Stuck on "Verifying Client Files"

[piratepengu]

Hello,
I love Project Reality and played it very often back in the fall. However, about halfway between the release of 1.0.36.0 and 1.1.1.0 I encountered a bug where when I launched the game I would just see verifying client files and the game would never launch. This only occurred on online accounts. I tried reinstalling PR from scratch, which did not work. Last night I uninstalled PR and reinstalled the Desura version of PR and it worked fine...but alas, today I am getting the same problem as before.

[piratepengu]

So is there no solution? Well I'll miss PR then...

[USMC_Toney]

Solution is available. Go to your wifi setting and go to pcvp 4 click properties it will say obtain up address manually and automatically click manual and put in 8.8.8.8 that worked for me and it is googles ip by the way

[piratepengu]

So where is that? I can't find it anywhere on routerlogin.net.

[LITOralis.nMd]

...

sounds like a firewall problem. Which firewall do you use?
Are you updated to 1.1.1.0 ?

Toney is suggesting changing your DNS gateway to the Google DNS service at IP address 8.8.8.8 ,
this might or might not fix your problem.

[piratepengu]

I'll try disabling my firewall and letting PR run. Also, I let it sit for about ten minutes and this happened:

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Project Reality Log File
PRLauncher.exe started at: 2014-01-29T11:25:49

Critical Error: An unhandled exception has occured. Details are as follows:

Viewmodel is not referenced by any registered View.

Further details can be found in the following file:

[url]C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\bin\PRLauncher.log[/url]

Please report this error to the Project Reality Team, and include the log file in your report.

[url=https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-pr-bf2-support]Visit Support Forum[/url]

 > System.ArgumentException: Viewmodel is not referenced by any registered View.
   at Reality.Utils.WPF.Service.DialogService.(Object )
   at Reality.Utils.WPF.Service.DialogService.CloseWindow(Object ownerViewModel, Nullable`1 dialogResult)
   at PRLauncher.WPF.ViewModel.LaunchWindowViewModel.Close()
   at PRLauncher.WPF.ViewModel.MainWindowViewModel..()
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
   at MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

[piratepengu]

Nope, turning off my firewall didn't work, now I'll try my DNS gateway.

[piratepengu]

This bug is not solved, I still have it. Piratepengu is a lost penguin!

[LITOralis.nMd]

First a disclaimer: This is a C++ issue and I am not knowledgable in this language. Only a few guys on the PR team can actually troubleshoot this error.

Here is my best guess:

Guess 1: Reinstall this: Download Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 from Official Microsoft Download Center


Guess 2: Uninstall, then clean, then reinstall this:
Try uninstalling and then reinstalling Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1

Tutorial:
How to Repair the Microsoft .NET Framework - YouTube

Do not uninstall Microsoft .NET Framework 2 , 3, or 3.5 !!

offline installer for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1
Download Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 (Offline Installer) for Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Server 2012 from Official Microsoft Download Center

[piratepengu]

OK, I both reinstalled the .NET Frameworks necessary and I also uninstalled my v1.0 install that was updated to 1.1.1.0 and installed the newest 1.1 install. One or both of these work because I am playing the game right now. I would keep this page up for another 3-4 days though, because this bug likes to come back after a few days. Tech support is great

[Psyrus]

Nice work LITO!

[piratepengu]

Nope, the same bug is back.

[LITOralis.nMd]

Try JUST reinstalling the .NET Frameworks this time.
If this happens again, you might have a virus/trojan in your system affecting these system files.

Not much more I can think of, unless your antivirus is quarantining the PR .exe files.

[piratepengu]

So...I went to my "uninstall a program" page on control panel, and I did not see Microsoft .NET framework on it at all, all I saw was the C++. I did notice that I had 2008 C++, so I updated it to 2012. I ran PR last night fine with my 2012, but as usual with this issue, today I tried to get on and it got stuck on verifying client files again.

[piratepengu]

Well, temporary fix available: Since every time I reinstalled Microsoft C++ it would work fine until I turned my computer on the next day, I though 'what if I just keep reinstalling it?'. Many experiments later, I have a shortcut to the control panel uninstall menu on my desktop and the installer for Microsoft C++ 2012 Redistributable. All I do is uninstall, reinstall, launch PR. I am leading my squad into battle for the first time in 4 months . By the way, this is the weirdest fix to a bug that I have ever seen, especially since you can use the same download of the installer every time. A permanent fix would be appreciated, but the reinstall process only takes 30-45 seconds, so I am fine just doing this forever.

[LITOralis.nMd]

what version of windows are you using?

Open start menu, search for msconfig.exe open msconfig
go to the Startup tab,
look for anything related to .Net frameworks

I got a feeling there is something in the Startup programs that is doing this.

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Another way to go about this is to run CCleaner by Piriform, start CCLeaner, ->Tools->Startup.



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And maybe try this:
Download Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool from Official Microsoft Download Center

some reading on broken .Net framwork 4.X
A New Official Tool For Fixing Windows .NET 4 Framework Problems ? Tech Bytes Xpress

[Insanitypays]

My friend had this problem and I told him to delete these folders from his /Libraries/Documents/ProjectReality folder: mods, LogoCache, and dmp
It worked for him

[SyriousT]

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f360-g ... level.html
this might help
Edit: ops i just saw you solve it no need for this now