The Old Republic. patch 2.9a problems

[MattT]

Hi guys. Any fellow old Republic players having trouble with the new patch.
It comes up with "unable to retrieve patch data. Please check network connection (311)".
Anyone else getting this, is seems from forums that it is New Zealand and Australia experiencing this problem.

[MattG]

Yes, I had this problem.

The solution is to make a change to your Hosts file. Instructions are here:

Anyone who is experiencing this bug, sing out if you need more instructions.

[MattT]

Thanks for the reply Matt.
My brother has just has a go at the instructions but doesn't seem to have worked for me.

[MattG]

What version of Windows are you running? Did you find the proper Hosts file okay, and save it without an extension (although you use Notepad, make sure you don't Save as a text file)?

Here are more instructions for Hosts file modifications in general: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/be ... osts-file/

There is an alternative IP address that works. Instead of the addition mentioned in the Reddit instructions, add the following as the last line in the Hosts file:

209.84.0.254 cdn-patch.swtor.com

[MattG]

PS: the command line step (open a command prompt as admin and type "ipconfig /flushdns") seems to be critical to effect the change.

[MattT]

Thanks Matt
Seems to be downloading now!
Thanks so much for your assistance!
Fingers crossed it stays working.

[MattG]

Cool. It should remain stable. The problem only pertains to communication to the patch server, so doesn't affect game start up otherwise, or the actual game server.

[MattT]

Game patched, loaded and working. Thanks Matt.