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BlackNinjaVinny
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Occasional Customer

"Help getting this Comic Fighters working :(" , posted Sat 23 Mar 14:18

Hey folks. I've been home sick for a while and been trying to find stuff to do and this game sounds like fun. Anyways, I tried downloading it, and when I went to unzip it (I use Stufit expander because my multimedia teacher said too) it said couldn't unzip file and the file's name was a bunch of crazy symbols. I really want to to play this game (sprite ripping purposes mostly) so could someone give me a hand on getting it? Please :)

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Freeter

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(1):Help getting this Comic Fighters workin" , posted Sat 23 Mar 15:05

quote:
Hey folks. I've been home sick for a while and been trying to find stuff to do and this game sounds like fun. Anyways, I tried downloading it, and when I went to unzip it (I use Stufit expander because my multimedia teacher said too) it said couldn't unzip file and the file's name was a bunch of crazy symbols. I really want to to play this game (sprite ripping purposes mostly) so could someone give me a hand on getting it? Please :)

Use Winzip. It's what most people use for Zip files.

Blackninjavinny
66th Post

Occasional Customer

"Re(2):Help getting this Comic Fighters workin" , posted Sat 23 Mar 16:55

Tried using winzip, but it kept saying something like cannot open LZH file or something. What does that mean?

Freeter

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(3):Help getting this Comic Fighters workin" , posted Sat 23 Mar 17:41

quote:
Tried using winzip, but it kept saying something like cannot open LZH file or something. What does that mean?

It means you don't have the program that opens LZH files.

Check the Desserts page on this site, there should be something you can download.

VariantX
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Occasional Customer

"Re(4):Help getting this Comic Fighters workin" , posted Sat 23 Mar 22:27

quote:
Tried using winzip, but it kept saying something like cannot open LZH file or something. What does that mean?

It means you don't have the program that opens LZH files.

Check the Desserts page on this site, there should be something you can download.

I downloaded it and it still seems to have problems with extracting the file.

Gojira

268th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(5):Help getting this Comic Fighters workin" , posted Sat 23 Mar 23:31

Try downloading WinRAR. It works on most file formats that Winzip doesn't.

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Spoon
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New Customer

"Re(6):Help getting this Comic Fighters workin" , posted Sat 23 Mar 23:56

quote:
Try downloading WinRAR. It works on most file formats that Winzip doesn't.

WinRAR doesn't work for it, even though it should be able to unzip files that are in .lzh format (i've done it before, so i know). I've got the latest version of the LHA program (the thing that is used to make .lzh files), and even that can't decompress the stuff. I've tried 3 or so programs like LHA, WinRAR and WinACE and all of them report the same error: "Unknown method". About all that i can extract are the URLs for the pages; everything else has that error.

Maybe H.Moriarty can help us out?

VManOfMana
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Rare Customer

"Re(7):Help getting this Comic Fighters workin" , posted Sun 24 Mar 00:08

I am getting a very similar error, but I am (or was) using ultimateZIP to open the compressed files. Apparently it can read the file contents, but the problem is when you are trying to decompress it. The error I am getting is that it cannot read the file location or something like that.

My guess is that the character set used for the files (out of the ASCII range) may be a cause of the problem, but I would not bet on that.

Jabel D. Morales - VMan of Mana.
jabel@cs.utep.edu
http://vman.animecafe.net/
Anime purist 2D gamer web standards supporter.
"Tamerai ba makeyo!"

Professor

1325th Post

MMCafe Owner

"Re(8):Help getting this Comic Fighters workin" , posted Sun 24 Mar 01:00

quote:
I am getting a very similar error, but I am (or was) using ultimateZIP to open the compressed files. Apparently it can read the file contents, but the problem is when you are trying to decompress it. The error I am getting is that it cannot read the file location or something like that.

My guess is that the character set used for the files (out of the ASCII range) may be a cause of the problem, but I would not bet on that.

I checked out the problem- it seems to be the filenames that are causing the problem. They use 2byte character codes which normal English Windows can't handle.

Man, this bites big time. I had some other people try out the program beforehand just in case, but I've just confirmed that they were all running on Japanese Windows.

I wasn't expecting this, since they're not Japanese and a Japanese OS ought to be meaningless for them. Apparently, they use it since it allows them to play.. h..entai... games....

Apologies in my part. Damn, this really, really sucks...

But- this was just the beginning.

BlackNinjaVinny
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Occasional Customer

"Re(9):Help getting this Comic Fighters workin" , posted Sun 24 Mar 02:37

It's OK Professor :) YOu did your best. If it's any substittution, I found a different game called Dogma that was prett fun while looking for something aobut this Comic Party game you ahd up. And I'm curretnly trying to get Eternal Fighter Zero to work :) Thanks for showing me the world of dojin fighting games :)

Spoon
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New Customer

"Re(9):Help getting this Comic Fighters workin" , posted Sun 24 Mar 02:52

Well... this is gonna be a problem... hmm... would Chinese Windows be able to handle it? And If the unzipped files were sent around, would English Windows be able to handle those?

