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sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2174 Location: UK

OpenSonic 1.4
sonic the hedgehog clone

Homepage: http://opensnc.sourceforge.net/home/index.php

Download: opensonic-0.1.4.pet (11mb)

antiloquax · Joined: 27 Jan 2012 Posts: 405

Nice! I love Sonic (although I always seemed to fall into lava!).

the-jub · Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 19 Location: England

omg! thanks so much Very Happy

keniv · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 145 Location: Scotland

Hi Scottman

The pet in your link downloads as a .gz file. I have tried renaming as a pet but it will not install. I have tried downloading again but it still downloads as a .gz file. Have tried unpacking this with a view to finding the .pet file but had no luck. If the file is supposed to download as a .gz file can you tell me how to install it.

Regards,

Ken.

Geoffrey · Posted: Sun 08 Jul 2012, 07:04 Post subject:

Downloaded fine for me, installed in Saluki, runs fine, thanks

Makoto · Posted: Sun 08 Jul 2012, 08:35 Post subject:

keniv: Try right-clicking on the link in the first post and using your browser's version of Save As/Save File As to download the file. (I tried clicking on the link normally, and for me it attempted to download as text, rather than binary.) If your browser still saves the file with the .gz extension, rename it to .pet.

keniv · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 145 Location: Scotland

Hi Makoto

I tried your suggestion. Unfortunately I still have the same problem in that it still downloads as a .gz file. If I rename it as a .pet then try to install it I get "failed to install". The download file size is correct. Could this be an issue with my browser? I am using Opera.

Ken.

runtt21 · Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 1580 Location: BigD Texas

Works in precise.

the-jub · Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 19 Location: England

I had the .gz issue/thing too!

I just went to get the tar.gz from sourceforge, unpacked it and played the game Smile

https://sourceforge.net/projects/opensnc/files/Open%20Sonic/0.1.4/opensnc-linux-0.1.4.tar.gz/download

im using lucid 5.2.8.005

Makoto · Posted: Mon 09 Jul 2012, 00:12 Post subject:

keniv: If you have another browser around (like Seamonkey, for example), try downloading it using that browser and see if it works. Smile

From what I've seen so far, Opera seems to be the biggest culprit in terms of renaming .pet file extensions to .gz, for whatever reason. (.pet files actually are specialized .tar.gz/.tgz files, so apparently, the browser thinks it's being helpful by giving the file a different extension.)

Geoffrey · Posted: Mon 09 Jul 2012, 05:13 Post subject:

Try this in a terminal, works for me with no browser, will save it to /root unless you open a terminal in a specific directory

the-jub · Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 19 Location: England

ah, I was using opera when I tried to d/l the .pet :/ it was a bit strange I just kept getting a .gz.

keniv · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 145 Location: Scotland

Hello All

Thanks for your suggestions. Have just tried downloading with wget as Geoffrey suggested and the file has downloaded as a .pet. From this and what others have said I guess the original problem was an issue with Opera, however, I have downloaded many pets from links on the forum using my browser and dont remember having a problem before. Thanks for everybodys help.

Regards,

Ken.

Makoto · Posted: Thu 12 Jul 2012, 06:25 Post subject:

The server's (MIME) settings may also have something to do with it - remember how I mentioned above that the .pet file originally tried to download as a text-format file for me, for example. I can't be sure, though. Neutral

anewuser · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 26

Works on Puppy 5.0 fine.