The NCSoft launcher will automatically update itself to the latest version on run.
This page is for the actual Launcher only.
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What works
The Launcher can be installed and started, but only after installing dotnet20 via winetricks.
What does not
Anything beyond starting the Launcher. It starts updating itself and fails with "Path not found".
What was not tested
The actual functionality of the Launcher, since it fails updating itself on startup.
Additional Comments
I'm marking this as garbage level because not only do you need a working Windows install to get past the self-update issue, but (from what I read) you then need to use command line switches that basically bypass all the functionality of the program to skip the Launcher and jump straight to your game. That's garbage level functionality, since you might as well just call your game with the proper launcher-bypass command line switches.
Before installation, run "winetricks ie6 dotnet20 gdiplus".
The launcher fails to apply the downloaded update patch, and returns a "Path not found" error... but you can work around it by manually replacing the launcher with an updated one.
It's possible to run/update/install games through the launcher by using the "/LaunchGame=" parameter.
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Any news ?
by Black Noxis on Monday September 10th 2012, 18:57
Any news on this one ? Did anybody tried to advance this a bit ? Some of us still want to play Lineage 2 on official and free sites :)
Would be nice to have a NCSoft Launcher working
My aprocatch
by Panagiotis Skarvelis on Wednesday December 14th 2011, 14:11
The Script is not there anymore.
This is my attempt for a script, i do not know if Timo R. use the same logic. (tested and works on ubuntu 11.10)
#!/bin/bash
patch=$1
extension=${patch##*.}
folder=${patch%.*}
#TODO check if unrar and wine exist
#TODO check if XDelta.exe exist in path ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/NCSoft/Launcher
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/NCSoft/Launcher/
if [ "$extension" == "ncpatch" ]
then
echo "Extact PATCH"
/usr/bin/unrar x $patch
echo "Get list of patched files from xml"
for patchthis in $(cat $folder/PatchManifest.xml | grep "FilePatch" | awk -F\' '{print $(NF-9)}')
do
echo "patch $patchthis"
wine XDelta.exe patch $folder\\ProductFiles\\$patchthis.X-D-E-L-T-A $patchthis $patchthis.patched
u_patchthis=${patchthis//'\'/"/"}
rm $u_patchthis
mv $u_patchthis.patched $u_patchthis
done
echo "Get list of added files"
for addthis in $(cat $folder/PatchManifest.xml | grep "FileAdd" | awk -F\' '{print $(NF-5)}')
do
echo "copy $addthis"
u_addthis=${addthis//'\'/"/"}
cp $folder/ProductFiles/$u_addthis $u_addthis
done
echo "Get list of removed files"
for removethis in $(cat $folder/PatchManifest.xml | grep "FileDelete" | awk -F\' '{print $(NF-5)}')
do
echo "remove $removethis"
u_removethis=${removethis//'\'/"/"}
rm $u_removethis
done
else
echo "Please provide a valid NCSoft patch (the file must have the extension .ncpatch)"
fi
sorry, but I'm a total newbie...
by Amber Dawn on Tuesday November 1st 2011, 17:06
could somebody explain how you use the abovementioned command to launch games?
I have installed Launcher with the fix as suggested, however when I try to run it, I just get a small white rectangle with a progress bar that never fills up.
Patcher Script
by Timo R. on Thursday July 22nd 2010, 5:33
I wrote this small script, which for me successfully applyed the latest launcher patch.
Not sure if it is 100% correct, but at least it works.
Get it here: dpaste.org/Fb7X/
RE: Patcher Script by Christopher B. Wright on
Saturday June 25th 2011, 21:18
NCLauncher
by WaCrex on Sunday April 25th 2010, 2:48
I'm trying to make the NCLauncher work in wine 1.1.43.. I'm getting error messages and a gray main-window so far... but.. if I replace the launcher with an updated older version I'm able to install/update & launch the game.
I have created a wiki to store the progress on the launcher & fixes.
Feel free to make changes if you figure out some fixes for the errors.
More errors & possible error fixes can posted in the discussion page.
