Thrawn's Revenge

Imperial Civil War [Empire at War] => Imperial Civil War Tech Support => Topic started by: Revanchist on February 27, 2013, 09:15:57 PM

Title: A Breakthrough (and some help needed)
Post by: Revanchist on February 27, 2013, 09:15:57 PM
Well, I have once again returned to the Tech Support forum. In the past, some of you may remember that I was having/still am having a problem downloading the mod and thus I have yet to actually play ICW. The problem lies somewhere in the fact that my computer (a Mac) refused to download more than a few kilobytes. After about 4 kilobytes were downloaded, the computer would say the download was complete and end the download. I tried everything: from downloading it from all the different upload sites to trying to download it directly onto the Windows partition on the Mac, instead of downloading it onto the Mac and transferring it to the Windows partition; still no progress. With my inability to play this mod and my unwillingness to play the vanilla game anymore, I was forced to search for other mods to try. I turned to RaW only to have the same result.

After some time I have returned with a breakthrough as to why it would not download. Having tried (with varying success) to download other mods, I have discovered the following: Downloading mods that are either .rar or .exe have always failed; however, .zip files will always successfully download. As your mod is in the first two forms (either .exe or .rar) it will not download.

Now that I know what the problem is, how can I fix it?
If I cannot fix it, is there any way the mod team could make a .zip version? I have been an admirer of this mod for some time and am truly saddened that I cannot download and play it.

Either way, I thank you for the incredible mod you have created and for the help you have already given me in the past.
Title: Re: A Breakthrough (and some help needed)
Post by: tlmiller on February 27, 2013, 09:23:45 PM
Do you have some weirdo extraction tool installed?  If not, have you tried multiple browsers within the same OS?
Title: Re: A Breakthrough (and some help needed)
Post by: Corey on February 27, 2013, 09:45:01 PM
I can try to upload a zip to dropbox
Title: Re: A Breakthrough (and some help needed)
Post by: Slornie on February 28, 2013, 12:58:30 PM
Isn't the version of 2.0 on ModDB (http://www.moddb.com/mods/thrawns-revenge/downloads/imperial-civil-war-20-zip) a .zip archive?  All the previous releases were .rar, but for some reason Corey went with a .zip for 2.0.
Title: Re: A Breakthrough (and some help needed)
Post by: Revanchist on February 28, 2013, 10:26:38 PM
Quote from: Slornie on February 28, 2013, 12:58:30 PM
Isn't the version of 2.0 on ModDB (http://www.moddb.com/mods/thrawns-revenge/downloads/imperial-civil-war-20-zip) a .zip archive?  All the previous releases were .rar, but for some reason Corey went with a .zip for 2.0.

I'll check again soon, and let you know.
Title: Re: A Breakthrough (and some help needed)
Post by: Revanchist on March 03, 2013, 06:24:33 PM
Well whaddya know, it is a zip file. Somehow, whenever I tried to download it from ModDB it took me to the exe file. I'll try to download it this week and see. However, what about the hotfixes?

EDIT: Hooray! The file will download! That still leaves the question though about the hotfixes. Did I miss a zip version of those too, or is there none?
Title: Re: A Breakthrough (and some help needed)
Post by: Revanchist on March 06, 2013, 10:21:10 PM
Alright, with a little ingenuity and the power of Dropbox on my side, I have finally installed ICW 2.0 on the computer and played through the Tutorial. It is even better than I expected. Just as long as you make a zip version of 2.1 I will be a very happy camper and might even be able to Beta Test if you made zips of the beta versions (and it's not during the summer).
Thank you for this terrific mod.