TWD: Unofficial alternative PC/Mac episode download options

[DjNDB]

Originally Posted by Mediumchild

I just reinstalled the game again, and this time it said under ALL episodes "coming soon" LOL WTF? Now I am downloading the game AGAIN from my account in the store...

I had that too yesterday in my VM installation. I am not sure what helped, but i think deleting some of the files under SyncFS did the trick.

[spawner]

What does deleting temp files implement ?

[xdeathknightx]

Well I see a lot of people complaining but it worked fine for me. Thank god because if the official telltale downloader had kept it up I would have had a fit.

But yeah when you do something like this always back up your files and don't get rid of them before you are 100% sure it is working. And even then it might be handy to keep them so you can always restore your files should anything happen.

So thanks for doing this because I don't think I would have been playing the latest episode otherwise!

[McMurphy]

There's a 'Temp' map in the 'SyncFs' map, deleting the files in that map made it work for me.

[Mediumchild]

Now I suddenly have the black screen at start up problem after I downloaded the game FROM THE OFFICIAL SITE. Now the whole game wont start up unless I replace the preferences file from my back up files, but it's no use cuz I still cant reach the 4th episode. When all folders are copied into the telltale folder, black screen :/

[Mediumchild]

There is always a new freaking problem. Now when I click at the start up page the license crap appears again, so I click ok yeah get the license and the second time I try to click to get the game started it wont let me click anymore!

[Aloof]

When you manually download the files and just put them into your

\Users\***\Documents\Telltale Games\The Walking Dead\SyncFs\Data\**episode**

folder, the game will maybe launch but immediately crash. What you have to do is to copy the files into the game folder here, too:

Program Files\Telltale Games\The Walking Dead\GameData\Pack\***episode**

If there is no episode folder in your game directory, create it, Episode 4 would be:

Program Files\Telltale Games\The Walking Dead\GameData\Pack\WalkingDead104

[fangorn]

I tried this method but, gives "connection failed for:" for all the files.

[mrmojorisin]

This is ridiculous i'm not gonna download each individual file for each episode. Especially since the guy who put these on here doesn't even have a Mac to test it and he's not even from the U.S (no offense) this is awful that we all have the same downloading issue with this game and telltale just doesn't care.

[Mediumchild]

Originally Posted by DjNDB

I had that too yesterday in my VM installation. I am not sure what helped, but i think deleting some of the files under SyncFS did the trick.

I still dont know how I was able to finally get the game working again and REPLACE that file. You are right it was indeed that file that is responsible for all the settings, like whether you play full screen or in window mode. Now I just have to be a little more patient getting the files implemented into the client. I think this depends on how fast the internet is at any given second lol. The solution to this problem overall is high speed internet, but it's quite ridiculous by telltale to expect this from all its customers.

[Mediumchild]

AT LAST! I reached the starting sequence of episode 4. After clicking "get" like a 100 times on each episode they're installed. Already looking forward to installing episode 5. *cough* lol

edit: I seriously installed this game like 50 times and the license problem seemed to be fixed by changing the password like 5 times so that the login screen would reappear and let me log in anew.

[chrulri]

YES! I forgot about my daily Windows Backup ;D Luckily I could restore to a previous "prefs.prop" and can continue my storyline now. Awesome! Good Luck to you guys!

[julie_31313]

I have tried numerous times to download but its not working. It downloads and then says windows can't open file. I've tried this for the last 4 hours and am getting a bit frustrated. I don't know what else to do, even sent TellTale support an email. Episodes 1 thru 3 all downloaded just fine, no problems at all..... I can't figure out why episode 4 is being so difficult. What else can I do?

[DjNDB]

It's sad that it doesn't work for everyone, but so far it's the only workaround that i know for this issue.

Originally Posted by julie_31313

It downloads and then says windows can't open file.

How are you trying to download the files?
It sounds like your browser might try to do something weird.

You can try the manual download with a different browser, or try the python download script.

[Mediumchild]

Originally Posted by julie_31313

I have tried numerous times to download but its not working. It downloads and then says windows can't open file. I've tried this for the last 4 hours and am getting a bit frustrated. I don't know what else to do, even sent TellTale support an email. Episodes 1 thru 3 all downloaded just fine, no problems at all..... I can't figure out why episode 4 is being so difficult. What else can I do?

I have had to install all 4 episodes manually, just do it with episode 4 but make sure you keep back up of your saved games and just in case all folders.

[julie_31313]

I have tried the manual download numerous times, using the Json and python. I clicked on the links provided under Episode 4..... could be that I'm doing it wrong. I finally received a response from Telltale:

Hi Julie,

Please ensure you have a strong internet connection and are logged into your telltale account before attempting the download. Also, you may try connecting to a different network.

Thank you,
Matt

I'm not sure what part of the game is messed up wasn't understood but apparently to them it boils down to it being my internet connection and not a malfunctioning game. I wrote him back and told him there were numerous people having difficulty downloading the game and if they took the time to read the support forums or the Telltale Facebook page they would know that. I'm getting beyond aggravated

[marsson]

Yay! Now my save files are "gone" too! Thank you very much >.>
The save files are still there but nothing I've done has made the game recognise the files... this sucks so incredibly damn much!

[DjNDB]

Originally Posted by marsson

Yay! Now my save files are "gone" too! Thank you very much >.>
The save files are still there but nothing I've done has made the game recognise the files... this sucks so incredibly damn much!

If you have a recent Windows version and haven't disabled that option, you might be able to restore them by right clicking the "The Walking dead" folder, selecting "properties", and "restore previous version". If that's not working, you can try it on the prefs.prop only.

[spawner]

McMurphy you only just deleted that Temp in the SyncFS folder without doing what DJ... suggested or you did what he did aswell ?

[marsson]

Originally Posted by DjNDB

If you have a recent Windows version and haven't disabled that option, you might be able to restore them by right clicking the "The Walking dead" folder, selecting "settings", and "restore previous version". If that's not working, you can try it on the prefs.prop only.

Well in my stupidity I tried reinstalling the game, but now I can't download any episode at all due to the ******* connection error >.> so any attempt to restore the files to their earlier state (a system restore didn't fix this) is futile... I think I'm gonna go outside and bury myself...