Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I have recently been playing BoE a lot, and have been really enjoying it. So then I thought, if I like BoE this much, it would be a good idea to take a look at the actual games, and maybe buy them. So I downloaded the demos for the exile trilogy, but there is a problem. The first and the third unstuff and I am able to play them, but when I try to unstuff the second, I get a message that says that an error has occured, and that the archive may contain damaged content, and below that it says error#17538. I have tryied redownloading Exile 2 multiple times, but the same thing happens. I'm at a loss. Could someone help? (I'm using a mac) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Mod. Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Did you dry downloading from a different location? The download may have become corrupted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 If you have ever bought a CD-ROM, then the demos are on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 I tried looking a little for other sites that would let me download it, but the only one I found was offering it for windows, not mac. Also, I do not have any of the CDs right now, but if I am going to buy the exile trilogy, it would be on CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 ...wait, you have a Mac that can play Exile? Lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 Most macs can't? I just downloaded the demo, switched to 256 colors, and I am playing the first one right now. EDIT: Gah! I have been looking around a lot more, and I simply can't find any place that would allow me to download it. I did find one site, actually, but it just gave me the same file that I already have that my computer can't unstuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Exile is old. The Mac version predates both OS X and the switch to Intel chips by many years. It won't run natively under OS X and it won't run at all on an Intel Mac. Any Mac sold in the last six years won't be able to run it. Note that this is true of ALL older mac software and is not particular to Exile in any way. (You can get it to run on an Intel Mac by emulating a much older mac, but this is a complicated and somewhat difficult process.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 I can play the first and the third exiles, seemingly without an issue. It's just that I can't even unstuff the file that I download from the spiderweb website. Either it's my computer, or something is wrong with the file. If I can't use the exiles, I MIGHT try the early Avernums (I have tried their demos, so I know they work), but most of all what I enjoy about exile is it large range of awsome spells, and having six characters does make things a bit easier. I have no idea why my computer isn't able to unstuff the Exile 2 file, since it was able to do it with the other exiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Details would help. Computer model, operating system and version, expanding program and version, where you're getting the Exile 2 file from, what its file extension is, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 Lets see here... I have a macpro Dual G4(1.4Ghz), its mac osx 10.4.11, I got the exile 2 file from spiderweb software (here), and am using stuffit expander 7.0.3. And this worked with opening the other exile games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 try find that .hpx-file somewhere, maybe it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 I don't know where to get it, so I can't try. I did try looking for it, but still came up with nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Well, I was able to expand it with Stuffit 13.0; try this zip version? (If you're wondering, I just unstuffed it and rezipped it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 Thanks a lot! It works perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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