Solution found - changed from normal wifi to phone hotspot and it worked.
It seems root cause is a bad internet connection and high latency causing drop out in the download and the permanent loop of Z112 failure.
Zwift support were good and recommended I go to speedtest.net (using Los Angeles Server) - alarming to see a ping of 172ms and download speed only 5.54Mbps!! Bloody hell no wonder such a big file failed.
Here’s what I did:
- Uninstalled Zwift, removed Documents folder & logs, Programs folder, everything (except registry).
- Reset modem, router, whole network with a full power off.
- Rebooted computer while modem off and then I switched a different internet connection using my phone hot spot with a ping 23ms & download 40.48Mbps
Note: Stayed off wifi and on phone hot spot from this point till end - Started the Download Zwift on iOS, MAC, PC, or Android Devices | Zwift and opened the loader as normal
- Once loaded went through normal procedure and it worked.
Note: Problems were updating to 1.0.44 and file that loaded was actually 1.0.31087?
Anyway who cares as back online after a few frustrating days and way too much time trying to get this working with countless uninstalls and downloads.
So bottom line do a speedtest as it’s probably a slow internet connection with high latency causing the dropout in the download file and hence the error.
Wish I had seen this solution a few days ago. Hope this post helps others searching for this problem in future. Ride on baby!