[Powerman]

every time i try to install the patch for COD:UO it tells me i dont have the right previous version installed...but this is the only patch for COD:UO...anyone have any ideas?

Edited by Powerman, 24 April 2005 - 02:48 PM.

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There are actually 2 patches you must apply or things will go very wrong for you.


COD v1.5 patch must be applied FIRST (call of duty)
http://www.maps-n-mo...p=getit&lid=763

then

COD:UO v1.51 patch must be applied (united offensive)
http://www.maps-n-mo...p=getit&lid=764

Yes you must apply both patches or you will have some major issues

Starjax

[starjax]

There are actually 2 patches you must apply or things will go very wrong for you.


COD v1.5 patch must be applied FIRST (call of duty)
http://www.maps-n-mo...p=getit&lid=763

then

COD:UO v1.51 patch must be applied (united offensive)
http://www.maps-n-mo...p=getit&lid=764

Yes you must apply both patches or you will have some major issues

Starjax

[Powerman]

i have hte 1.5 patch installed...but when i try to install the 1.51 patch i get this error message "The file C:\Program Files\Call of Duty Game of the Year Edition\uo\pakuo01.pk3 is not a valid previous version and could not be upgraded

[starjax]

is this a legeal copy? I'll look into the error shortly.

ok, sooner than anticpated... delete pakuo00.pk3 and pakuo01.pk3 from you UO directory then cut and paste direcly from the UO cd1

Starjax

[Powerman]

yep, bought it 2 days ago

[Powerman]

i did what you said and still get the same error report

[starjax]

well this is activisions official response:

When I attempt to install Call of Duty: United Offensive, I receive an error during the patch process that states, “The file c:\<invalid path>\pak0.pk3 could not be opened”. What does this mean?
  Answer
  This can happen if you specified a folder that does not contain proper Call of Duty files or if the game files are corrupt. If this occurs, try reinstalling the original Call of Duty game and then launching the Call of Duty: United Offensive install process again.

I would uninstall everything and try reinstalling. this time specify the install path to be something like c:\program files\call of duty\
leave off the "game of the year". could be the path is to long for the patch to take.

[Powerman]

ok ill try everything out tongith when i get home from school

[Powerman]

well i did everything you said and still get the same error messag

Edited by Powerman, 26 April 2005 - 04:56 PM.

[Powerman]

could i just have a bad copy of the game and need to take it back and get a new one?

[starjax]

sorry, been unexpectedly unavailable the last few days. there is a key in the registry that you could look at. when I get home I'll look it up. I've seen it install the patch, but not update the reg key properly.

[Powerman]

its ok, i got it all fixed...ill let ya know what i did, i deleated pakuo00.pk3 and pakuo01.pk3 out of my uo folder, i put in UO CD 1, and copied and pasted thoes files directly from cd...idk how it worked but it did so if anyone else has this problem thats how its fixed

[Die_Hard]

Did EVERYTHING there was posted on this topic:
AND STILL GETTING THE ERROR

gettin a bit frustraded here...
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Ok this is what i've done:
-Installed (a dozen times) COD in the normal path
-Patched it with 1.5 PATCH
-Installed COD:UO
Then
-patched it right away with the 1,51 patch
OR
-Copyed the I:\SETUP\DATA\UO Folder to my UO mdirectory and then patched it with the 1,51 patch

And still gettin the error: "The file C:\Program Files\Call of Duty Game of the Year Edition\uo\pakuo01.pk3 is not a valid previous version and could not be upgraded"

Now i just

[starjax]

find someone with the non game of the year edition and install codup from there using your cd key. From all the questions about cod that I have seen I am convinced that the GotY edition has some issues.