404 Error Update is pointing to patch.discoverygc.net

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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)