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[Client] Reinstalled, patched to 5.3, game ran fine, on re-launch stuck scanning files again

SCSIhunterD·2/13/2015, 6:49:03 AM·23 votes·4,785 views

Like many other players I'd experienced the crash at 99% update, followed by a very long (I stopped mine at 20k) file scan. I'd given up on it finishing, and simply re-installed the whole application. After the re-install, the first time I launched the client it went back to scanning files (and staying at 33% for almost an hour), but fortunately after that the game launched, and I was able to play without issue. I've just attempted to launch the game again (first time since it was reinstalled, patched and run without issue) and it's scanning files again. As far as I know no new patch has come out in the last 12 hours that would necessitate this. This whole process is extremely frustrating, especially considering that I'd recently bought several in-game features and am unable to use/enjoy them. As I'm writing this the client has scanned over 4k files and is still going. Once again this is on a new, just updated install. Please help me resolve this issue- the client needing to re-scan all of my LoL files everytime I attempt to launch the game is unacceptable, due to both the time and financial burden created.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

21 Comments

Sin Of Kat2/13/2015, 8:38:21 PM2 votes

PLEASE LIKE THIS UP TO HELP ALL THAT SEES THIS!!!!!!!!

a couple patches ago i had the same problem. went 6 days without being able to play because it wouldnt work. what i had to do was open the league file its self. go to the rads folder, go to the projects file, then the lol_patcher, then releases, next 0.0.0.21, then deploy, next scroll down and you will see two applacations 1 will be "lol patcher.eve" and the other one will be "lolpatcherUx.eve" MAKE SURE YOU OPEN THE FIRST ONE!!!!, now it will manualy patch your client. only problem is it will take around 3-4 hours to scan all of the files (around 20,000) your just going to have to sit threw it.

this is the only way i was able to fix it. and every time it needs patched i have to do this system. and it takes forever but its better than playing smite ;D

SCSIhunterD2/13/2015, 8:54:26 AM2 votes

Went to 50% then froze, and crashed so thoroughly it took Windows (7) with it. Restarted PC. Restarted LoL. Restarted the patching process. What was that one defenition of madness? Something about doing a task over and over again, with it failing each time but expecting different results?

Joycons2/13/2015, 11:55:06 AM1 votes

same thing is happening to me right now.

I got the error updating, got it to work last night, and now it WILL NOT stop scanning files. i decided, "i'll go watch some youtube videos."

i've been waiting an hour.

It's honestly really sad that they say "we don't want to release dj sona and have it be messed up" yet 5.3 is fucking wack.

Rallehtheman2/13/2015, 12:28:57 PM1 votes

same thing here. just hours and hours spent on scanning files... Riot should do something. I only got about 9000 files to scan, but it is still going on (am at 18000 atm).

JakkaBoo2/13/2015, 2:36:15 PM1 votes

I'm having that same problem, it started last night, my ping sky-rocketed in a match, I re-booted my laptop and then re-logged League, now ... It's doing this ' Calculating differences ' thing. And like all of you said, it keeps scanning, so I'm trying to repair it, which it's at 33% with 2500 files scanned. ;0; I don't know what to do. If anyone can possibly help if they figure it out, my Curse name is also NoobEmmy, if you can walk me through how you fixed it.

AMobsterLobster2/13/2015, 3:27:51 PM1 votes

Same issues. Fix it riot. haven't you failed enough over the past 5 years to figure this kind of stuff out quicker.

Janno2/13/2015, 5:37:30 PM1 votes

Bump Rammus scanning files: {{summoner:2}} item 3165 item 3070

Dyvius2/13/2015, 6:54:10 PM1 votes

Same problem for me, too.

olallieberry2/13/2015, 10:46:14 PM1 votes

The thing that bothers me so much is why Riot is so quiet about problems when their client isn't working correctly. This is clearly a widespread issue, I just wish they kept us in the loop.

IPTONY2/13/2015, 10:50:34 PM1 votes

I'm sorry to hear that you have the same problem.

That is exactly what happened to me.

I hope that rito will help us fix this problem soon.

Aboylova922/13/2015, 10:51:20 PM1 votes

Downloaded whatever the patch was earlier and played a game before I had to head out for a while, just got back, and now the client said it detected a problem, and have to rescan everything...this is going to take a while.

olallieberry2/13/2015, 11:03:48 PM1 votes

After 4 attempts to scan and patch regularly, I clicked the "?" and repaired it, patched AGAIN, its finally working D:

Kairi1432/14/2015, 12:41:39 AM1 votes

Same here. So frustrating

Doosten2/14/2015, 1:55:15 AM1 votes

I reinstalled league of legends and when i was downloading the 5.3 patch the percentage got stuck at 36! What do I do?

AGodLikeTurtle2/14/2015, 2:02:33 AM1 votes

Would it help to uninstall and then reinstall ?

naso0082/14/2015, 10:54:04 AM1 votes

I need help when I start the game : Patched up everything good then i launch and it pop ups the log in screen but no image only black screen. If anyone can help pls let me know

Bownahr2/14/2015, 8:01:00 PM1 votes

I scanned nearly 32k files and still didnt work, so, i reinstalled, the game and now i cant even download it. It runs smoothly until 269mb then stops downloading.

SCSIhunterD2/13/2015, 11:24:06 AM1 votes

Tried to let LoL fix itself 2 more times, got hung up and crashed while "patching files" at 43, and then 63%. Booted into safe mode, repeated the process. Took hours, but the update completed, and I got to the log in screen (could not log in due to safe mode restrictions). Booted into Normal mode. Launched LoL - got the message that "Some of your files my be corrupted, would you like to repair." with the option to either quit LoL or try the repair process. Quitting and restarting LoL reproduced this result. Selected the "repair" option. Back to scanning every file ever made, at Windows 3.x speeds. I have now tired every fix offered by other users that I could find. Yet every re-start brining me back to square one. Awesome work on the patch Riot, thanks for helping me waste so much time.