon, so I use extremely simple terms...

I've been trying to download lotro for several weeks with lots of problems (mainly due to a crappy wi-fi signal), and yesterday it finally completed downloading and installing. I followed every step here http://www.mcgillsociety.org/PyLotRO/index.html and it worked just fine, except in the last part. The instructions say the screen should come up with " When "patch" displays: " Finished " ; click exit. " but instead, "patch" displays:

"Downloading client_sound.dat-19030Failed!

Failed!

Data patching failed result code: 0x80004005"

I don't know what I did wrong. I tried running it three times after that and still same error. I tried playing anyway and all I get is the grey cross hatch screen but then it just crashes into a permanently black screen. Anyone know what's going on?

Oh and if it's any use at all, the computer I'm using is-

MAC OS X Lion Version 10.7.1
Processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Magdalena wrote:

I've been trying to download lotro for several weeks with lots of
problems (mainly due to a crappy wi-fi signal), and yesterday it
finally completed downloading and installing. I followed every step
here http://www.mcgillsociety.org/PyLotRO/index.html and it worked
just fine, except in the last part. The instructions say the screen
should come up with " When "patch" displays: " Finished " ;
click exit. " but instead, "patch" displays:

"Downloading client_sound.dat-19030Failed!

Failed!

Data patching failed result code: 0x80004005"

The implication is that particular file was corrupted during the download/install process.... either the initial process or downloading the patch. The implication is that the patch download was failing.

Magdalena wrote:

I don't know what I did wrong. I tried running it three times after
that and still same error. I tried playing anyway and all I get is
the grey cross hatch screen but then it just crashes into a
permanently black screen. Anyone know what's going on?

That you are not getting the "not the latest version" message, implies that you have "successfully" patched the "important" part of the game...

1- Turbine has been having website problems the last couple of days (Forum, at least has been down now for 2 days.)
Wait till tomorrow and try the patch again.

2- The black screen is probably in the Tips and Tricks section -- namely the Virtex Shader issue.

3- The "grey cross hatch" is because of the missing "transition" screens. Available also from my website.

Thank you! Tried it again today and it worked perfectly. :)