Hi All! Recently i had to format my hard disk and ever since, i'm unable to start DR. During installation i get an error that says some *.pkg file does not match the cab file or something like that and if i ignore to continue installation, the game never starts!! Just says 'NcSoft encounterd an error and needs to shut down'.. Would appreciate if anyone could get me out of this fix.

Thanks all!

The setup you downloaded was after all the formating and doings of your computer?

Format of HD usually is done by the reinstall of the OS
in most cases Win XP Home or PRO

However mother boards have chip sets and those need drivers
to be compatible with newer hardware like video cards made after the motherboard

and then theres FORGOT to do the WINDOWS UPDATES before rushing into installing software
Last time I redid wife's computer Windows Updates produced
32 reboots before done

Then there's DIRECTX most Windows installs use version 8
game uses version 9 as does almost every game made nowadays

Video Card drivers DO NOT let Windows "Found New Hardware"
install your Video driver
9 out of 10 times the driver works great for Windows Explorer and IE but crashes out on 3D applications

get the right driver not the newest driver (most of the time) A NVidia FX-5200 on a VIA chipset needs Forceware ver 77.77 any thing later causes lag Shader errors and a variety
of RAM cache (dirty hits) the current version is 163.75


and lastly DR doesnt use any cab files WINDOWS does
and so does DirectX

the DR client has some bugs like if you take too long creating a new account while the client is minimized
you time out .. but instead of disconnecting you
the game crashes Windows itself and PC reboots

Checklist for new OS install

Cancel "found new hardware" on Windows load
Open the IE and go get Motherboard chipset drivers
including AGP driver

reboot PC

Open IE go get Video Driver & INSTALL

reboot PC

Open IE go to Microsoft Updates
Run until no new updates are avail

If you have a stolen KEY for XP you will have WGA
incident on SP2

After Updates complete Install Direct X 9.01C

reboot PC

Total Time usually about 6-8 hrs

Edited by Murtog (01/17/08 10:45 AM)

Dontcha just love Windows!

All kidding aside, I reformat about 2 years or so because I notice degradation with an older system (registry errors, lots of old files without a home, etc.). I fragment and clean my hard drive frequently, but I've gotten to a point where I just ghost a base OS, update any newer drivers, install patches and then reload any applications that are different than my image. Even with a fast Internet connection, Windows patching takes forever.

yeah I had that for a little bit too.. but my graphics card and everything was perfect.. but after a while it just randomyl started working again.

well..thanks guys..i'm running a genuine XP..multiple installtions..after formatting, i always get all the updates thrown at me..the DR installation file however was downloaded before i formatted the system. the exact error is:

"crc error: the file c:\program files\ncsoft\ncsoft\dungeon runners\game.pkg doesn't match the file in the setup's cab file. the medium from which you are running the setup may be corrupted; contact your software vendor"

After you reformat and reinstall OS, all updates and all drivers, then install DR. However if I understand you correctly it was the installer you had before the reformat? If that is the case, unistall the current installation of DR, then download the current installer from DR.com. That is what I did a month or so back. I was getting errors during the install and that was the fix that I used.

Edited by BigJackMcBastard (01/22/08 02:53 PM)

Thanks dude! will give it a try..dont seem to have any other option anyway!!! hey! has it got anything to do with .Net framework? i'm running Ver 2.0. just wondering..

That I am really not to sure about. Anyone else know? I am curious too.

The launcher uses .NET 2.0.