[Guide] How to patch (1.0.3b) early - useful is outside the Americas

[Selma]

Hi

This isn't mine, just reposting for anyone having the same "there is a patch to download" error i was getting. The error is due to blizz rolling out the patch over each region, so if you're in Australia like myself or other parts of Asia we should have to wait our turn, if you don't like waiting then read on.

To download the patch early-

1. Go in your Diablo III folder
2. Open the .agent.db file in notepad(Good idea to make a backup copy before editing)
3. find the "patch_url" line and change its value to: http://enUS.patch.battle.net:1119/patch
4. Save and close the file
5. Now go in the Battle.net folder:
Win 7/8/Vista - C:\ProgramData\Battle.netWindows
XP - C:\Document and settings\All Users\Application Data\Battle.net
6. Once inside the Battle.net folder, select and delete the Agent folder
7. Start the Launcher and patch should start downloading

Enjoy
Selma


Edit: fixed up address error.

[hesi]

good post. just check your patch_url again. I think it might be "http://enUS.patch.battle.net:1119/patch" without "4" at the end :-)

Also you should add an additional warning:

if you patch earlier than blizzard applies the patch to your region,
you are not able to play on your current d3 server location,
because your client has a newer version than the servers.


example:

US -PDT and EU -EST ( time difference +8 )

US scheduled maintenance on tuesday 5-11am (PDT)
EU scheduled maintenance on wednesday 5-11am (EST)

timeframe between US and EU maintenance: 24hours - 8hours = 16hours

you're not able to play for 16hours in your local region. just on US servers.
idk the scheduled maintenance plan for asia, but i guess it will effect the same.

anyway its a good way, to get the clients up2date before the local servers are back again after maintenance.