Car/Dealership cycles...

[lbsf1]

famine just one question. How big is an excell document, 5megabites at most right.

couldn't you upload that? (just a question not trying to blame you for the problems some of us are having downloading it)

not a wizz on computers so don't have a go at me is this is not possible. i'm just coming up with ideas on how to get around the problem.



some of us are having problems. i don't know what it is but we are. Famine could you help us on this and look for a solution that may fix it. You say it works for people that you have sent it to however it doesn't work for everyone. I'm trying to find solutions because i can't open it, however many people saying it works on their computer, it doesn't work on mine.

please don't say its my fault it doesn't work and that i'm doing something wrong. i don't think i am i unzipp lots of files in exactly the same way an they are all fine. you have the original copy, we can' do anything to resolve it since we don't have the file only a ziped file that won't open. please help.



please can you help famine. its not your fault that their is a problem/glitch with the file however could you please help us find a solution. You seemto know more about computers than i do or anyone who has this problem. we are looking to you to help us.

it works for some people and not others and that is a problem isn't it
i'm trying not to get angry like other people have but it would be nice for you to help and make some effort in making the file work for everyone. (i'm not trying to be rude but i couldn't think of any other way to put it)
because others are being rude and nasty are you refusing to help the people who are asking politly for help and assistance from the moderator the person who is supposed to sort out all problems we look to you can you please answer our prayers.

you have told others to sort the problem out themselves however we can't none of our programs (winzip (various), camunzip) wil unzip it you have a working folder we don't we ask for your help

you said that it works for everyone you have sent it to but it won't work for me and some other people so it doesn't work for some of us.


please.

 

[lbsf1]

celebrate good times viva world an they don't know its christmas time at all.


it works with 7 zip not with any other unzipping software.
i downloaded it from http://www.7-zip.org/


well done famine great job

howlong did it take you?

 

[MarcoM]

A quick thanks to peterjford who has send me the file via e-mail. That was very helpfull.

Famine, the xls file is absolutly a really good job. 👍

But I must say that the way I feel treated by you is not really positive.

If it does work for some people, it does not mean it works for everybody.
If it does not work for some people, it does not mean that it does not work for everybody.
This works both ways.

I finally installed 7zip and with that I could see the xls file.

Raider_JP, try 7zip at http://www.7-zip.org/

Edit: lbsf1 beat me to that

 

[Famine]

I understand that nothing on my end can fix the problem

it works with 7 zip

I finally installed 7zip and with that I could see the xls file.

Some people can open it. Some people can't open it. Tellingly, the people who can't open it can after they change how they're opening it.

Case closed. As I said earlier, the issue is with how it is unpacked. The two people willing to explore solutions on their own changed how they unpacked it and it worked. The one who isn't will still have issues he feels he must spread around.

And over a hundred posts ago, I said:

Oddly, we've had this issue before - except that every time I download it to any device, I have no problems at all. I recall people saying that using 7zip it seems to be fine.

 

[Raider_JB]

<famine>I just used Windows Compressed File Wizard like I always do.

Why would you need 7zip then???


<NLxAROSA>No problems opening anything over here either (OSX, Safari, OpenOffice), works just fine.

Why would you need 7zip then???


<Scaff>WinRAR (of which a free demo is available to), Windows XP compression and WinZIP. All uncompressed the .ZIP file just fine.

Why would you need 7zip then???

<Han_the_Dragon> just did the same thing, download, unzip with WinRAR and open with Exel 2007 trail edition.

I used WinRAR 3.71 just to make it clear.


Why would you need 7zip then???

<peterjford>I used the windows native zip tool and it extracted it to a folder.

Why would you need 7zip then???

Case not closed IMO! But there seems to a resolution, which is, you must use 7zip to unzip.

Here is the real issue, it IS A FORMAT ISSUE!

7zip website...

"In 99% of these cases it means that the archive contains incorrect headers. Other ZIP programs can open some archives with incorrect headers, since these programs just ignore errors.

Also...7-zip can also uses LZMA with zip format. But you can&#8217;t open this type of zip file with winrar. LZMA Utils are legacy data compression software with high compression ratio.

Hope this helps the rest of us that had to deal with this head ache.

Thanks for acknowledging the issue Famine...

 

[Raider_JB]

If I were you and I'm obviously not...I would have posted that note on the first post where it belongs. Not make people decipher your criptic responses or have to 'wade' through now 10 pages of posts.

As you just showed a simple note to draw the users attention would have solved this issue. No one is going to get that clue at that point in the thread.

BTW...It's been fun getting to know you, I look forward to kicking you ass on the track.

 

[Famine]

<famine>I just used Windows Compressed File Wizard like I always do.

Why would you need 7zip then???

