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Buy CoD 4 via Aspyr download or Retail? Help!

I have not confirmed this yet but if you can catch the file when the connection is dropped try using wget -c to retreive the remainder of the file. so far the second windows download seems to be working.

Method is as foolows

open up terminal
type cd /path/to/file/directory hit enter
then wget -c http://www.theurltheservergenerates.com/
you can copy and paste the url in mac terminal.
 
I dunno why you bother dl'ing the damn thing anyway when it's beennothing but trouble since the first day...I ordered a copy direct from apple and it took 3 days to get here, seems so much easier and less stressful to just do it that way,and seeing as how you don't even need a disc to play MP, where's the logic???:confused:

anyhow, just seems like a big hassle avoided by buying it straight out. It'd be like a bunch of people you watch die by jumping in a puddle and decide to jump in too...cause maybe it'll be different for you...lol, not the case:p

but I hope to see you all on the battlefield soon...:D
 
BigRig said:
I dunno why you bother dl'ing the damn thing anyway when it's beennothing but trouble since the first day...I ordered a copy direct from apple and it took 3 days to get here, seems so much easier and less stressful to just do it that way,and seeing as how you don't even need a disc to play MP, where's the logic???:confused:

anyhow, just seems like a big hassle avoided by buying it straight out. It'd be like a bunch of people you watch die by jumping in a puddle and decide to jump in too...cause maybe it'll be different for you...lol, not the case:p

but I hope to see you all on the battlefield soon...:D
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Simple to not have to keep track of the disk and to say I DID IT without having to warez anything
 
ert3 said:
Finally got an email response from aspyr explaining the finer parts OF DOWNLOADING A FILE. which got me a little angry, they did however say I am welcome to try as many more times as it takes to get the file.

Well I am now using the windows half of my mac (boot camp not parallels) and tried the download in both IE and Chrome which failed because the file is to big so I then started the download in firefox.

If that fails I will try using Free download manager and the next post will tell my results. I know sending money microsoft ways is not the most atractive way to download this file but at this point I feel that the download install may have been simply a big mistake with the current level of DRM enforcement.
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Yeah, that pissed me off too. When I was told that I should disable my screensaver, I was like: How dumb do you think I am?

They told me the same thing: Unlimited downloads, that actually meant 45 :confused: I don't really know how 45 = Unlimited...
 
ert3 said:
I have not confirmed this yet but if you can catch the file when the connection is dropped try using wget -c to retreive the remainder of the file. so far the second windows download seems to be working.

Method is as foolows

open up terminal
type cd /path/to/file/directory hit enter
then wget -c http://www.theurltheservergenerates.com/
you can copy and paste the url in mac terminal.
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Sorry for the double post...

Yeah, I used wget one time as well, it failed multiple time which is why I think the file is corrupt. Best of luck though!
 
wget is a tricky tool.

know this if you download the file from the official servers and it is 6.87gb in size you are most likely in luck.

the second time I tried to download it I used firefox on windows took me two tries and 11 hours (which I suspect is because of the University capping bandwidth) but it finally worked.

install/activation was smooth and withen moments after install I was online regulating noobs.

for those of you who are interested I will be doing a review of download game services at The Coffee Desk dot com which should be up by Monday though I am aiming for Sunday. (Our webserver is weak though so don't be discouraged if the page does not load simply wait and try later as you may be preventing me from getting to the server myself)

UPDATE: It looks like I will have it up monday afternoon
 
ert3 said:
wget is a tricky tool.

know this if you download the file from the official servers and it is 6.87gb in size you are most likely in luck.

the second time I tried to download it I used firefox on windows took me two tries and 11 hours (which I suspect is because of the University capping bandwidth) but it finally worked.

install/activation was smooth and withen moments after install I was online regulating noobs.

for those of you who are interested I will be doing a review of download game services at The Coffee Desk dot com which should be up by Monday though I am aiming for Sunday. (Our webserver is weak though so don't be discouraged if the page does not load simply wait and try later as you may be preventing me from getting to the server myself)
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Awesome! In 8 minutes I will have completed the 18 part download from MegaUpload and I'll try installing. If it doesn't work, I'll just wait until the DVD Aspyr sent me gets here.
 
mclaughj said:
Awesome! In 8 minutes I will have completed the 18 part download from MegaUpload and I'll try installing. If it doesn't work, I'll just wait until the DVD Aspyr sent me gets here.
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No luck.

I started the download from Aspyr once more, if it works I'm a happy man again!
 
I think the trick to the download is catching it when it fails.

If one could catch it when it fails they could simply go to gameagent.com and get themselves a new link then use that link with wget -c (executed from withen the initial download folder) and continue the download without having to worry about aspyr's ****** download service.

Really if they where not doing so much to limit the simple act of the download from the server it would be ok because that long download could be paused or restarted.

Either way the download version works fine but don't expect to run this game at maximum settings without using either the imac 24" or the mac pro
 
I think Aspyr finally fixed the corrupt file in the rocky mountain area! I downloaded the game (finally) last night, directly from GameAgent.com.

P.S. I couldn't get the MegaUpload version to work, I don't recommend downloading it as it's a waste of time.
 
mclaughj said:
I think Aspyr finally fixed the corrupt file in the rocky mountain area! I downloaded the game (finally) last night, directly from GameAgent.com.

