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I am on a laptop running Vista x64 and I recently downloaded and installed Sword of the New World. However, the game is unable to patch. As soon as I open the launcher I get the following error:

Fail to download list file. This might be a communication problem. Please restart client.

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I've also found that www.swordofthenewworld.com is no longer a valid URL, as it produces a "404 File Not Found" error. The new URL is the same, sans the www. prefix. I believe the "communication problem" is the updater attempting to access the website that is no longer in service. Backing this suspicion is the updater.config XML document, which states

<URL Key="Home" Value="www.swordofthenewworld.com" />

which is a non-existent URL. Thus, my questions are the following:

If I were to change this URL to the proper one, would that allow the launcher to update? And if yes, how would I go about editing the XML file, or create a new one identical to this, save with the proper URL in place?
If it is impossible to fix the problem in that manner, is there another way to fix this or should I try to download the client from another source?

Also, it would seem the Sword of the New World forums from their official website do not exist. If you go to swordofthenewworld.com and attempt to view the forums, you are greeted by nothing but a blank page. No errors or anything. I thought that the game may have been canceled, but the presence of promotional ads and notices dating just a few months ago made me think otherwise.