I don't. But a hundred posts ago I clearly said:

I just used Windows Compressed File Wizard like I always do.

Oddly, we've had this issue before - except that every time I download it to any device, I have no problems at all. I recall people saying that using 7zip it seems to be fine.

A hundred posts ago. A week before you even registered here.

<NLxAROSA>No problems opening anything over here either (OSX, Safari, OpenOffice), works just fine.

Why would you need 7zip then???

Apparently he doesn't.

<Scaff>WinRAR (of which a free demo is available to), Windows XP compression and WinZIP. All uncompressed the .ZIP file just fine.

Why would you need 7zip then???

Apparently he doesn't either.

<Han_the_Dragon> just did the same thing, download, unzip with WinRAR and open with Exel 2007 trail edition.

I used WinRAR 3.71 just to make it clear.


Why would you need 7zip then???

Nor does he.

<peterjford>I used the windows native zip tool and it extracted it to a folder.

Why would you need 7zip then???

Or him.

Case not closed IMO! But there seems to a resolution, which is, you must use 7zip.

Which would be a valid conclusion if you ignored everything. Let's look at the posts you just quoted of people who had no problem shall we?

<famine>I just used Windows Compressed File Wizard like I always do.

<NLxAROSA>No problems opening anything over here either (OSX, Safari, OpenOffice), works just fine.

<Scaff>WinRAR (of which a free demo is available to), Windows XP compression and WinZIP. All uncompressed the .ZIP file just fine.

<Han_the_Dragon> just did the same thing, download, unzip with WinRAR and open with Exel 2007 trail edition.

I used WinRAR 3.71 just to make it clear.

Not a one of them used 7zip and all reported success. How can you possibly conclude that 7zip is an absolute requirement from that? We can add some more if you like?

I just downloaded Famine's file. I am using a work PC with vista. I used the windows native zip tool and it extracted it to a folder. Inside that folder was gtpspcarsMEGANE.xls. Double clicked on that an it opened in excel.

I've also just used an evaluation copy of WinRAR (3.71) as a test and enjoyed similar success.

Windows Vista, Winrar 3.90 Beta 2 and Excel 2003.

I tried the file from two different locations, three different OSes (OSX 10.6.1, Vista SP2 and Ubuntu 9.04), several different extraction utilities and several different versions of Office/Office Mac/OpenOffice (Win/Linux/Mac). They all opened the file just fine. It's most definitely NOT the file. I think too many people spent too much effort on this already...

Here is the real it IS A FORMAT ISSUE!

7zip website...

"In 99% of these cases it means that the archive contains incorrect headers. Other ZIP programs can open some archives with incorrect headers, since these programs just ignore errors.

Also...7-zip can also uses LZMA with zip format. But you can’t open this type of zip file with winrar. LZMA Utils are legacy data compression software with high compression ratio.

Which would be relevant if 7zip were the only programme that can open the file. But since it isn't, it's not relevant in the slightest.

Hope this helps the rest of us that had to deal with this head ache.

Thanks for acknowledging the issue Famine...

It was something I mentioned a hundred posts ago. Your responses?

Further why would anyone want to "wade" or even swim through the thread to figure out your mistakes or your preferred protocol, it’s beyond me and my time.

I'm not going to load some 3rd party software that you are endorsing and possibly corrupt my machine.

Still. Everything I said to you in my very first response stands - the file is fine, it's what you're doing to it that is the issue. After blaming me, my formatting (standard .zip; standard 97/2000 .xls), open source software (WindowsXP and Excel. Reaaal open), GTPlanet, how GTPlanet links to you specifically, my formatting again and then, of course, me again for requiring the use of a programme I don't have installed and have never used, you're left with the same situation.

The file works. The problem is what you're doing with it.

 

[Temporal]

Raider_JB - What is the issue with installing a piece of software? If you'd devoted the time you've taken for all those posts and instead installed any other zip program (try Winrar!) you'd have had it open by now!

 

[MarcoM]

^^ it does not open by default with Winrar. But 7zip does.

 

[Famine]

Yet Scaff, Han, Temporal and I (amongst others) had no issue opening it with WinRAR. And I have a really old, trial version...

 

[MarcoM]

Okay let me rephrase.

It does not open on everybody's machine with winrar.

I tried 4 versions.

 

[Famine]

Okay let me rephrase.

It does not open on everybody's machine with winrar.

I tried 4 versions.

Indeed not. And yet there doesn't seem to be a specific reason for this.

I think we can agree that a computer running, say, WindowsXP and a given version of WinRAR is much the same as any other computer running that OS and WinRAR version.

So if we eliminate the file (it clearly works, or else no-one would have it), the download process (which clearly works, or else no-one would have it), the OS and the software used as possible factors in the process, what are we left with?


