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Enabling DMA on your DVD drive fixes the 10104 error

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I just bought the game Monday and ran into the same error as D. Freysinger. After installation, the game asks to download and install a 40MB patch. The game out of the box is version 2.202. During installation of the patch, it crashes saying that there is a problem with WW2Art.sga and error code 10104.

I spent all night long digging through the internet looking for a solution. It seems that there are tons of people on the Relic forums having this same patch problem.

As far as the Gold edition, it turns out that you need to enable DMA on your DVD drive. I had it on PIO. WinXP automatically downgrades to PIO and locks it if it encounters a certain number of errors on your drive.

In order for me to enable DMA again, I had select "DMA if available" on my Primary IDE Channel in Device Manager. However, it was still locked in PIO mode so I also had to uninstall and let WinXP reinstall the Primary IDE Channel. Ultra DMA was now enabled.

I reinstalled the game and not only did it take half the time to install, but both patches (the 40MB and the 70MB) worked.

So if you're running into the same problem I have, try enabling DMA. I don't know why it makes a difference but it does. Somehow, having your DVD drive in PIO corrupts some of the data files during installation.

Do a little research before buying

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: July 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My son bought Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts and has yet to be able to play the game. I have spent two days going through instructions found online and provided by tech support through email. Do an internet search on error 10104 and you will see that the dvd is garbage. The files are corrupt as soon as you install and the game refuses to patch. Tech support likes to blame everything from bad memory to faulty DVD Rom firmware for the problem. The bottom line is that the company will not back up their products when they know they have put out junk.

One of the best RTSes in years.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Company of Heroes makes sure that you always have something to do, and that you're always focused on taking and holding map nodes. Positioning and cover are very important as well, so matches end up becoming contests for defensible buildings or fortifications around resource nodes. But even as powerful as cover is, there are plenty of tools to flush your enemies out of their fortifications, from mortar teams to flamethrowers to artillery strikes. It creates a very fast, very focused dynamic which is unlike any other game I've played.

Regarding people's objections to the forced online connection: yes, it is somewhat onerous for those who do not plan to play online. However, the things the game forces you to do (make an account and download patches) arewhat you would have to do to play online anyway... and you really will want to play online. The campaign is good, but the game becomes orders of magnitude deeper when played against other humans.

I very highly recommend this game to any RTS fan.

Excellent RTS WWII Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the best WWII simulation in RTS form I have seen to date. The models of the Tanks and characters are very highly detaled. Overall an excellent buy.

COH:OF

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: June 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I want to first state that I really enjoy the play of COH and COH:OF. The problem that I have with COH:OF is the security features of this game. In the original COH you just loaded the game up and you did not need to have the disk to play. This all changed with COH:OF. Now you must either log on to their servers to validate your copy of the game or have the disk in to play. I absolutely hate the trend that companies are going with their validation of games. I have paid for the game. I have a security code with the game. That should be enough. I do not think that I should be the one that is inconvienced because of others pirating software. I hope this is not a direction that THQ has decided to go with all of their future releases on their games. They make great games but I will not support a company that punishes those who actually bought their product with extra security measures. It will be really a shame to see THQ go down the same road that EA games has gone with their products. If you are just looking for a great tactical game this one is it. I just will not support THQ or any company in the future that has these BS anti piracy items in place to protect their profit margin. THQ had it right with COH but they got it all wrong in COH:OF with this addition of anti piracy items that they have added to this good game.

Excellent Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Both of them COH and COH:OF, are great games! I have play a large number of real time strategy games and this series is the most fun and realistic ones I ever play.

There are four Forces to play with, the American, the British, the German Werhmack and the SS Panzer Elite, where each one of these forces has 3 different ways of specialization. I must admit that at the beginning I believe that the Allied forces have a significant advantage over the German Forces, but them I discover a couple of strategies to stop the American Tank Rush, and the game took life again! Despite it is a good game in single mode or campaign mode, the real fun and challenge is to play it with one or more friends in multiplayer mode, so if you like to play Real Time Strategy Games this is one of those that you MUST play!! Give it a try!! I recommend it!!

I'm taking it back.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 33
Date: May 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I just bought Company of Heroes Gold edition, and after install, the very first thing this piece of software does is launch itself, and then proceed to connect to the internet, and try and force me to create an online account, and download several hundred megabytes of patches. I will not support THQ ever again, they can keep this tripe. I as a consumer never asked for these types of "features", and I'll vote with my wallet.

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