so I got the digital copy of starcraft and broodwar from the blizzard website last week. it worked fine. today i tried to log on and got the usual new patch message. I clicked ok and auto dowloaded it. When the game tried to apply the patch, I got this error

"patching cannot be completed because the patch archive is corrupt"

told me try reinstalling the game. I did that and then I got this error.

"the patch could not be applied because it could not match the file checksum"

:S

so i went on again and then got the same "patch archive is corrupt error"

i was hoping someone else who has previously experienced this or knows how to fix it can tell me how.

I wasn't sure if this goes in the broodwar or general section. sorry and thanks.

blabber

United States4448 Posts

November 25 2008 01:28 GMT

may sound crazy, but try updating it with chaoslauncher on

SonuvBob

Aiur21549 Posts

November 25 2008 01:36 GMT

Maybe Blizz just screwed up? Try patching manually once the patch exe is available.

Dreadwave

Netherlands254 Posts

November 25 2008 01:55 GMT

On November 25 2008 10:28 blabber wrote:
may sound crazy, but try updating it with chaoslauncher on

Yeah, it may sound crazy but it was the only thing that worked for me when the last patch failed.
I also use the blizz-account SC, I tried everything else last time and that was the only thing that worked.

I'm not going to update until I need to this time.

blabber

United States4448 Posts

November 25 2008 01:57 GMT

I updated my SC to 1.16 with chaoslauncher successfully. But, now I HAVE to use chaoslauncher to bnet. If I don't, I will get a message saying it couldn't validate my game version.

Racenilatr

United States2756 Posts

November 25 2008 02:00 GMT

lol. That happened to me the other way around though

MasterOfChaos wont disappoint us though

x89titan

Philippines1130 Posts

November 25 2008 03:13 GMT

On November 25 2008 10:57 blabber wrote:
I updated my SC to 1.16 with chaoslauncher successfully. But, now I HAVE to use chaoslauncher to bnet. If I don't, I will get a message saying it couldn't validate my game version.

LOL i had that error too, but using chaos i successfully updated and now i have the same problem. owell now ill always have apm counter, timer, and lan latency by my side

IntoTheWow

is awesome32274 Posts

November 25 2008 06:55 GMT

I get a sumcheck error on StarEdit.exe when updating.

I can't patch t_t

blabber

United States4448 Posts

November 25 2008 06:57 GMT

patch with chaoslauncher on gogo

afg-warrior

Afghanistan328 Posts

November 25 2008 07:09 GMT

#10

thanks for the chaos launcher tip guys. I tried that and the game began updating. only to be screwed by a checksum error with staredit.

"The patch could not be applied because the file does not match the file checksum

staredit.exe"

then tells me to reinstall which I already tried. I'm honestly starting to feel like the $15 digital copy was too good to be true and a rip off.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32274 Posts

November 25 2008 07:16 GMT

#11

On November 25 2008 16:09 afg-warrior wrote:
thanks for the chaos launcher tip guys. I tried that and the game began updating. only to be screwed by a checksum error with staredit.

"The patch could not be applied because the file does not match the file checksum

staredit.exe"

then tells me to reinstall which I already tried. I'm honestly starting to feel like the $15 digital copy was too good to be true and a rip off.

I have the same problem t_t even though im patching with a fresh install...

IntoTheWow

is awesome32274 Posts

November 25 2008 07:23 GMT

#12

I give up, at least for today.

Patch trough battle.net fails -> Staredit checksum error
Patch from 1.15.2 to 1.15.3 fails -> Staredit checksum error (Blizzard Store copy of Starcraft is on 1.15.2)

I got Staredit from someone with the 1.15.3 patch, still fails.

afg-warrior

Afghanistan328 Posts

November 25 2008 21:06 GMT

#13

i'm guessing this is because of the digital copy we have. if i knew that it would give me this much trouble, i would have never bought the damn thing.

have you tried the blizzard tech support yet? maybe they got a solution? :S

FragKrag

United States11552 Posts

November 25 2008 22:20 GMT

#14

I posted on the blizzard tech support and like 5 other people posted.

Blizzard tech support is so slow T_T

http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=12891015630&sid=3000

afg-warrior

Afghanistan328 Posts

November 25 2008 23:44 GMT

#15

this is getting ridiculous. i honestly hope i dont have to wait for 1.16.1 for this issue to be fixed if at all

Xeofreestyler

Belgium6771 Posts

November 26 2008 00:22 GMT

#16

Ugh. I have the same thing but it just doesnt do anything AT ALL. Just closes down bw and no message or anything.

Last time I fixed this with a 3d party updating prog someone made, but I have no idea where I found it.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

November 26 2008 01:13 GMT

#17

I had this problem when patching the digital DL copy of Starcraft to 1.15.3.

I found a 3rd party patch that successfully patched the game.

I will update if the patch works correctly.

EDIT: Patch didn't work.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32274 Posts

November 26 2008 03:50 GMT

#18

1.16 is out in the FTP now:

http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/broodwar/patches/PC/BW-116.exe

I'm done downloading it. Will try it out and tell you guys how it went...

IntoTheWow

is awesome32274 Posts

November 26 2008 03:51 GMT

#19

ARGGGG same error:

Blizzard BNUpdate v2.133 compiled on Jul 24 2008
Log created at 1:50 am on 11/26/2008

This patch upgrades Brood War from version 1.04 to version 1.16.0.

ERROR: unable to apply patch to file 'C:\Archivos de programa\StarCraft\StarEdit.exe'

RESULT: Patch failed

Anyone tried getting the StarEdit from someone who already patched?