Empty downloads?

[Enlong]

SO, I was checking out the Fan Projects for the first time in a while, and i tried to download the Re-retranslation. After a bit of a delay, the thing downloaded. Only one problem, though.
The thing was empty, and I mean absolutely no data in the file before or after unzipping. 0 bits. Nothing.
Both downloads for the re-retranslation (zip and 7zip) have this problem for me. Is there something I can do to fix this, or some other method to get the patch?

[FaustWolf]

Works fine for me. Has your Internet connection been having any problems lately? Sounds like it may have temporarily crapped out on you or something.

[Enlong]

Works fine for me. Has your Internet connection been having any problems lately? Sounds like it may have temporarily crapped out on you or something.

Internet seems to be working fine. The Re-retranslation downloads being blank seems to be an isolated problem, as everything else on the site in particular seems to be working fine, except that the page for the original retranslation never loads if I try to navigate there.

Edit: Hm. I haven't tried downloading anything else from the site. Maybe it's not limited to the re-retranslation. Hang on.

Edit edit: No, I tried another download from the same page and it worked fine; there was data and everything. It's really odd. I'm not sure if it's an internet problem, as it works fine on everything except this one download. The problem seems to be isolated to stuff related to the Re-retranslation files.

Is there another way to get the patch other than that page? (oh, and yeah, I did try downloading from the re-retranslation's thread on the forums. No luck)

[idioticidioms]

try re-downloading the retranslation. sometimes the download just goes wrong. if that doesn't work, send me your e-mail in a PM and I will send you the patch.

[Enlong]

Yeah, could you send it to me in an E-mail? I tried downloading it multiple times, and each time the Zip was empty. I sent you a PM with my E-mail, so if yo could just do that, I'd appreciate it.

[FouCapitan]

Yeah, could you send it to me in an E-mail? I tried downloading it multiple times, and each time the Zip was empty. I sent you a PM with my E-mail, so if yo could just do that, I'd appreciate it.

Perhaps your archive software isn't compatable with the archiver that zipped it.  Are you using winzip, winrar or winace?

[Enlong]

Yeah, could you send it to me in an E-mail? I tried downloading it multiple times, and each time the Zip was empty. I sent you a PM with my E-mail, so if yo could just do that, I'd appreciate it.

Perhaps your archive software isn't compatable with the archiver that zipped it.  Are you using winzip, winrar or winace?

To be perfectly honest, I have no clue. How do you check this? (I have a MacBook, and I don't think I've modified whatever downloader it came with, if that's significant in any way)

And is it significant that I got empty Zips on the re-retranslation, but when I downloaded the MagilEdition thing (just to test my downloads) it came out with the data?

[FaustWolf]

Looks like FantasyAnime has mirrored a bunch of Compendium downloads. Try there, and if that doesn't work, the files might not be compatible with your OS or something. But that would be really odd too, since I imagine other Mac users have used it.

[Enlong]

idioticoms got me the unheadered ips file, and the download happened fine.

Only, my patcher (jips 3.0) doesn't seem to be actually applying it, as in I see no activity after I select the files and hit "patch". Do I need the Headered version or something?

[FaustWolf]

Best thing to do is download Temporal Flux and then open your Chrono Trigger ROM in it, which automatically strips the header off. Then the unheadered patch should work.

[Enlong]

Ah, I think I see the problem with the patching proper. My patcher (JIPS 3.0) doesn't seem to want to put patches on SNES files, period. Retranslating Mother 3, that's fine, hacking the Mega Man games, cool, but it doesn't seem to want to do SNES files for whatever reason.

what patching program would you suggest for a Mac user.

(yeah, I'm sorry. This thread has kind of spiralled into me asking a lot of questions of people)

I think I'll get Temporal Flux, though. Sounds good in the long run.

Edit: Yeah, I confirmed it. It'll apply the reretranslation to a copy of friggin' Mega Man 4, but it just patch the .smc files for SNES games for whatever reason.

[justin3009]

Lunar IPS is your best IPS patcher.

[fantasyanime_guy]

[followed the link referral] Oh hey, thanks for the plug to my site, FaustWolf. Looks like Enlong is having quite the predicament!

Enlong: Yo, I'm a Mac user too. I have some suggestions for you...
1. So you know, unzipping is native with Mac. The latest version of OS X even lets you compress to zip (when you right-click one or more files and choose "Compress"). I suppose it's possible that maybe the patch's zip doesn't like OS X's unzipping. If you want to rule that out, try downloading "The Unarchiver". It's a free and open source app that can unzip any file compression format (zip, rar, sit, 7zip, etc.). You can grab it from this site, which lists all the best free software on Mac.
2. Try using "UIPS" to patch. I have it on the bottom of my patching guide.
3. The Mac version of Snes9X has an auto-patching feature. Make sure both the ROM and the patch have the same filename (but don't change their file extension) and move the patch over to the IPS folder.
4. If all else fails, try going to the experts for help - the MacScene forum. It's the #1 website for video game emulation on Macs.

[FouCapitan]

[followed the link referral] Oh hey, thanks for the plug to my site, FaustWolf. Looks like Enlong is having quite the predicament!

Enlong: Yo, I'm a Mac user too. I have some suggestions for you...
1. So you know, unzipping is native with Mac. The latest version of OS X even lets you compress to zip (when you right-click one or more files and choose "Compress"). I suppose it's possible that maybe the patch's zip doesn't like OS X's unzipping. If you want to rule that out, try downloading "The Unarchiver". It's a free and open source app that can unzip any file compression format (zip, rar, sit, 7zip, etc.). You can grab it from this site, which lists all the best free software on Mac.
2. Try using "UIPS" to patch. I have it on the bottom of my patching guide.
3. The Mac version of Snes9X has an auto-patching feature. Make sure both the ROM and the patch have the same filename (but don't change their file extension) and move the patch over to the IPS folder.
4. If all else fails, try going to the experts for help - the MacScene forum. It's the #1 website for video game emulation on Macs.

5. If all else still fails....  PC?

[idioticidioms]

in the future... everyone will be using Windows, and all others will be non-existant.