P.S. I couldn't get the MegaUpload version to work, I don't recommend downloading it as it's a waste of time.
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I think they have made a change in the way the download is delivered because this really stank of MTU config issues from the get go
 
mclaughj said:
I think Aspyr finally fixed the corrupt file in the rocky mountain area! I downloaded the game (finally) last night, directly from GameAgent.com.

P.S. I couldn't get the MegaUpload version to work, I don't recommend downloading it as it's a waste of time.
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Hi,

I updated the download links. Please check them out. Sorry if the Megaupload ones where not working. I try my best.
 
Pissed at Aspyr also.

Like some of you, I was foolish enough to try and download the game. I've gone back and forth with their customer service department all week. I called the number listed in a previous post and they denied the refund.

The closest I've gotten to a complete file is 6 gb. Sometimes Safari will restart the download, sometimes it can't.

The latest error message is-
kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 302

I called my credit card company last night to contest the charge.

I also tried the links to 70 files earlier in the thread. The first downloaded OK. On the second one I got a message that I've hit the limit for a free customer. I'm not interested in paying more to download something I've already paid for. Is this file on any bit torrent sites? A google search didn't point me to anything.

I've played about 10 Aspyr games through the years. All legally bought and paid for. They just lost a paying customer.

Thanks for any help you can send my way.

Bill
 
ert3 said:
If you can get it from a store then buy the disk my download speed is moving at a whoping 11kb/s and there is not phone support for their download service.
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Yes, if you can get a disc copy, than get a disc copy - otherwise, there's a huge chance you'll be waiting quite some time. Aspyr is great, BTW.

If anyone is looking for the PC equivalent, go to Direct2Drive.
 
GreyGuy said:
Like some of you, I was foolish enough to try and download the game. I've gone back and forth with their customer service department all week. I called the number listed in a previous post and they denied the refund.

The closest I've gotten to a complete file is 6 gb. Sometimes Safari will restart the download, sometimes it can't.

The latest error message is-
kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 302

I called my credit card company last night to contest the charge.

I also tried the links to 70 files earlier in the thread. The first downloaded OK. On the second one I got a message that I've hit the limit for a free customer. I'm not interested in paying more to download something I've already paid for. Is this file on any bit torrent sites? A google search didn't point me to anything.

I've played about 10 Aspyr games through the years. All legally bought and paid for. They just lost a paying customer.

Thanks for any help you can send my way.

Bill
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Try using Firefox, that's what finally worked for me... If that doesn't work, I recommend opening a ticket at support.aspyr.com and requesting a DVD copy of the game (since you already purchased a serial number). That's what I did and I received the DVD copy 3 days after I finally got the download to work.

Hope this helps,

Joseph :apple:
 
GreyGuy said:
Like some of you, I was foolish enough to try and download the game. I've gone back and forth with their customer service department all week. I called the number listed in a previous post and they denied the refund.

The closest I've gotten to a complete file is 6 gb. Sometimes Safari will restart the download, sometimes it can't.

The latest error message is-
kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 302

I called my credit card company last night to contest the charge.

I also tried the links to 70 files earlier in the thread. The first downloaded OK. On the second one I got a message that I've hit the limit for a free customer. I'm not interested in paying more to download something I've already paid for. Is this file on any bit torrent sites? A google search didn't point me to anything.

I've played about 10 Aspyr games through the years. All legally bought and paid for. They just lost a paying customer.

Thanks for any help you can send my way.

Bill
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Hi Bill,

I also got very frustrated. But Aspyr and Digital River replied to my emails pretty quick and allowed me to download more times to finish my download. Anyway the file was corrupted and I complained by email at least 5 times, and they eventually refund (even when they say that they can't because of online policy). I basically threatened them to bring them to court because I payed for something I still do not have and that there policy is unfair.

Good luck.
 
Got it to work

Hi Guys-

Thanks for the help. I did get the game to work this weekend. How - By downloading the dmg file from a bit torrent site.

I downloaded the file in one try using the same computer/settings/connection that their "tech support" folks said were stopping the download.

Thanks Aspyr!!! You just lost a paying customer.
 
GreyGuy said:
Hi Guys-

Thanks for the help. I did get the game to work this weekend. How - By downloading the dmg file from a bit torrent site.

I downloaded the file in one try using the same computer/settings/connection that their "tech support" folks said were stopping the download.

Thanks Aspyr!!! You just lost a paying customer.
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I was right in your shoes, thinking I would never buy from Aspyr again, especially since the PC version of CoD4 had released a multi-player patch by the time I got mine installed. BUT when they released the patch that brought the Mac version up to the PC version TWO WEEKS AFTER THE WINDOWS PATCH, they won me back. That kind of response is virtually unheard of with ported games! (For example: the WoW patch for Mac was released 8 months after the equivalent Windows patch - And Blizzard made both versions, not so with CoD4)

They did an A++ job at porting this game to Mac and they have shown they are committed to keeping this version up to par with the windows version. I've had this game for 8 days and I am totally addicted to it. Give it some time, I for one think that if Aspyr releases another port of a game I like, I will buy it at the snap of a finger.

mclaughj :apple:
 
just so you guys know amazon.com is selling COD4 for mac for 41.99. with free shipping.
 
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