installing aion

[Zalius]

this is a bitch, my normal method of get file -> extract -> play has been tampered and now my life is chaos


ok so,


C:\Documents and Settings\adam\Aion-FullInstall.zip: The archive is either in unknown format or damaged


this is the 2nd file ive downloaded because at first i thought it was just the torrent, but now ive come to accept that im probably not smart and theres probably a simple fix that i am uninformed of. if more info is needed, i will provide it, but im assuming im probably missing something dumb/obvious so that would be available on request

[virusiidx]

There's been quite a few people having that same problem lately. Actually, it happened to me when I was installing it on a friend's computer not too long ago and it also happened to another friend.

For me, my friend's computer ended up having corrupt memory, but once replaced, it unzipped fine. As for the other friend with the problem, she just unzipped it on another PC and moved the installation files over, so not sure what happened there. Weird, I know.

If not already, try using WinRAR to unzip the file. Does it at least tell you which file is corrupt/damaged?

[Zalius]

that is the message i got from winzip. i might try putting it on a flash drive and unzipping it on my dads pc and then moving that if thats whats up.

corrupt memory as in the physical RAM? i probably need to upgrade my RAM anyways, so if thats whats up then i guess i will

[virusiidx]

Try extracting with WinRAR first, it might tell you which file it's having trouble extracting. It'll probably be one of the .cab files.

And yeah, memory as in RAM. I ran memtest86 on the PC I was building and one of the memory sticks were corrupt. Returned to Newegg and bought another from Fry's, ran memtest86 and one of those were corrupt. :\ Exchanged one more time and they were fine, the unzipping issue also went away and it extracted just fine.

Not saying that's the case or anything, but just as a last resort.

[Zalius]

no uh, that IS the message winrar gave me. its just saying the whole thing is f'd up. the torrent version of it did too, and this happened a long time ago when i bought vanguard (probably better that i never ended up playing it anyways), so im assuming its something to do with cab files in general.

either way, i might just go get this RAM swapped out and add another 2gb stick, would probably be a better choice. i really would like this stupid thing to work though

[Gokulo]

I've got another problem. When trying to run setup.exe I get "Program too big to fit in memory" X.x

[virusiidx]

no uh, that IS the message winrar gave me. its just saying the whole thing is f'd up. the torrent version of it did too, and this happened a long time ago when i bought vanguard (probably better that i never ended up playing it anyways), so im assuming its something to do with cab files in general.

either way, i might just go get this RAM swapped out and add another 2gb stick, would probably be a better choice. i really would like this stupid thing to work though

You said above that you were using Winzip. I'm asking to try WinRAR because it might give a different specific error message.

[Kurp]

Where did you download it from?

[Zalius]

i did the torrent and the fileplanet download, both of which failed. and yeah, my bad, meant winrar

[Kurp]

I used the Fileplanet download manager and it worked fine for me. I don't remember it being packaged in a .zip file though. Maybe it was and I just forgot though.

edit: Apparently the Fileplanet download manager auto extracts it.

[Zelas]

Q: Help! when I'm trying to extract the game's zip file I'm getting an error that the ZIP file is damaged and the ZIP file containing only 3 files:

A: First, make sure that you downloaded all the file. The size of the file should be 9,778,128,225 bytes. Make sure that your ZIP extracting application can handle ZIP files with side above 4G bytes. Some of them CAN'T open ZIP files with size above 4G bytes. For example: WinRAR 3.30 can't open the game's ZIP while WinRAR 3.90 can open it. Make sure that your ZIP extracting tool can handle ZIP files larger then 4G bytes.


aionsource.com/forum/betaboards-bug-reporting/45503-known-problems-solutions-when-installing-aion.html

[Zalius]

Q: Help! when I'm trying to extract the game's zip file I'm getting an error that the ZIP file is damaged and the ZIP file containing only 3 files:

A: First, make sure that you downloaded all the file. The size of the file should be 9,778,128,225 bytes. Make sure that your ZIP extracting application can handle ZIP files with side above 4G bytes. Some of them CAN'T open ZIP files with size above 4G bytes. For example: WinRAR 3.30 can't open the game's ZIP while WinRAR 3.90 can open it. Make sure that your ZIP extracting tool can handle ZIP files larger then 4G bytes.


aionsource.com/forum/betaboards-bug-reporting/45503-known-problems-solutions-when-installing-aion.html

thanks qtpi, all of the files ive found have been between 9.1-9.5 though, so thats kind of weird. just updated winrar and that did the trick. figured it was something simple like that

[Janelle]

I downloaded the 9gb file.. extracted it to my public > games folder.. and when I click on the setup.exe file, it freezes up and after about 5/10 mins says it has stopped responding. Am I doing something wrong?

Using Windows Vista 64 bit.

[Zalius]

try going through the game downloader post extraction, thats what got the client running for me

[Purrrfect]

I downloaded the 9gb file.. extracted it to my public > games folder.. and when I click on the setup.exe file, it freezes up and after about 5/10 mins says it has stopped responding. Am I doing something wrong?

Using Windows Vista 64 bit.

Have an antivirus program running?

[benawi]

this is a bitch, my normal method of get file -> extract -> play has been tampered and now my life is chaos


ok so,


C:\Documents and Settings\adam\Aion-FullInstall.zip: The archive is either in unknown format or damaged


this is the 2nd file ive downloaded because at first i thought it was just the torrent, but now ive come to accept that im probably not smart and theres probably a simple fix that i am uninformed of. if more info is needed, i will provide it, but im assuming im probably missing something dumb/obvious so that would be available on request

almost same problem as urz =/