Can't get updates

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Jessee
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Can't get updates

Post by Jessee »

Howdy,

Apparently I can connect, such as for BA2, and Polaris Sector - they say no updates.

There are apparently updates for Sovrignity & Vietnam. I get "Unable to download file. An error occurred while trying to open an FTP file." When attempting to update.

How can I fix this?

Kind regards,


Jessee Scarborough
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Re: Can't get updates

Post by zakblood »

login into your account here in the members section and download straight from there, 9 out of 10 times, there's a link in the forum in the individual game section as well, with the latest game version.

in your browser is one way of downloading, or a free ftp client, either way, or any of the 3 will need your firewalls permission to get the file, so you will need to run the program as admin from a admin only account, to give the correct permissions for access, this will automatically set the antivirus and firewall permissions for you, you only need to do it once.

how to give your pc permissions is to load / install any game as admin, so run as admin on the install, at the end of the install click the check for update box, which will ask for your permission to run in your firewall, without this, your own pc will block access to the program and stop it from getting updates this way, but then you can always do it manually from either your browser or a ftp client, if either don't work for you, try another program, as all work fine once permissions have been given.

some browser are better than others for ftp links, some of the poorer ones, won't work at all, but chrome and some other good ones work well.

for a free ftp client, try filezilla
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Re: Can't get updates

Post by VPaulus »

In the long run Zak's solution is better. You can also download the ~updaye files from the mirrors:

Vietnam '65:
http://ftp.us.matrixgames.com/pub/Vietn ... p-v111.zip

Sovereignty:
http://ftp.us.matrixgames.com/pub/Sover ... p-v101.zip
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