Trouble with SG Save

[anaxagoras]

I am trying to play the Pax Americana Succession game, and as part of that game I am trying to work with this file: http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=160550&d=1190069739 . Unfortunately, I can't seem to open it. The other players can open it just fine, and the only difference seems to be that I am using a Mac. Can any other Mac user open this file?

I am using Civ III Complete, and I have opened COTMs and other succession games on these forums just fine. But not this one.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[AlanH]

Try running it through my FileValet utility - see my sig for a link. Its primary purpose was originally to clean out some garbage that occasionally appears in Windows saves and was unreadable by the Mac version. I thought Aspyr had fixed this issue in a patch, but it seems a few people still get the problem.

 

[anaxagoras]

Try running it through my FileValet utility - see my sig for a link. Its primary purpose was originally to clean out some garbage that occasionally appears in Windows saves and was unreadable by the Mac version. I thought Aspyr had fixed this issue in a patch, but it seems a few people still get the problem.

You, sir, are a cotten-pickin' genius. That cured it, alright. Nice work!

I think in this case the person who originated the save file was using a not-fully-patched version of the windows software. Compounding mistakes.

Thanks very much for your help. I was thinking I was going to have to lay out of our SG. Glad I can participate.

 

[anaxagoras]

OK, I thought you were brilliant. Now I'm not so sure....

I still can't get the file to work. The file is here. Please let me know if any Mac user can do anything with this file. File Valet reports it as corrupt and does not repair it. I've tried on two different computers (both 10.3.9), and no joy. Perhaps a 10.4 machine can repair it? If so, please repost the save for me. I don't have a 10.4 to work with.

It's my turn in the SG, so the sooner I know one way or another, the better the other players will like it.

Thanks!

 

[AlanH]

OK, I thought you were brilliant. Now I'm not so sure....

I still can't get the file to work. The file is here. Please let me know if any Mac user can do anything with this file. File Valet reports it as corrupt and does not repair it. I've tried on two different computers (both 10.3.9), and no joy. Perhaps a 10.4 machine can repair it? If so, please repost the save for me. I don't have a 10.4 to work with.

It's my turn in the SG, so the sooner I know one way or another, the better the other players will like it.

Thanks!

I've downloaded it and run it through FileValet which said it had repaired it, and it loads OK now. I've attached it to this post.

Sorry, I don't know why FileValet would fail to work on your system. I don't have a 10.3.x system to try it on, but I doubt if it's that. Are you running on PowerPCs? if so, I'll check in case it's a PPC issue, although I'm pretty sure I originally developed it on my old G4, so it ought to be OK.

 

[Blue Monkey]

I'm running 10.3.9 on a G3 and I've used FV often, with no problems.

 

[anaxagoras]

I've downloaded it and run it through FileValet which said it had repaired it, and it loads OK now. I've attached it to this post.

That looks like it has done the trick. Hopefully, we'll only have to do this once.

Sorry, I don't know why FileValet would fail to work on your system. I don't have a 10.3.x system to try it on, but I doubt if it's that. Are you running on PowerPCs? if so, I'll check in case it's a PPC issue, although I'm pretty sure I originally developed it on my old G4, so it ought to be OK.

I'm confused, too, especially since I've tried this on two different machines: a G4 PowerBook, and a G5 desktop. Both of them threw the same error with this file in FV. I've been having troubles with the hard drive on the G5, but when the laptop did the same thing, I was pretty sure it wasn't me. I'll try downloading FV again (third time's the charm?), but I really don't know why this didn't work. Very strange.

 

[AlanH]

Both of them threw the same error with this file in FV.

This is the first mention of a FileValet error. What error is it throwing?

 

[anaxagoras]

This is the first mention of a FileValet error. What error is it throwing?

It is a one-line message saying it can't execute a command, but I didn't copy down the message and bring it to work with me, so I can't give you the exact text at the moment. I'll re-run it tonight and post the exact text from home.

 

[anaxagoras]

And I appear to be an ungrateful git, but I really do appreciate your taking the time to clean the file for me!

 

[anaxagoras]

When I drag the offending file onto the FVScript icon, I get "NSReceiverCantHandleCommandScriptError". When I open FV itself and try to use it directly, it identifies the file as "Corrupt, Compressed" but appears to do nothing else. It is using the default settings, i.e. Compress data, Clean data, Same filename, Same folder. It doesn't seem to matter if I change things.

 

[AlanH]

I'll investigate the script error - it doesn't happen on my Mac Pro, but maybe it's a Panther thing.

When you use the application itself, are you dropping the file onto the application icon? If so, that just Opens the file and displays its status. It doesn't write the file back to disk unless you use the File/Save menu option. You have to drop the file onto the FileValet Status window to get it to do the configured actions.

 

[anaxagoras]

If so, that just Opens the file and displays its status. It doesn't write the file back to disk unless you use the File/Save menu option. You have to drop the file onto the FileValet Status window to get it to do the configured actions.

I didn't realize that. I'll try it again tonight.

 

[AlanH]

Sorry, the user interface is a little confusing in this respect. The Preferences window text lies about this, as it says you can drop files onto the application icon to execute the configured commands. That text pre-dated the later design decision to provide a File/Open capability. The application can't tell the difference between a dropped file and a File/Open menu command.