skywarder Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Alright, here's the deal: I've been using mods for DA for quite some time and they've always worked. Thought, when downloading a mod about five days ago I think, I didn't get a DAZip as mentioned. I got a folder containing an xml-file called "Manifest" and a folder called "Contents". I just thought "sure, must be some mistake with this mod." and just skipped that one. However, whenever I've been downloading a mod since, I never get a DAZip file even thought both the description at the site AND the readme clearly states that it should be a DAZip file ready for the DAUpdater. I ALWAYS end up with the xml-file called "Manifest" and the "Contents" folder instead of the DAZip.What could be causing this? I really don't think it could be me doing something wrong since I've, like I mentioned, been using DA mods for quite some time and I've always recieved DAZips (when downloading mods that are suposed to be DAZips that is), and I haven't really done any changes with either my way of downloading, unzipping or anything at all.Please help? :tongue: Thanks in advance! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amycus Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) There was someone with a similar problem not too long ago. Just a question: Are you using opera? That has been known to cause trouble like that. If that's the case, just switch to another browser (I recommend firefox or chrome)Otherwise a temporary solution would be (assuming you have winrar/winzip), to selct the "manifest" and "contents" file, right click and zip it to a ".zip" file. Then just change the extension ".zip" to "Dazip" and it should work normally. Also, if you are running win 7 (might be like this for vista too), then the file extensions for files will not be visible by deafult ( don't you just love the changes they made from xp guys? ). Here is a tutorial to change the settings so you can view and edit them: http://malektips.com...extensions.html If you are not using opera and want to solve the whole problem to save yourself from the pain of making it to a Dazip yourself, then please answer the following:When you download and get the manifest and contents file, where does these 2 files lie from the start? Are they in a .7z, rar or .zip or whatever it is? Edited July 16, 2011 by amycus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmalkavian Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) @amycus ...something wrong with that link...although the same link that you posted it at "how to create DA ZIP out of random files" {that's where the similar problem is} does. ....any way i'll just put link here:My link for skywarder. GL TC. Edited July 17, 2011 by jmalkavian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amycus Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) @amycus ...something wrong with that link...although the same link that you posted it at "how to create DA ZIP out of random files" {that's where the similar problem is} does. ....any way i'll just put link here:My link for skywarder. GL TC. Oops! :whistling: Yes, I did try to save some time to copy paste that part of the reply from an earlier reply in another thread. Looks like the shortened link really gives "malektips.com...extensions.html" in the adress field instead of the full "malektips.com/windows-7-view-file-extensions.html".Kudos for pointing it out Edited July 17, 2011 by amycus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmalkavian Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) @amycus ...something wrong with that link...although the same link that you posted it at "how to create DA ZIP out of random files" {that's where the similar problem is} does. ....any way i'll just put link here:My link for skywarder. GL TC. Oops! :whistling: Yes, I did try to save some time to copy paste that part of the reply from an earlier reply in another thread. Looks like the shortened link really gives "malektips.com...extensions.html" in the adress field instead of the full "malektips.com/windows-7-view-file-extensions.html".Kudos for pointing it out Thnx mate! ...np... it's the first time i've posted a link and it shows as "my link" and not "malektips.com/windows-7-view-file-extensions.html". rofl...but it works! ...am hoping skywarder can fix their problem.TC. Edited July 17, 2011 by jmalkavian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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