29-02-2000 03:46									#1
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why can't i download any scenarios on the mac site?! when i click on them to download them i just get a page with weird looking letters.

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	29-02-2000 05:29									#2
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Yeah, that's code of some sort. I've had similar problems downloading from this site. The last time was trying to download one of the patches.

Sadly, no one was ever able to explain why I couldn't download from this site as per normal. Normal, meaning you click on the download link (or whatever), a little box pops onto the screen and monitors the download. (My browser is set to download to a designated folder on the HD) All I got, after numerous attempts, was pages of rolling code.

So, I can't help you. Sorry. I can only sympathise.

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	29-02-2000 05:30									#3
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option click on them and you'll get a pop-up "save as" window...remember-right clich(PC) = option click for us

	29-02-2000 05:46									#4
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that doesn't work, all does is save the link so when i open it i goes into the mac senario page and when i try and download there it gives me a nasty message saying that it can't download it, maybe you are giving me the right directions and i am just following them wrong

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	29-02-2000 05:53									#5
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Are you holding down the option key while clicking on it?

	05-03-2000 09:15									#6
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Well, I'm afraid that I don't know want to say, other than that it sometimes happens. Now and then I get junk when downloading and I really don't know why. Internet gremlins I guess. When I click (single or option-click) on a scenario or file link, it seems to work. Keep trying and if this continues to be a problem maybe MarkG might have a suggestion.

In the meantime, if you need me to mail you a file directly let me know. I have even been known to snail-mail diskettes when asked! E-mail can be just as frustrating, especially with AOL, but eventually files do get through, so we could try that too. Just let me now how I can help.

Finbar, I just re-read your post. When you said that after multiple tries on "this site" which files were you talking about? (I assume that you ment the Mac-Civ2 site and not files from the general ACS pages.) I'm wondering if I'm doing something to the files when I upload them?

Smash, have you sucessfully downloaded files? If so, which ones? I know that folks have sucessfully downloaded the Convertion AppleScript and some utilities.

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[This message has been edited by MacUser (edited March 04, 2000).]

	05-03-2000 18:27									#7
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MU - I had the problem trying to download one of the patches from the ACS site - I think, from memory, the first ever patch. Certainly the Mac page wasn't up then.

Actually, I'll have another go at downloading and see what happens these days. Get back to you.

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	06-03-2000 00:58									#8
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I can D/L anything at this site.The trick is making it into a simple text document.I use dropstuff to make .sit to .hqx and then stuffit comes into play.

	06-03-2000 20:06									#9
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"Keep trying and if this continues to be a problem maybe MarkG might have a suggestion"

You mean MarkG or I might have a suggestion, right?

As a matter of fact, I do!

My use of a "modern-day" Mac (I know two years on and off with the Apple II in elementary school does not count ) currently stands about 3/4 of an hour, so perhaps this does not apply to you, but when PC users have reported downloading problems from us I recommended that people 'right-click' to force the server to download it to your PC.

By the sound of things Calvin, and the others who have reported similar problems, your browser is trying to open the files within itself as opposed to downloading it for another app. to handle. So, I would check the file type associations within my browser for the extensions of the files you are trying to download from us, e.g. HQX and SIT.

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	07-03-2000 04:30									#10
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Mmm. Couldn't find any such suffixes in the Applications section of the Netscape Preferences, but did Edit the "All Types" Description to have it save to disk, which is not the default option.

And it works. Now I can download from this site. Thanks DQ!

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	07-03-2000 05:49									#11
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You're most welcome Finbar!

Anyone still experiencing downloading difficulties from ACS?

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	07-03-2000 09:12									#12
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"You mean MarkG or I might have a suggestion, right?" - DanQ

Yeah, that's what I meant! :-P

Definition for the day: "Faux-paw" to insert one's "paw" into mouth and chew vigorously!

Thanks for the help!

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	09-03-2000 10:58									#13
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finbar: i tried to do what you said to see if it would work so i went into the netscape preferences and into applications but i can't find "all types". where is it?

	09-03-2000 05:17									#14
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Calvin, I've got Communicator 4.6.1. Under Preferences, then Applications, run down the long list. I actually counted it as the 46th item on the list. Preceded by application/zip, followed by Pict Image and Microsoft Word Document.

I don't know which version you've got, and I know there are numerous differences between the versions, so here's hoping.

