Launcher patched but now says install

Estwing

I really dont want to hit the install button, anyone else get this after the patch hit?

Highway

Hello!

I personally do not get it, but if you are it means you're missing files or moved something, so you should just press it or move the files back.

Though if you didn't do that, you should also feel fine as it only installs what is needed

Estwing

All I did was load the launcher and it patched with the newest update. Now it says install. I am not hitting the install since it will just try to download the entire game again, or at least that is my experience in the past when something like this happens.

GCSH_Dok

Don't touch it for now. A _lot_ of people are having the same issue. Wait out until you see something from Zenimax posted...

Highway

I reckon doing what GCSH_Dok just said. i was not aware that people where having the issue, as i hadn't been through the other sections of the forum yet since the servers went down

Tigger62077

Glad I read this. I opened it, it said it was down. I closed it...and realized I had seen it trying to DO something. I figured it was a patch, so I opened it back up and then went to get my husband's patching...only he didn't have one and mine was trying to install...again. I've decided to make it stop until we see something more concrete.

Wildflower1

Just close the launcher and reopen...probably will be fine. Mine wanted to 'Repair' a lot! I decided to close instead and reopen...fine. Go figure!

rlaurengeb16_ESO

ok so I Patched the game, then closed the launcher...then I opened it up again and I saw the repair button... I repaired, and everything was fine until I restarted launcher again and saw INSTALL instead of Play... I clicked install, instantly closed the launcher seeing a new download about to start, then opened it up again. Now its trying to check the downloaded files but it takes like forever... 9% in 15 mins... it usually take 1... so wtf ?

samulide

Well, I tried to hit install, and the only thing it does, is that it informs me of having too little space for install. Which is odd cause I have almost double the free space required...

Orlacc

I hit install and now it wants to download 22 gigs??? Been playing since Beta

SK1TZ0FR3N1K

Here's what I just did to bypass this launcher issue:
1. go to zenimax online file folder
2. Go to elder scrolls online
3. Click game
4. Click client
5. Click eso.exe

This bypassed the install error and took me straight in.

kcappy

Same issue here.

operative21b16_ESO

Okay this is seriously starting to annoying me. With maintenance periods on two consecutive days lasting more than four hours each time, and now having to redownload a client that was already patched? If this was a free to play game, I wouldn't care. But this is a game where we've paid a box price AND are expected to pay a subscription. I'm going to try and be patient because I know MMO launches are never seemless. But if this pattern is any indication of their future performance, they are really going to have to improve their service if they want to earn the price they are charging.

kcappy

All those files now appear to be missing.....

kdowning1ub17_ESO

Same thing happened to me. All of those files are now missing.

Vonatar

This didn't happen to me, but it happened to my gf. She happened to press Install and her entire game files have vanished and it tried to reinstall from scratch. Very frustrating as now she'll have to download the entire game again overnight.

kdowning1ub17_ESO

It won't even let me reinstall the game. I get the same error.

clueless

Same here, and that's a bommer...
I took 2 days off from work and retreated to my summerhouse for the weekend to play ESO in peace.
I am limited to 3G dongle with 10 GB monthly download limit, with no extension. Nearest town is about 150km from here...
I guess I haven't even realized myself just how frustrated I am at the moment.

Zenimax, please say there is a fix coming asap!

Audigy

A tempory fix is the following,

only works if you did not repair or install.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/67299/temporary-fix-to-the-install-issue#latest

It would be great if a Forum Mod could forward this to the Dev´s so we can fix our Launcher for future updates.

Schmuck

ESO Online folder idea worked for me. Run the ESO.exe

clueless

Well sadly I did click install after restarting the client several times. It's 22GB that's downloading atm.
I don't know, send me a chopper with physical game copy on it lol.
To the guy who made the launcher, please pick another profession...

kcappy

Where's the ZOS response?

Somethindarker

This is so lame. I tried running the game through eso.exe but I got an (error 12) for some reason.

Audigy

Somethindarker wrote: »

This is so lame. I tried running the game through eso.exe but I got an (error 12) for some reason.

Sadly the fix doesn't work for everyone

Especially If people hit install or repair before or did download a patch (the mysterious 5 GB one or 40 MB that I and others never had).

The Dev´s discuss the issue here,

maybe post your problems there so they can get more feedback.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/67383/continuation-of-patcher-reinstall-issues#latest

Nopales

yeah im pretty pissed never have i had a game delete *** on its own

Ariane

We're discussing this in this thread: http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/67383/continuation-of-patcher-reinstall-issues

Schmuck

Yeah, it's a Zenimax bad; not Bethesda. Launch game from ESO.exe in the Elder Scrolls Online folder. Works...for now...

Estwing

Was there an official post on how to fix this issue? My launcher still shows install and I have had to load the game from the folder directly instead.
Thanks