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Offline duendemago

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Could not connect to EF server!!! [HELP]
« on: February 02, 2012, 10:59:53 PM »
Good day all

I opened the EF launcher all excited about the new patch, but the message i have is this: "could not connect to EF server. turning off autoupdate. you can re enable this in settings later. please restart your EF launcher" so if i click "OK" it only crashes and nothing happens...

So im wondering where can i have the latest patch to download manually....The game runs fine if i open it from the direct access from windows....

Strange bug...thanks guys

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Re: Could not connect to EF server!!! [HELP]
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2012, 11:33:52 PM »
That's weird :|... we will check it.

You can get the incremental patch version from here:

http://easternfront.org/forums/index.php?topic=2533

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Re: Could not connect to EF server!!! [HELP]
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2012, 11:43:34 PM »
You are so kind

And the strange thing is that the launcher it also "cant locate COH". The official fix i have tried, with no success because the registry path for win 64 indicates a COH branch but i only have a steamapp4560, anyway, the reg path is fine, everything is setup to the steam folder install

But well, i can run it directly from the desktop, so who cares, i just wanted to share this also strange bug

thanks again for this amazing MOD which i hope will be a standalone version for the new COH



have a nice day all
« Last Edit: February 02, 2012, 11:45:31 PM by duendemago »

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Re: Could not connect to EF server!!! [HELP]
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2012, 11:49:50 PM »
You need to create a new branch in the registry and add the InstallLocation key.
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Re: Could not connect to EF server!!! [HELP]
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2012, 11:53:38 PM »
I guess so, because if i try to install the new patch it says that "this is not a valid win32 application" :(

But i already have COH at the location i provided above: ยจ[hklocalmachine so on so on] uninstall---STEAMAPP 4560 so i dont know if i may affect the launching of the game by adding the new path

thanks
« Last Edit: February 02, 2012, 11:57:45 PM by duendemago »

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Re: Could not connect to EF server!!! [HELP]
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2012, 02:16:57 AM »
It doesnt let me create the branch...well i guess i will try to reinstall the whole thing again...thanks

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Re: Could not connect to EF server!!! [HELP]
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2012, 03:04:17 AM »
You need admin rights or open the registry editor with admin rights to do that.
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Re: Could not connect to EF server!!! [HELP]
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2012, 04:51:24 AM »
Thanks never mind...what i do is

1.- Go to the direct link
2.- Right click and then properties
3.- At the end i write -dev -mod -Eastern_Front

That makes the job :)