I think that CL said in another thread that the patches would be on the CD in the future, but they didn't give a time line. You could always email them and ask when they expected it to be in the CD in the future. They also said that they were releasing separate CDs with the first patch, perhaps you can get them to throw it in with your order, if they aren't already that is. It's a monster download, and if you have a slow connection it can take a while. I had to let mine do it over night.