
Originally Posted by
UriahHeep
everything ok also here.
but MAYBE there is something more.
I am one of the users who had to disinstall/re-install the whole software everytime that
MG was doing an upgrade.
When I was not doing this, the software was running ok, but it was
remaining in "download operation" mode forever (keeping ON the two little blue monitors topright in the screen).
I noticed that last nov 21st ALL the
MG casinos I have downloaded on my PC have been automatically upgraded without the need of any dis-installation / re-installation. And the downloading operation has had its end, so that now I can run them perfectly.
If so, it is an amazing news.
Corrupt MUPDATE files - seen it before. Software compares hash codes, and if they don't match, tries to download the updated component, which is then "hashed" and the number stored as "current version". If this last stage fails, the software constantly thinks the component is out of date, no matter how often it is downloaded. Similarly, the software can incorrectly think it has the RIGHT version of a component, and fail to download what it should.
This was essentially the problem during the notorious "launch loop" bug of some years ago. It seems the checking does not extend to these files, so if they get corrupted, they STAY corrupted until the casino is uninstalled and reinstalled.
If these files are deleted however, the software is forced to recreate them from scratch, and this often repairs any corruption without the need to reinstall.
Incidentally, if these files are set to "read only", you can prevent the client from trying to update altogether, but it will eventually become unstable due to running old versions of components, and of course you won't see any new games.
Problems are also caused by incorrectly sent pointers which point to obsolete versions of files in the common cache, which are still there, and are thus loaded, because they have not been cleared out by the update process when obsolete. This is why uninstalling all MGS casinos and deleting this cache is an extreme, but quite reliable, last resort fix for persistent problems.
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Back to port for unloading.
Full Sails - before we get raided ourselves.
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