The core game files are completely fine ( the 170GB we already have stored ) the issue is their launcher screwed up and breaks the IDX files which results in the launcher thinking it needs to download the entire game to fix, at which point these files get corrected.
We know this is still happening people, that admin that randomly pops up ( just to close threads ) has said its fixed, lots of people still reporting they are getting requests to download the entire game, even after downloading the entire game 3 or 4 times. So the way I look at it is its only a matter of time before at some point we end up in the same position.
We have proved that with the correct files ( 4MB of working IDX files ) the launcher is able to work out what it needs to run the game or apply the correct update, I have tested many different scenarios with 3 different batches of these files. one results in complete download of game, one results in 200mb download and one results in no update at all.
So for the sake of 4MB of files surely these people running this show would make the logical decision to send out a fix instead of saying yeah just keep trying a download of 170GB at the worst time for anyone to do so?
So out of pure laziness there is no official fix and people who have paid good money are suffering further than what they are already currently exposed to outside of this game.
Not impressed by this at all…
If anyone has the ability to share these files somewhere publicly I am happy to spend some time testing to get it working for anyone who is not willing or able to download the entire game for no reason. It is for no reason as we already have the core files, this is the result of the launcher breaking 4MB of files???
EDIT: I have just read that there is another update for the game coming potentially today. Be interesting to see what happens…