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TheMarshyBear
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11 years ago

Unable to install CAS demo

No, no, legal here. I got the CAS demo in library and downloaded it, but that's all she does. I download the game it attempts to install but nothing ever pops up (no wizard). It says "Install complete" but the game does not recognize it and does not actually allow me to play.

I've been waiting for so long so this is absolutely great -_-

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  • DId you try removing everything Demo related and then redownloading ?

    Also what's your OS ?

  • TheMarshyBear's avatar
    TheMarshyBear
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    11 years ago

    Yes, I've been in touch with the game advisors for 3 days.

    As far as I know, I managed to find a work-around involving registry.

    For whatever reason Origin does not seem t correctly update registry entries at all

    I have to manually add "Install Dir" in order for CAS to work. this also works for SimCity (which didn't install) although Wing Commander failed to work (which also didn't install)

    As far as I can tell, my computer/registry/Origin just does not recognize that the downloaded games are installed.

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    TheMarshyBear
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    11 years ago

    Yeap. I've done all they recommended

    *Cleaning the registry

    *Deleting all the caches, program data, everythnig

    *Downloading via Safe Mode (Windows)

    *Clean Boot

    ALL

    Also, Windows 7 SP1 Professional

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    11 years ago

    Does sound a bit like the newest Origin has a bug.

    Did you check if there's a beta avaible ?

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    TheMarshyBear
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    11 years ago

    I've wondered if this is an Origin bug or not.

    But I asked and they said if this was due to Origin other people woul dhave this issue as well xD

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    11 years ago

    Did you check out the Origin forum if there ARE other people with similar issues ? I just got back from vacation so not really up-to-date with current issues I have to admit.

    I did see that some people did have other issues with Origin not installing properly.

    Does the demo work for you know though ?

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    TheMarshyBear
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    11 years ago

    I have managed to find a registry-edited work around yes but the problem is still technically there.

    And I have looked up the issue, it did seem to pop up but mostly for people who have "moved" their games, not who had a fresh download.