Stoner81
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Introduction
Greetings and welcome to DDO-Wrapper! This project was born out of the fact that the original setup files provided by Standing Stone Games (SSG) did not work most of the time and/or are miles out of date (as far back as Shadowfell being released). However, they are now working correctly so this isn't needed as much as it used to be but having a more up to date installer saves a lot of time.
I originally uploaded the files provided by SSG for people to install the game in order to avoid the dreaded "Error 201" message and then somebody asked if there were up to date files available so hence here we are.
What Does It Do?
DDO-Wrapper is nothing more than a simple way of copying the needed files to play the game and creating a shortcut. That is quite literally all it does! It simply extracts the files from the included archives and places the files where you wish along with a shortcut for you to run the launcher to start the game. All of the files are in their original form and are not modified in any way, the files come from my own computer which I use to play the game. No registry entries are used either since DDO does not use them at all as far as I can tell!
In addition the DAT file defragger is included with the installer (placed in the Start Menu). It is recommended to run this after each major update (e.g U51 to U52) rather than on each small patch/hotfix.
Screenshots
Here are some screen shots from the install process:
Video
Download Links
In the link below you will have 2 folders, one named "Game Files" and one named "DirectX".
Game Files contains all the files needed for DDO Wrapper to function so please make sure to download them all and verify their MD5 hash.
DirectX contains my new custom installer for the legacy files for DirectX, the files come directly from Microsoft. All I have done is create a self extracting archive which runs the setup file afterwards.
Please allow these applications through UAC (User Account Control, present in Windows Vista and onwards) if it is enabled.
Code:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3Q0p7xoRKsZX3RJZU10bHo4WDg?resourcekey=0-DW1Ma2pLUC53x4km9opVnw&usp=sharing
MD5 File Hashes
Here are the MD5 file hashes for the above links, use something like HashTab to compare them and if your downloaded files have different hashes then re-download the part.
DDO Wrapper.exe = C6D64FD186018B44D5A26E86CE6CD807
DDO Wrapper.2 = 6AC31AB848A8B6B892E956A098118C1D
DDO Wrapper.3 = EF7A5DD439C578AF688194CE22C2F919
DDO Wrapper.4 = E0739E3C241FF25BBA171D1D04692EA5
DDO Wrapper.5 = C5876696C09B245324BDF65DEE99D2FB
DDO Wrapper.6 = 6A4DF2615D528C9524D4AEDD744C839E
DDO Wrapper.7 = D19B22E5033019C38C0170404F43D48C
Known Issues
- Anti-virus suites can cause copying issues while DDO-Wrapper installs, therefore I recommend that you disable "on access" protection during the installation process to prevent this. Basically what happens is that the anti-virus detects a new file and automatically scans it then DDO-Wrapper tries to move it while it is in use and that causes a crash.
- When downloading from Google Drive, it is recommended to disable your real-time anti-virus scanner. The files are pretty big and having the anti-virus scan them prior to download can cause issues (thanks Mindos).
- Also when downloading from Google Drive make sure to download the files one at a time otherwise Google Drive will try to ZIP them all together which can also cause issues (thanks Mindos).
- Windows 10 and 11 are very twitchy on having anything modified that is located in the Program Files folders, for this reason I highly recommend that you install the game elsewhere such as "C:\Games\<name of game here>". You may also need to run it as an administrator and to do that right click the shortcut and select Properties, go to the Compatibility tab and tick the box that says "Run as Administrator".
- 05.10.24 - Updated the build for U69.3, updated the files hashes and the screen shots. All game files defragged where needed.
- 17.06.24 - Updated the build for U68, updated the files hashes and the screen shots. All game files defragged where needed.
- 30.03.24 - Updated the build for U67, updated the files hashes and the screen shots. All game files defragged where needed. Also removed old DirectX files from the Troubleshooting folder and replaced them with my custom wrapper for installing DirectX.
- 28.02.24 - Updated the build for U66, updated the files hashes and the screen shots. All game files defragged where needed.
- 09.12.23 - Updated the build for U65, rebuilt from scratch with a fresh install directly from SSG. Updated the screen shots and defragged all game files where needed.
- 08.11.23 - Updated the build for U63, updated the file hashes and the screen shots. All game files defragged where needed.
- 19.08.23 - Updated the build for U61, updated the file hashes and the screen shots. All game files defragged where needed.
- 07.05.23 - Updated the build for U59, updated the files hashes and the screen shots. Also defragged all game files where needed.
- 17.11.22 - Updated the build for U57, updated the file hashes and the screen shots. Changed some text during the install process.
- 04.09.22 - Updated the build for U56 Patch 1, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot. All game files defragged where needed.
- 01.07.22 - Updated the build for U55 Patch 1, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot. All game files defragged where needed.
- 30.04.22 - Updated the build for U54, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot. All game files defragged where needed.
- 25.02.22 - Updated the build for U53 Patch 1, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot. Also defragged all the game files.
- 03.12.21 - Updated the build for U52 Patch 2, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot. Also defragged all the game files before creating this build (will be doing this on each release going forward).
- 09.11.21 - Updated the build for U51 Patch 1, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot. The installer has also had an overhaul to remove all the old Turbine files.
- 07.08.21 - Updated the build for U50 Patch 1, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot. Also added a shortcut for the DAT file defragger to the Start Menu during the install process.
- 22.04.21 - Updated the build for U49, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot.
- 30.12.20 - Build unchanged however, added my own custom installer (DirectX Wrapper) for the legacy files for DirectX and updated the folder structure in Google Drive.
- 06.11.20 - Updated the build for U48, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot.
- 14.10.20 - Updated the build for U47, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot. Also added a shortcut to the desktop.
- 07.06.20 - Updated the build due to some game files not being included.
- 03.05.20 - Updated the build for U46, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot.
- 14.11.19 - Updated the build for U44, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot.
- 21.07.19 - Updated the build for U42, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot.
- 22.12.18 - Updated the build for U41, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot.
- 07.10.18 - Updated the build for U40, updated the file hashes and the first screen shot.
- 18.07.18 - Updated the build for U39 and updated the first screen shot.
- 25.12.17 - Updated the build for U37 patch 2 and updated the first screen shot.
- 14.07.17 - Updated the build for U36 Hotfix 1 and updated the first screen shot.
- 26.03.17 - Added a Youtube video explaining what DDO Wrapper is and does along with showing it actually installing (rather boring I know ).
- 18.03.17 - Updated the build for U35 Hotfix 1, also removed DirectX from the installation folder since it was rather pointless.
- 05.02.17 - Updated the build for U34.1, also included DirectX in the installation folder and updated the screen shots above.
- 14.09.16 - Updated the screen shots for U32 and added the new MD5 file hashes plus new download links.
- 13.05.16 - Updated the screen shots for U31 and removed the original set up files since nobody wants them.
- 02.03.16 - Updated for U30.1! Changed a lot of screen names etc in the installer so it should make a bit more sense. I have changed the name of the shortcut it creates to something far more user friendly and also moved to Google Drive for the hosting of the files.
- 17.12.15 - Added new file hashes and screen shot/s while the files upload.
- 26.10.15 - Updated the files to include U28 Patch 1, also changed some text in the installer.
- 28.09.15 - Updated the files to include U28, also removed the uninstaller and fixed various text inconsistencies.
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