If it's not there, for whatever reason, maybe you could create it via the New button. I'll describe how mine reads:

Description: All types
MIME Type: *
Suffixes: *

Then select the Save To Disk button.

Let's know how you go.

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	09-03-2000 09:31									#15
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Well, for all of my griping about AOL, I guess their browser must default to something like "all types". I can't seem to find a preference to check or change, but I rarely seem to have problems. On the other hand, I can't make the barbs crash my games either...go figure.

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	09-03-2000 11:54									#16
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It's because of all that fine work you do for the Cub movement, MacUser. Somewhere out in the ether there's a Computer Deity (no, not the one with whom we play Civ) who looks down from on high and decides who should be rewarded and who shouldn't. Clearly my complete ignorance of tykes and toggles (if they still have such things) and, arguably, complete antipathy towards tykes in general of any description in any way, shape or form has earned me the wrath of the Computer Deity.

Serves me right.

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	09-03-2000 18:02									#17
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LOL! Well you ought to get SOME credit for picking up my slack answering questions!

BTW: our the theme for last Monday nights Pack meeting was Cub Grub (US western slang for food ) and I dressed as a chef "Chef-Boy-r-C" (C for Cub Scouts) and had fun "cooking" in character! Tell you more later... time to go to work!

To sum up: the Cubs sang songs like "Road-kill stew," made "grub" like fudge in a "Zip-Lock" plastic bag and "Bugs on a Log" (peanut butter on celery with raisins) and played a "Crummy" game with crackers. I gave out awards using a monolog on the "recipe" for building a Cub Scout. It was a lot of fun! Be sure to tell THE DIETY about our Cub Grub!

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[This message has been edited by MacUser (edited March 09, 2000).]

	20-03-2000 07:09									#18
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The trick is (as smash said) to make the document into a text file. When you choose to download a document; and a whole load of jibberish comes up; then all you've got to do is save it as a text file, and decompress. In netscape (it'll probably work with other browsers, but I never tried), go under the file menu, and choose 'save as'. You then decompress this file with a standard decompresser that can handle this kind of file. Stuffit Expander for the Mac can handle almost everything (or at least v.5.5 can). What I do (using netscape v.4.7 and stuffit expander v.5.5), is to wait until the file stops downloading to netscape, and save it to my hard disk. I then drag the netscape text file into the Sutffit Expandter icon, and it decompresses.

Hope this helps someone.

	26-03-2000 07:19									#19
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My problem generally is not one of rubbish but rather connecting and STARTING the download. Frequently, I try to start a download it get a progress window that displays something like "Transferring document (0 of 2097152 bytes)..." and there it will sit for hours! (literally, I have left it sit overnight on several occasions!) My problem doesn't seem to be traffic related, as I would imagine that eventually the light would turn green and the file would start.

I think that I have cussed AOL so often and so publicly that they are exacting revenge by sending vast amount of porn spam and blocking downloads! (I think I'm teasing, maybe...)

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[This message has been edited by MacUser (edited March 25, 2000).]

	26-03-2000 07:40									#20
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Is this the only site where you have that problem, MacUser?

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finbar
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	26-03-2000 10:03									#21
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MacUser:
How fast is your modem? 2MB is a lot, but it shouldn't take all night. When you come back the next morning, has the bar moved at all, and is your Internet connection still open, or has it closed?

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adaMada

	26-03-2000 12:37									#22
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Fin: No, this happen sporadically elsewhere too. I have been able to download scenarios and modpacks here, the patch from MacSoft, junk from Apple and others...and then sometime NOTHING!

ada.: My connection is 28.8, but the real problem is that the download never begins. I start at 0, and in the morning is it STILL zero.

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	27-03-2000 04:05									#23
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I've had all sorts of problems downloading on the net lately.Stalled or lost d/ls are common now.I had a new one the other day trying to d/l from freediskspace.com.The d/l reached 45% then went backwards.Yes backwards.44,43,42...30..15 all the way back to zero.I have 56k modem on 48,000 bps connection.I wonder how the cable people are managing?

	27-03-2000 04:06									#24
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MacUser:
The more important question is

quote: is your Internet connection still open, or has it closed?

	28-03-2000 08:17									#25
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Depends. Sometimes the internet connection is still active, but no progress has been made on the file. Other time the progress window has closed, but the website window is still open and active. I have never have AOL shutdown because I have a shareware program (Always OnLine) that answeres the AOL "would you like for us to kick you off-line now?" messages.

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