Frustrated, anyone have any ideas

[StrikerZero]

So last night I caught wind that PSO2 was out, imagine my excitement as I had no idea I was going to be able to play this early.

So I make my Sega ID and go to the download page. When I click the button it just sits there and does nothing. SO I waited a bit and still no download. So I try different browsers, firefox and IE, and I get the same result. I searched the internet and someone mentioned that they could only download something through a proxy.

So I tried this and it worked! So I start up the downloader and when I click the big button it says "Checking.." for a while followed by an error that says ????? HTTP ?????????????[12525]

I looked up the error and apparently this error means that some server is down and cant be accessed at this time. So I figured that I would just have to wait it out.

BUT an hour later my friend tells me that he was just able to get the downloader and was already downloading the launcher. I try again and have the same problems.

So I'm here sort of as a last resort since I cant find anyone else with this problem

PLEASE help, I really want to play this game...

(I guess I should also mention that I tried this on different devices as well to the same result)

[Shadownami92]

Do you have Japanese set up in your Firefox Language options?

[StrikerZero]

I'm using chrome, which translates everything automatically. Is firefox necessary?

[burende]

you might need to add Japanese as a language in Chrome, if its translating automatically then you need to add it, Settings> advanced settings> languages> add Japanese to the language and spell checker. when you do this chrome will no longer translate auto. you need to right click and translate page.

[jOhMG]

I had no problem downloading without a proxy enabled. I would try taking that off first. The launcher itself should have nothing to do with chrome or firefox other than the initial download. If you still have problems I would try and find a site that mirrors the client. I know on the PSO2 guides on bumped they list a few alternates.
I myself have both firefox and chrome. The only thing I made sure to do was enable Japanese in the language settings of both browsers. My computer has no language packs on it other then English and as I said before I have no problem.
If you can't ever connect, I would try starting the patcher every 15 minutes or so until you are successful. I mean the full game did just launch and the servers are swamped as is. There might just be to many people trying to patch.
Good luck and I hope something I said helped.

[StrikerZero]

Okay so first off, a thanks is in order to jOhMG since I found the alternate downloads you were talking about and they seemed to work.

Found 'em Right here: http://bumped.org/psublog/pso2-guide-list/

So now I have the game installed but when I start it up it loads gamegaurd, brings up a black game screen then throws an error at my face that I cant read. The error is in the form of a small windows dialog box with a red "X" in the middle, I press an Okay button and the game closes.

When I click the the third button down on the launcher, which is supposed to be a file check, it starts to load for a bit then gives me another error message that looks just like the picture in this thread:

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194569

I've disabled my firewall and antivirus but it hasn't helped.

I know I'm asking a lot here but I just wanna play so bad! Please help me out here if you have any ideas.

[TRICKST3R]

I had to use VPN to download the client through the downloader, but I eventually gave up due to the slow speed and just downloaded it in .rar form from another link.

[StrikerZero]

did the rar you downloaded work for you? As in, is the game up and running?

If it is would you mind posting a link for me?

[TRICKST3R]

did the rar you downloaded work for you? As in, is the game up and running?

If it is would you mind posting a link for me?

I could make an archive of my client when I get home for you.

[StrikerZero]

That would be great! Thank you