You can Download I've had it downloaded for a month now but if you try to install you get...
"The Fire from the sky still falls Diablo 3 has not launched yet"
What I want to know is if people who pre-ordered a box can pre-download it somewhere, and just punch in the cd-key when it arrives.
Yeah, you can download it and install it, and meanwhile you can punch in the cd-key into your battle net account.
Then you're good to go!
I think anyway ;P
Negative, Ghost Rider. You will only be provided a link to pre-download the game client if you have pre-purchased through Battle.net. If you pre-purchased at a store there is no place on Battle.net to pre-download.
However, somewhere on this site a link was provided to pre-download the client and have it waiting on your hard drive for the release of the game and input of your cd key. But its up to you... pre-download something onto your harddrive that will be the exact same build that is on the disc provided in the retail box you purchased? Both the pre-download client and the retail disc will require a release-day patch!
I have to get back to the hospital with my wife and newborn, otherwise I would look up that link to the client download for you. Its buried in these forums somewhere.
In the end, you won't be able to update your client or truely install the game until the your region unlocks. Which kind of sucks, because that means for me that it unlocks at 3am, and then I gotta install, and then update. Id rather be doing that between 12-3am ha.
What I want to know is if people who pre-ordered a box can pre-download it somewhere, and just punch in the cd-key when it arrives.
Yeah, you can download it and install it, and meanwhile you can punch in the cd-key into your battle net account.
Then you're good to go!
I think anyway ;P
Negative, Ghost Rider. You will only be provided a link to pre-download the game client if you have pre-purchased through Battle.net. If you pre-purchased at a store there is no place on Battle.net to pre-download.
However, somewhere on this site a link was provided to pre-download the client and have it waiting on your hard drive for the release of the game and input of your cd key. But its up to you... pre-download something onto your harddrive that will be the exact same build that is on the disc provided in the retail box you purchased? Both the pre-download client and the retail disc will require a release-day patch!
I have to get back to the hospital with my wife and newborn, otherwise I would look up that link to the client download for you. Its buried in these forums somewhere.
Any chance you can chase down that link? I pre-ordered from GS (digital DL) and they can't get their shit together to get me a code to pre-load...
Honestly...I don't give a damn whether I start to play three days, three minutes or three hours after another country. I just want to play it - no more, no less. Who cares? Seriously guys... you're bitching so much about the minor details that you fail to see the big picture and if you're going to ask me what it is I have proven my point.
just to be certain, the beta launcher thing is useless now right? the client install will be completely differnt yeah? I can just unstall/delete the beta now yeah?
just to be certain, the beta launcher thing is useless now right? the client install will be completely differnt yeah? I can just unstall/delete the beta now yeah?
yes - beta is usless now.
Good news however, is that teh beta takes like 10 seconds to uninstall.
In the end, you won't be able to update your client or truely install the game until the your region unlocks. Which kind of sucks, because that means for me that it unlocks at 3am, and then I gotta install, and then update. Id rather be doing that between 12-3am ha.
Same here. So if i buy it at midnight Can install it from the disk and be ready to go at 3am or do I still have yo wait until 3am to patch it
just to be certain, the beta launcher thing is useless now right? the client install will be completely differnt yeah? I can just unstall/delete the beta now yeah?
Yes. The beta client will not update to retail version.
In the end, you won't be able to update your client or truely install the game until the your region unlocks. Which kind of sucks, because that means for me that it unlocks at 3am, and then I gotta install, and then update. Id rather be doing that between 12-3am ha.
Same here. So if i buy it at midnight Can install it from the disk and be ready to go at 3am or do I still have yo wait until 3am to patch it
I don't know honestly, part of me thinks we still have to wait till 3am to do anything. I am not sure what is on the disk, it could just be the simple client installer that you can get online. Or, it could hold the data and we can atleast install but have no patch.
Blizzard (via Kaivax) has already said that we'll be able to play the game immediately when the servers go live, so it stands to reason they'll allow us to install ahead of time.
Blizzard (via Kaivax) has already said that we'll be able to play the game immediately when the servers go live, so it stands to reason they'll allow us to install ahead of time.
I could see a 1 hour install period. Not much datamining/spoilering can happen in 1 hour.
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And yet..
"The Fire from the sky still falls Diablo 3 has not launched yet"
Yeah, you can download it and install it, and meanwhile you can punch in the cd-key into your battle net account.
Then you're good to go!
I think anyway ;P
Negative, Ghost Rider. You will only be provided a link to pre-download the game client if you have pre-purchased through Battle.net. If you pre-purchased at a store there is no place on Battle.net to pre-download.
However, somewhere on this site a link was provided to pre-download the client and have it waiting on your hard drive for the release of the game and input of your cd key. But its up to you... pre-download something onto your harddrive that will be the exact same build that is on the disc provided in the retail box you purchased? Both the pre-download client and the retail disc will require a release-day patch!
I have to get back to the hospital with my wife and newborn, otherwise I would look up that link to the client download for you. Its buried in these forums somewhere.
Die fr00b, die~
Any chance you can chase down that link? I pre-ordered from GS (digital DL) and they can't get their shit together to get me a code to pre-load...
EDIT: NVM.... found it...
yes - beta is usless now.
Good news however, is that teh beta takes like 10 seconds to uninstall.
Same here. So if i buy it at midnight Can install it from the disk and be ready to go at 3am or do I still have yo wait until 3am to patch it
Yes. The beta client will not update to retail version.
+1
Ditto..Bought a Corsair 120gb SSD last week. Reinstalled Win7 and is it EVER fast! Best upgrade to my system I've made in a while.
I could see a 1 hour install period. Not much datamining/spoilering can happen in 1 hour.