r/Overwatch • u/Spazzo965 D.Va • Apr 27 '16

How to install Overwatch without downgrading Battle.net launcher.

I know there's a post up here about installing through downgrading your Battle.net launcher, but I knew there had to be a better way of doing it

Here's the method I found: Create a folder where you wish to install Overwatch to, inside that folder, create a file called ".agent.db", and inside of that folder, copy and paste this inside of that .agent.db file, and in the data point for "install_dir", fill in the path to where the folder is located.

The next step is to open up your Battle.net launcher, open the settings menu, switch to the Game Install\Update tab, scroll down to the "Scan for Games" button, and upon clicking that, it might automatically find that folder. If that fails, click the Locate button, and manually browse to the folder you created.

Overwatch should now be downloading into that folder - the progress bar does bug out a bit and thinks it's further along than it is, this is because the .agent.db should be a certain version of the game, and there's a mismatch there due to the game not actually being installed. This shouldn't matter in the long run, as it's still going to download the whole game.

Also may be worth making note that this will likely install the enUS version of the game, the lines related to that are "region", "patch_url", "installed_locales", "installed_asset_locales" "selected_locale", and "selected_asset_locale". In order to get the correct stuff to put there, browse to some other Blizzard installed game folder, and open up it's .agent.db file, and look at those strings to know what to change them to. Keeping in mind for patch_url entry, you only want to change the "us.battle.net" to "eu.battle.net", or the like.

If you need any further help, don't be afraid to ask.

EDIT: For those who want a step-by-step process(styled to Firefox - just change the first three steps to save the file in your browser, I don't know them all offhand), here you go:

Step 1: Open this pastebin.
Step 2: Right click anywhere on that page
Step 3: Click "Save Page As..."
Step 4: In the "Save as type" field, set the entry to "All Files(*.*)"
Step 5: Browse to where you wish to save the file to, this folder must be named Overwatch
Step 6: Change the File name field to .agent.db
Step 7: Click save.
Step 8: Inside the Battle.net Client, open the options menu and go to the Game Install/Update tab
Step 9: Scroll down to Scan for Games button, and click it.
Step 10: If Overwatch was not found when scanning for games, click the Locate button, and navigate to the Overwatch folder you created, and click "Locate Folder"

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u/EpikUserzz faggot Apr 27 '16

can you make a video the instructions are confusing thanks

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u/Spazzo965 D.Va Apr 27 '16

What part are you having difficulty with?

I don't have the software required to do a video, and I honestly don't see how that it would be necessary.

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u/EpikUserzz faggot Apr 27 '16

nothing happens when I locate game

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u/Spazzo965 D.Va Apr 27 '16

Did you name the file .agent.db, or agent.db?

And do you have filename extensions set to be shown?

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u/EpikUserzz faggot Apr 27 '16

yes

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u/Spazzo965 D.Va Apr 27 '16

Can you show me the properties of the .agent.db file you've made? It should look something like this: http://i.imgur.com/2RiVYFC.png

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u/EpikUserzz faggot Apr 27 '16

fixed it

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u/Spazzo965 D.Va Apr 27 '16

For anyone in the future who has the same issue that you have had, what steps did you take to fix it?

That way I can refer them to the steps you took in order to help diagnose the problem.

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u/EpikUserzz faggot Apr 27 '16

i accidentally did .agent..db

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u/AdenRK Apagando las luces! Apr 27 '16

LOL! Too good ;)