Calculating differences. scanning files forever!

Dr Wang McDangle·2/13/2015, 5:38:59 AM·12 votes·62,150 views

About earlier today, roughly 8 hours ago i was playing league happily. I go to work and come home and now i scan files indefinitely. I took me 10 minutes to download/install 5.3 a few days ago. It has taken me 45 minutes to scan files (still not complete) on this random occasion. This needs fixing!

34 Comments

TSM WildTurtIe2/25/2016, 7:17:55 AM6 votes

1 year after this thread of complaints were posted I'm having the same problem with patch 6.4, 8000 files scanned and counting I've been waiting for an hour to get past 33%... I know how to fix it after reading this thread but seriously Riot Games? What do you pay your developers for... Whoever is in charge of programming the league patcher should be replaced, I understand you may have felt bad for an unemployed kid with Down syndrome but is that worth the number of unhappy players?

Envy Sin2/13/2015, 6:40:05 AM3 votes

They threw in another patch or something, Which makes the system think you canceled it before it was finished. So it has to scan EVERY game file to make sure you didn't change something.

I'm updating now after scanning 25,000 files.

MoeJoe7/24/2015, 7:12:11 AM3 votes

Try to change the language, works everytime :D

RoyCohn2/13/2015, 10:29:04 AM3 votes

Same here - whenever i start the game, it starts with calculating differences, which takes forever. The patch has been applied and it goes without saying that I didn't mess around with the game's files.

Bl1ndS1ght2/27/2016, 2:20:36 AM2 votes

I am also having issues with the second part of 6.4. Played fine yesterday, today my patcher never stopped. Based on other comments in this thread I tried changing the region and the language, neither has helped.

Bl1ndS1ght2/27/2016, 2:25:41 AM2 votes

Now I am stuck with my patcher in Portuguese and i am unable to switch back to the NA server at this time.

ur wifes bf2/13/2015, 5:56:07 AM2 votes

This is happening to me, i hate this!

OMGLOLHENTAIFAP2/13/2015, 6:00:56 AM2 votes

same thing. i get an error when it gets to around 1400 files scanned and i have to restart. tried it 5 times with no luck. Rito plz!

XxAcielxX4/14/2015, 11:23:45 AM1 votes

I have same problem till now, it's really annoying a lot as for me it takes 2hrs+. Please fix this.

TheMadSlayer158/26/2015, 9:22:00 AM1 votes

like my patcher is still calculating 7.6k differences!!!!! WTF RIOT IM GONNA QUIT IF U MOFOS DDONT FIX THIS

gogol8/29/2015, 10:09:37 PM1 votes

Watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByH_xU-XDTE and just delete last_versions. IT WORKS

GALVIST7101252/26/2016, 8:17:15 PM1 votes

I FOUND ZA ULTIMATE SOLUTION~! ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS: CHANGE THE REGION TO ANOTHER ONE, I CHANGED TO BRASIL AND WAITED FOR IT, IT STARTING DOWNLOADING, (DON'T CHANGE BACK UNTIL IT FINISHES) !!!!!!!!!! ZA ULTIMATE SOLUTION!!#@$#@%$#^$&ONE

Ryze From Graves2/26/2016, 10:30:00 PM1 votes

im on patch 6.4... it patched yesterday just fine.. now today theres another patch ... it froze at 2 files... then i reset the client now iv been sitting here for 5 hours waiting for these files to stop scanning.. its up to 36k and still going.. im getting very frustrated i need a fix....

snikeriits3/2/2016, 10:43:31 AM1 votes

Rito you fuken kidding me? 2016 and the same sht happenin what happened year ago just stops at 33% and scans unlimited files have reforced patch switched regions everything still stops at 33% and then it goes and goes and goes never fuken stopping, how long will this sht go on??? Never cancelled any update waited till the end and after even played games but noo it just randomly drops out an fucking file scanning shit. Please rito fix your patchers or you gona loose players.

kelvinmgc4/7/2017, 1:23:06 PM1 votes

has anyone found a solution to this , I am having the same problem.

o O 0 O o O O o8/12/2017, 4:24:34 PM1 votes

[slayer-jinx-catface]

HolyWarsPunish2/13/2015, 6:34:45 AM1 votes

Me too right now!

PancakePlatypus2/13/2015, 9:11:35 AM1 votes

My game crashed after a quick custom game and then I tried to get back on and now I can't get on! Still stuck at 33% after scanning 5,000 files I really hope they fix this :(

shark music2/13/2015, 2:00:31 PM1 votes

Same thing here. It did this to me yesterday, too. Annoying!

HI IM A CL0WN2/13/2015, 3:15:37 PM1 votes

same here fck :'( rito pls

King Snow2/13/2015, 5:54:27 PM1 votes

haapends to me too and it's takes forever to start a game, please, help us fix ti

Sir King Boss2/15/2015, 9:27:32 AM1 votes

same i was fine after 5.3 patch then the next day 33% scanning files gg ritoitem 3073item 3073

KINwithaG3/17/2015, 10:12:59 AM1 votes

My LoL just crashed so I booted it up again. Scanning files....

Seriously? What a way to become hated for being a "Leaver".. Not to mention the loss for a game we were winning.

That One Being2/13/2015, 3:11:04 PM

Yesterday when I downloaded the new patch i was at school so I blamed it on their crappy wifi for taking nearly two hours to scan thousands of files. Rito, you need a new patcher! I remember playing WoW and it never took this long to patch or search for updates!