I have run the most recent patch on my 10yo Vista notebook, and it worked (it is a 32bit Vista, so it is the 32bit client, not sure whether that is a difference to your installation).
Moreover, my Ryzom instances are in single directories (folders), not using the Ryzom installer. Both instances had not been updated for a while and the amount of data was huge, 320MB in the one, 1699MB in the other case, so it took some time.
What I would recommend, is to save your "save" subdirectory somewhere and reinstall Ryzom after renaming or removing the old installation. Whether or not there are better ways depends on whether your Ryzom stuff is in a single Ryzom folder or distributed between game location and user profiles. In the latter case somebody else may help with hints.
In case all your Ryzom stuff is in one place, you may try to download the client from Sourceforge (it is 3.0.3079 if I recall correctly), along with the data part from Sourceforge, copy your save subdirectory in it, and start ryzom_client_r.exe. This should trigger patching, and work. Check whether you need 32bit or 64bit version.
A reinstallation with the new hierarchy style (user and game data apart) may simply be triggered by downloading the installer from ryzom.com. Patching will be performed during installation. Make sure that you found and saved your "save" directory before reinstalling.
Moreover, my Ryzom instances are in single directories (folders), not using the Ryzom installer. Both instances had not been updated for a while and the amount of data was huge, 320MB in the one, 1699MB in the other case, so it took some time.
What I would recommend, is to save your "save" subdirectory somewhere and reinstall Ryzom after renaming or removing the old installation. Whether or not there are better ways depends on whether your Ryzom stuff is in a single Ryzom folder or distributed between game location and user profiles. In the latter case somebody else may help with hints.
In case all your Ryzom stuff is in one place, you may try to download the client from Sourceforge (it is 3.0.3079 if I recall correctly), along with the data part from Sourceforge, copy your save subdirectory in it, and start ryzom_client_r.exe. This should trigger patching, and work. Check whether you need 32bit or 64bit version.
A reinstallation with the new hierarchy style (user and game data apart) may simply be triggered by downloading the installer from ryzom.com. Patching will be performed during installation. Make sure that you found and saved your "save" directory before reinstalling.
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