It's worth noting at this point that I have actually seen similar issues before with .zip files in a thread I manage but have never contributed a .zip file to - the GT5 Prologue Save Game Downloads thread. Most people have no problems with it but every now and then there's someone who can't get the five files out of the .zip folder. There's no common theme with regards to a specific folder these people are downloading either...

 

[Raider_JB]

Wow and I thought the case was closed!?

Why are y'all offended by intelligent discussion and conclusions, oops I mean hypotheses?

It was apparent from the first time I tried to unzip the file that there was a issue.

For the LOVE OF GOD, just post a message on post ONE, that you MIGHT/PROBABLY will need 7zip if it does give you a CORRUPT ERROR upon unzipping/unpacking.

DUKE please help him see the light!

Famine, get over the "personal" thing...It's not personal! Its just business.

 

[Famine]

Why are y'all offended by intelligent discussion and conclusions, oops I mean hypotheses?

When you come up with one, let me know.

 

[lbsf1]

If your computer says that this is the first in a set or the data is corrupt then you will need to download 7zip! from here http://download.cnet.com/7-Zip/3000-2250_4-10045185.html



end of argument

everyone make up and say sorry and continue with what this post is meant for.

 

[Racer Dee]

Oh brother when will this ever end.......

 

[Famine]

Never. It's on "Digg" now.

 

[lbsf1]

i know its of topic but what is your new profile picture of

 

[ctmpwrdcamry]

So do the dealers just rotate every 100 days or so? I was looking at the list on google docs, and they stop in the 60's...

 

[peterjford]

So do the dealers just rotate every 100 days or so? I was looking at the list on google docs, and they stop in the 60's...

They rotate every 70 days

 

[SiNiST3R]

A couple of the car dates are wrong, specifically the Veyron & The SLR.

I have the US Copy, and my day 1 car is the Megan 2.0 16v

I found the cars

Veyron Day 44 (It is NOT on day 22)

SLR Day 112 (It is NOT on day 21)

 

[Famine]

A couple of the car dates are wrong, specifically the Veyron & The SLR.

I have the US Copy, and my day 1 car is the Megan 2.0 16v

I found the cars

Veyron Day 44 (It is NOT on day 22)

SLR Day 112 (It is NOT on day 21)

And my list actually says:

Bugatti Veyron - cycle 22 (day 43-44; 113-114; etc.)
Mercedes McLaren SLR - cycle 21 (day 41-42; 111-112; etc.)

Looks pretty accurate to me.

 

[SiNiST3R]

And my list actually says:

Bugatti Veyron - cycle 22 (day 43-44; 113-114; etc.)
Mercedes McLaren SLR - cycle 21 (day 41-42; 111-112; etc.)

Looks pretty accurate to me.

My bad for misunderstanding the List, You should put the part where it says "Each cycle last for 2 game days" At the top, Not the bottom of the page. It would be less confusing, as the list is rather long... And unless you look at the very bottom of the page, there is NO indication that the numbers refer to cycles as apposed to days, when Obviously Days, is what it appears to be and is what your looking for (What day, what car appears) Great list though once that's been cleared up.

 

[Famine]

Or you could click the tabs at the bottom. You'd notice that the tab that says "Megane Cycle 22" on it (and they end at "Megane Cycle 35", as the final list ends at "35" also) says at the top "Days 43-44".

 

[SiNiST3R]

Or you could click the tabs at the bottom. You'd notice that the tab that says "Megane Cycle 22" on it (and they end at "Megane Cycle 35", as the final list ends at "35" also) says at the top "Days 43-44".

WOW.

I said, Good List! I'm sorry that not all of us are as familiar with excel (I haven't looked at it really in years) as others, where I didn't notice the Tabs all I saw was what was in front of me (I know single minded, but thats what people are doing when looking at the list for the first time), and I looked for the car I was interested in and the details I saw had no clarification,

Maybe some kind of indicator at the TOP saying these are Cycles NOT days, BEFORE clicking on a tab, would clear that up.

Ill keep at this all day.

 

[FoolKiller]

It took me less than 30 seconds to work out the organizational method he used when I first opened it. But then I made my own list and recognized the cycles vs days immediately.

 

[Famine]

I guess you don't have Wingdings 2 font installed on your computer

 

[SiNiST3R]

I guess you don't have Wingdings 2 font installed on your computer

Whut?

 

[Famine]

Capital P. It's a tick in Wingdings 2.

 

[SiNiST3R]

Capital P. It's a tick in Wingdings 2.

Nope, Ive only had my new PC a week or so, I installed vista on it but was running XP on my old PC, I now have plans for windows 7 so I haven't even installed word or excel. I used Excel viewer to open the file.

Quick question.

Does this refer to all the versions of the game so long as your starter car is the Megan? or just the US copy?