Grey Sky

The Win7 character load fix is working great here. As a non-Tequila person launching through a batch file, the additional command line info being shared was very helpful as well. Many thanks for your continued efforts.

What difference does it make if I install in a subfolder of "Games" on my E drive? Surely Tequila isn't hardcoded in some way to look for that? I'm on administrator account, Win 7 x64 Pro, if that makes any difference. As in my edit above, I grabbed the IP from the .xml in a browser, so I can at least play again. Thanks for all your efforts!

And I'm back again. Would someone be kind enough to provide the IP for the new authentication/login server, please? I need it for my .bat workaround to work! Edit: Ah, of course the auth server IP is in the .xml, which I can access no problem in a browser. Got things working again! Tequila still won't get past the WebClient error. If I perform a fresh install from another location (eg., download the new .exe to E:\, and then direct Tequila to E:/City of Heroes), it hangs on "fetching manifest" and never progresses. Another oddity I noticed is that the original Tequila.exe deletes itself when installing (a Tequila.exe is then created in the chosen install location). Not sure if that's intended behaviour. I've tried all of the steps in Silk's guide. I wonder if there's some Windows service/feature that needs to be enabled for Tequila to function fully?

Bumping this one - The Fifth Horseman's .bat file works great for bypassing Tequila, but now I can't play due to not having the new patch files. Nothing I've tried has resolved the, "An exception occurred during a WebClient request" error when starting Tequila, including: -All files in CoH directory unchecked for read only -Deleted Tequila registry key -Freshly installed alongside game files at E:\City of Heroes\tequila.exe -Running Tequila as admin -No AV/firewall running Any further help or suggestions would be great. Manually installing the patch files would also work for me, but I don't know if a patch file exists (or if torrents will be updated to reflect patches). Thanks in advance! Update: I've manually patched: -Updated game files uploaded for me by a friend -Modified The Fifth Horseman's .bat with the new patch number (2019.04.27 -> 2019.05.06)

Was getting the same error as the OP; this has allowed me to play. Thank you VERY much!