MGILLIS Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I'm kinda new to steel beasts and I am having trouble downloading certain scenarios. Half of the time I download a zipped file where I'll extract and it and drop it in my scenario file works fine. The other half that I download are not zipped files and when I drop the file in my scenario file, it does not show up when I launch the game. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?thanks in advance! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtiger Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Got links to the mentioned downloads so we can check it out? /KT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Welcome! The other question is, are you looking in the right place? Steel Beasts has two locations for scenarios. The default ones are stored here (under Windows 7): C:\ProgramData\eSim Games\Steel Beasts\scenarios The usual place to put downloaded ones is: C:\Users\username\Documents\eSim Games\Steel Beasts\My Scenarios So if you have put it in "scenarios" by chance then make sure you select "scenarios" from the pull down option in the Steel Beasts menu. When you run an offline session, Steel Beasts by default looks in the "My Scenarios" location. It maybe as simple as that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGILLIS Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 I just tried to download . . . M1A1 Platoon Attack on Reinforced Motorised Rifle Company v2.2 (3.002) the file downloaded looks like this (not zipped) see image. I have been dropping them in 'my scenario file'. Thanks for the help guys, really appreciate it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 a .rar file is still a compressed one. winzip should be able the decompress it. (??)a scenario file should have a .sce suffix 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Well from the picture it has a "rar" extension.While not zipped it is compressed, just using a different technique.The file needs to be expanded (with a .sce extension) when you put it in the folder to appear in the list.Edit: Snap! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 nja nja...was one microsecond faster ;-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 At least we both made the same comment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGILLIS Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Thanks so much. I am a little IT inept. Would you be able to tell me how to expand?The file needs to be expanded (with a .sce extension) when you put it in the folder to appear in the list.The feed back is awesome! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacom Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 You can use Winrar to open it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGILLIS Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Great, thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Thanks so much. I am a little IT inept. Would you be able to tell me how to expand?The file needs to be expanded (with a .sce extension) when you put it in the folder to appear in the list. Well I have a full version of Stuffit (costs $) which expands lots of formats. I believe there are other free ones that can do it too. Grenny suggested "winzip" but there may well be others. Maybe a quick search for "rar format" might give you links to other tools? The feed back is awesome! You are welcome. Edit: Looks like Tacom has pointed you in the right direction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt DeFault Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 7-zip will open .rar files, and it's free. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGILLIS Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 thanks again guys for all the help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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