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404 Error Update is pointing to patch.discoverygc.net - Viziozo - 12-31-2025

Hello All,

Tried to update the game but my launcher points to patch.discoverygc.net instead of patch.discoverygc.com and therefore produces an unrecoverable error 404 and terminates.

I uninstalled the old version and installed the latest version. The launcher XML config file points to the right location, nevertheless it still tries to access patch.discoverygc.net

RE: 404 Error Update is pointing to patch.discoverygc.net - frank.exchange.of.views - 12-31-2025

I had the same issue while installing discovery for the first time recently (surprised I haven't been able to find more info on the bug anywhere since this is probably happening to all new players starting from scratch and anyone installing discovery on a new machine (starting from discovery v5.0.8 w/ old launcher app)

Editing the launcherconfig xml file in the install directory didn't help since it already points to patch.discoverygc.com so the .net link must be hardcoded or stored in a different config file I was unable to find



I was able to get it working using a workaround by editing the windows hosts file to point the patch.discoverygc.net to the patch.discovergc.com IP address like so:

  1. Open notepad with admin privileges (right click > run as admin)

  2. From notepad, open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

  3. Append line
    Code:
    188.114.96.12 patch.discoverygc.net
    (in case you are reading this in the far future the IP may have changed so double-check the server IP by running nslookup patch.discoverygc.com from CMD and use one of those IPs if needed)

  4. You will likely get several false positives from your antivirus during patch update so disable your antivirus before running the launcher and initiating patch update

  5. (optional) You can safely remove the redirect line from the hosts file after running the patch update as the launcher correctly points to patch.discoverygc.com now

This is an issue all new players and anyone installing the game on a new machine will probably encounter so the dev team should probably look into using a later discovery version as the starting point (I think the first or second hotfix after 5.0.8 fixes the issue already)

RE: 404 Error Update is pointing to patch.discoverygc.net - Viziozo - 12-31-2025

(12-31-2025, 03:36 PM)frank.exchange.of.views Wrote: I had the same issue while installing discovery for the first time recently (surprised I haven't been able to find more info on the bug anywhere since this is probably happening to all new players starting from scratch and anyone installing discovery on a new machine (starting from discovery v5.0.8 w/ old launcher app)

Editing the launcherconfig xml file in the install directory didn't help since it already points to patch.discoverygc.com so the .net link must be hardcoded or stored in a different config file I was unable to find



I was able to get it working using a workaround by editing the windows hosts file to point the patch.discoverygc.net to the patch.discovergc.com IP address like so:

  1. Open notepad with admin privileges (right click > run as admin)

  2. From notepad, open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

  3. Append line
    Code:
    188.114.96.12 patch.discoverygc.net
    (in case you are reading this in the far future the IP may have changed so double-check the server IP by running nslookup patch.discoverygc.com from CMD and use one of those IPs if needed)

  4. You will likely get several false positives from your antivirus during patch update so disable your antivirus before running the launcher and initiating patch update

  5. (optional) You can safely remove the redirect line from the hosts file after running the patch update as the launcher correctly points to patch.discoverygc.com now

This is an issue all new players and anyone installing the game on a new machine will probably encounter so the dev team should probably look into using a later discovery version as the starting point (I think the first or second hotfix after 5.0.8 fixes the issue already)


FANTASTIC - THANK'S MUCH MATE. IT WORKED FLAWLESSLY!!!!

RE: 404 Error Update is pointing to patch.discoverygc.net - ChaosUnlimited - 01-06-2026

thank you i just reinstalled freelancer and discovery and was running into this issue still and your fix worked

RE: 404 Error Update is pointing to patch.discoverygc.net - ChaosUnlimited - 01-06-2026

thank you i just reinstalled freelancer and discovery and was running into this issue and your fix/workarround worked

RE: 404 Error Update is pointing to patch.discoverygc.net - Alex. - 01-11-2026

Yeah, we had an old domain expire, and the patch that removed the old discoverygc.net reference from DSSelfPatch landed only a few days before the expiry. This issue should no longer occur if you create your install from the latest installer, released this week. For older installs, the recommended workaround is: Try getting https://patch.discoverygc.com/20251219-patch.zip, extracting it, and taking the DSSelfPatch.exe and using it to replace the one in your Discovery install.

RE: 404 Error Update is pointing to patch.discoverygc.net - LieOfDamashi - 01-13-2026

thank you so much this worked for my issue too on linux

RE: 404 Error Update is pointing to patch.discoverygc.net - Ridbit78 - 04-19-2026

Posting to report that not only do I have this same issue,but the proposed fix of adding the IP to a file doesn't help. It simply spits out the 404 error of being unable to contact the patch server,with the reason being the remote server returned an Error 409 Conflict. Further,three separate windows pop up,one warning about DirectX 12,and two separate script errors. I fully uninstalled HD and a previous mod I was running,then fully uninstalled Freelancer itself before reinstalling it.

I'm running the launcher with admin privileges,and I'm on Win11.