| I wrote this guide because while downloading and | | | | 08) or above, the game will not run without it. |
| installing Aion: The Eternal Tower, I ran into a few | | | | You can download the latest DirectX at Microsoft |
| snags. So for anyone who comes after me and | | | | updates website |
| has the same questions this will act like the magic | | | | – Finally Click Play and Enjoy!! |
| pill. | | | | How to backup your game client |
| Who is this guide for: | | | | I found this out when I realized the game is more |
| This guide is mainly for prelaunch (Beta) and | | | | than 5GB and it would take forever to download. |
| anyone who has purchased the game through the | | | | A few friends of mine all have pre-ordered the |
| official NCSoft Store. For those of you who were | | | | game, and we figured why download the game |
| lucky enough to have the option of purchasing | | | | more than once that's a lot of bandwidth wasted. |
| your game through NCSoft’s official sponsor | | | | So we decided that one of us will download the |
| such as Amazon and Gamestop, you will receive | | | | game and we'll just copy and install it. |
| a copy of the game on 2 DVDs when it’s | | | | Here is How: |
| officially released. | | | | - First copy the entire NCSoft Folder. It should |
| The Guide: | | | | have two folders in it Launcher and Aion. If you |
| – First purchase Aion (shocked?), if you | | | | have other NCSoft games like Lineage 2 or |
| haven’t done so yet NCSoft is having a | | | | Guildwars, I would imagine they would be in it too |
| pre-order promotion: if you pre-order Aion now | | | | leave them alone. Now the game is pretty big you |
| from any of these location Amazon, Gamestop, | | | | can either do what I did which is to use a 30GB |
| or NCSoft your automatically invited to all the | | | | IPod video to upload the files or use a burnable |
| beta . | | | | dual-layer DVD which can hold about 8GB of data. |
| – Once the game is purchased sign up for an | | | | Now your game is backup. |
| NCSoft account if you haven’t yet and login. | | | | - To reinstall the game in the future all you have |
| You’re now give an option to use an | | | | to do is copy and paste the entire NCSoft Folder |
| activation or serial code, so apply the code (under | | | | to any where you like on your computer by |
| “Use a Serial Code”) and create an | | | | default it's (C:Program Files NCSoft) but you can |
| in-game account. Once all that is done you’re | | | | put it anywhere you like. |
| given a link to download the client. | | | | - Once the entire folder has been copied to your |
| – Double click the aion client to start download | | | | computer go to the folder NCSoft->Launcher |
| install (quick note: the client itself acts as an | | | | and run the launcher. |
| installer, it actually downloads and installs the whole | | | | - Now the launcher does not recognize the game |
| game for you. So if you uninstall the game you | | | | as installed; here is what you do. |
| have to download the whole thing again!) | | | | 1. Click on the little arrow on the aion tab |
| – Here is the trick there are actually two | | | | 2. Click properties and a new window is going to |
| parts to download first part is about 5000MB | | | | popup called Aion Properties. |
| around 5GB and the second part is 7GB. You | | | | 3. Under Install Locations click browse. |
| might think the whole game is 12 GB but it | | | | 4. Find the Aion.bin which should be under |
| actually is only about 8 GB large I have no idea | | | | (yourpathNCSoftAionbin32AION.bin) *yourpath is |
| why. | | | | where you put your ncsoft folder! |
| Once the first patch finishs downloading you must | | | | 5. Click Open then click OK under aion properties |
| run the NCSoft Launch then click on the little | | | | window. |
| arrow on the Aion tab, and run both Check For | | | | 6. Finally under the little arrow again click Repair |
| Updates and Repair (Consistency Check) that | | | | (Consistency Check) it should take about 10-15min |
| should start downloading your 2nd part. | | | | depending on your computer speed. Now you can |
| – Now that you have installed the game | | | | either run the game or check for any new |
| before you can run and play the game, you need | | | | updates!! |
| to make sure that you have DirectX 9.0c (June | | | | |