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KovuTalli
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom325 Posts
February 06 2013 07:20 GMT
#1
HOTS Went down for downtime yesterday (Feb 05) I woke up this morning and it seems the launcher is broken?

First off it started up as Starcraft 2 2012 Beta.

Then it "Updated" and broke the launcher completely and it crashed. Now it's hanging on "Updating blizzard launcher...." Is anyone else experiencing difficulties? or is it just me?
"Milk tastes like milk" - Raelcun.
Subspace
Profile Joined December 2010
35 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-06 07:36:24
February 06 2013 07:29 GMT
#2
I had exactly the same experience, except for the crash and hanging part, hots is running fine now, so it must be you... Try the repair option?
Unsane
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada170 Posts
February 06 2013 07:41 GMT
#3
I did not experience this. Today, i first loaded up WoL to communicate with someone, then went into HOTS, i noticed the blizzard launcher DL'd something for WoL, but just won a ladder match on HOTS. I was not paying attention during HOTS's startup.
"What is the plural of y'all? All y'all." -Day9
bobsire
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada296 Posts
February 06 2013 07:45 GMT
#4
Happened to me too... it just patched it self and that was it.
ysjayc
Profile Joined December 2010
China70 Posts
February 06 2013 07:51 GMT
#5
yah same experience....now it is updating blizzard launcher...
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
February 06 2013 08:31 GMT
#6
I managed to play last night, I don't think it isn't working.
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
eduran
Profile Joined January 2013
Germany4 Posts
February 06 2013 08:37 GMT
#7
ZoneAlarm is what caused the problem for me. After the launcher patch I had to manually unblock it. If you are using a firewall (even the built in windows one) you might whant to check if it blocks the launcher.
KovuTalli
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom325 Posts
February 06 2013 11:08 GMT
#8
Yeah I had to unblock it all again, but after a restart of the launcher it seems to work now and can get in to HOTS fine.
"Milk tastes like milk" - Raelcun.
Rowrin
Profile Joined September 2011
United States280 Posts
February 06 2013 21:45 GMT
#9
Id try running it in admin mode also. Sometimes Ive noticed that the launcher will try to update but lacks permission to write to my computer so it will just get stuck. Usually Ill get that popup saying "do you want this program to make changes to your computer. . ." but when that doesnt happen i have to run the launcher at least once as administrator to give it the permission to update.
Pulimuli
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Sweden2766 Posts
February 07 2013 17:39 GMT
#10
Had to the same problem, launcher game me a message "unable to read blabla file" and just shut down. Works by running it in administrator mode though
Nudelfisk
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden104 Posts
February 07 2013 18:32 GMT
#11
i got a beta key today and the launcher wouldnt work lol. found a few possible solutions

1. delete the battle.net cache (on windows 7: c:\programdata - remove the blizzard folder)
2. deactivate antivirus program
3. eject the cd tray, as someone figured the launcher tried to read from the CD-drive where there obviously was no CD
4. what ultimately solved it for me was accidentally restarting the computer when i was going to eject the cd tray, lol. when my computer had rebooted the launcher worked fine.
Callynn
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands917 Posts
February 07 2013 18:32 GMT
#12
I can start it up, but there is no battle.net =(
Comparing BW with SCII is like comparing a beautiful three-master sailing ship with a modern battlecruiser. Both are beautiful in their own way, both perform the same task, but they are worlds apart in how they are built and how they are steered.
willoc
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada1530 Posts
February 07 2013 18:42 GMT
#13
Blizzard's launchers are the biggest pieces of shit from the company yet. I've been having problems with ALL of them for at least 3 years now.
Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid!
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