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Khorinis

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the archive is either unknown or damaged
« on: March 01, 2014, 04:27:46 am »
I tried several times to download this mod, but everytime i try to open the file I get this message, did anyobody else encounter this problem yet? oO
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yaymeh

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Re: the archive is either unknown or damaged
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 05:05:52 am »
Didn't have any problems (and my Connection is horrible ;)). Are you sure your download worked?

Check if your md5sum matches:
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8f79b6918d37c92e3822c18235e08a01  /Downloads/MasterworkDF V4h.7z

Maybe you simply don't have a 7z compatible archive manager installed. I think I saw a link to one in the Download/Main Thread.

« Last Edit: March 01, 2014, 05:08:39 am by yaymeh »
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Khorinis

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Re: the archive is either unknown or damaged
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2014, 12:16:19 pm »
Quote from: yaymeh on March 01, 2014, 05:05:52 am
Didn't have any problems (and my Connection is horrible ;)). Are you sure your download worked?

Check if your md5sum matches:
Code: [Select]
8f79b6918d37c92e3822c18235e08a01  /Downloads/MasterworkDF V4h.7z

Maybe you simply don't have a 7z compatible archive manager installed. I think I saw a link to one in the Download/Main Thread.

Yes i tried it several times
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AxisKiller

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Re: the archive is either unknown or damaged
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2014, 04:16:10 pm »
I'm fairly certain it's a problem with DFFD, I get this from time-to-time too, quite often downloading bigger files like MWDF. Eventually it'll work, or, failing that, have a friend try to download it and upload it somewhere else if it works for them.

Edit: On a 100mbit down, wired connection; Steam and everything else downloads everything fine at +5mb/s. Every single time I've downloaded MWDF from DFFD it chugs along at 100kb/s or less and often fails in the middle of the download.
« Last Edit: March 05, 2014, 04:19:17 pm by AxisKiller »
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BigD145

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Re: the archive is either unknown or damaged
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2014, 04:21:37 pm »
DFFD is slow and you HAVE to use the latest version of 7zip for 7zip files.
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AxisKiller

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Re: the archive is either unknown or damaged
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2014, 04:26:43 pm »
Quote from: BigD145 on March 05, 2014, 04:21:37 pm
DFFD is slow and you HAVE to use the latest version of 7zip for 7zip files.

First part is right. You don't need 7zip, though. Latest version of WinRAR works perfectly fine with opening 7zip files.
(This doesn't really matter, but I honestly prefer winrar because of its UI and that I've used it for far longer than 7zip)

Also confirming that the .4i download is working fine, just slow as hell. Took me ten minutes but it opened fine.
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Khorinis

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Re: the archive is either unknown or damaged
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2014, 06:32:09 pm »
Quote from: AxisKiller on March 05, 2014, 04:26:43 pm
Quote from: BigD145 on March 05, 2014, 04:21:37 pm
DFFD is slow and you HAVE to use the latest version of 7zip for 7zip files.

First part is right. You don't need 7zip, though. Latest version of WinRAR works perfectly fine with opening 7zip files.
(This doesn't really matter, but I honestly prefer winrar because of its UI and that I've used it for far longer than 7zip)

Also confirming that the .4i download is working fine, just slow as hell. Took me ten minutes but it opened fine.

I just wanted to say that i finally managed to download it, altough i have no idea why it worked this time
thanks for help
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