And btw, i'm using Windows XP... it's supposed to have better language support, but it still can't handle this stuff...

Professor

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MMCafe Owner

"Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters worki" , posted Sun 24 Mar 03:01

quote:
Well... this is gonna be a problem... hmm... would Chinese Windows be able to handle it? And If the unzipped files were sent around, would English Windows be able to handle those?

And btw, i'm using Windows XP... it's supposed to have better language support, but it still can't handle this stuff...

Vinny-
Thanks, and sorry about it. EFZ should run on an English OS with no problem, on the other hand. I had a friend buy the actual product and he's enjoying it on his Win98.

Spoon-
Chinese windows *might* be able to handle it, but you'll have to be willing to try it out on your own.

English Windows should not be able to handle the files even if they were unzipped- there was a similar case reported when QOH99's second edition first came out.

But- this was just the beginning.

Kagami
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New Customer

"Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters worki" , posted Sun 24 Mar 06:27:

quote:
And btw, i'm using Windows XP... it's supposed to have better language support, but it still can't handle this stuff...

You just need to change your system default language for non-Unicode applications to Japanese.

See the first link in the Information and Utilities section of my site:
Japanese PC Games in Windows XP

This will not prevent your English Windows applications from running.

This is not possible in Windows 95/98/Me.

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Special note: If you use English *DOS* applications, you may need to change the DOS code page setting back to English for them to display properly, as changing the system default will change the default DOS code page as well. (This can be changed by right-clicking the window bar of a Command Prompt window and selecting "Edit Defaults." Sorry I don't have a web page about this yet; need to add it. Hardly anybody uses DOS apps anymore so it doesn't come up much. :)
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P.S. This doujin game is based on the characters from the romance game "Comic Party" originally released for Windows by Leaf/Aquaplus. (Makers of Kizuato, Shizuku, To Heart, Tasogare, Magical Antique, etc etc, as well as the upcoming X-box game Tenerezza). There is also a Dreamcast version, and a TV anime.

Aquaplus Main Page

Leaf Page

Google search for "Comic Party"

Actually, you can see my copy of Comic Party (Windows ver.) in the bottom left corner of the photo on the XP Compatible page, to the right of Phantom of Inferno. :) Can't really make out the title in that photo tho...

D. Scott "Kagami" Miller
http://home.swbell.net/hirohiro/index_e.html
http://home.attbi.com/~kagamix2/xp-compatible/

[this message was edited by Kagami on Sun 24 Mar 06:28]

Professor

1329th Post

MMCafe Owner

"Re(2):Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters" , posted Sun 24 Mar 06:54:

quote:
And btw, i'm using Windows XP... it's supposed to have better language support, but it still can't handle this stuff...

You just need to change your system default language for non-Unicode applications to Japanese.

See the first link in the Information and Utilities section of my site:
Japanese PC Games in Windows XP

This will not prevent your English Windows applications from running.

This is not possible in Windows 95/98/Me.

Interesting.. so there is something good about Windows XP, after all! Thank for the tip, Kagami!

But- this was just the beginning.

[this message was edited by Professor on Sun 24 Mar 07:35]

Zepy
143th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(3):Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters" , posted Sun 24 Mar 07:27

No... No!
Come to Windows 2000! Its just about the same as WinXP except it doesn't look as good and has a longer boot up time! (?)

Moo

VManOfMana
34th Post

Rare Customer

"Re(4):Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters" , posted Sun 24 Mar 09:51

The problem is still there. Apparently, just like Professor said, the problem is not on wether or not the OS can run the application, but on not being able to extract them from the LZH files. So I gues the problem relies on the extracting program.

Suggestions? Maybe what we need is a program that is able to read and extract archives with files whose name is in non western characters?

Jabel D. Morales - VMan of Mana.
jabel@cs.utep.edu
http://vman.animecafe.net/
Anime purist 2D gamer web standards supporter.
"Tamerai ba makeyo!"

Zepy
145th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(5):Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters" , posted Sun 24 Mar 09:58

quote:
The problem is still there. Apparently, just like Professor said, the problem is not on wether or not the OS can run the application, but on not being able to extract them from the LZH files. So I gues the problem relies on the extracting program.

Suggestions? Maybe what we need is a program that is able to read and extract archives with files whose name is in non western characters?

You are on WinXP right? Strange... it should work perfectly...
Try using WinRAR. If it doesn't work, come to Windows 2000? :P
*lures innocents*

Moo

Professor

1332th Post

MMCafe Owner

"Re(5):Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters" , posted Sun 24 Mar 10:17

quote:
The problem is still there. Apparently, just like Professor said, the problem is not on wether or not the OS can run the application, but on not being able to extract them from the LZH files. So I gues the problem relies on the extracting program.

Suggestions? Maybe what we need is a program that is able to read and extract archives with files whose name is in non western characters?

If you tried out the methods that Kagami wrote but it seems that your archiver can't extract it to begin with, perhaps I can suggest you the extracter tool I use personally.

Range

But- this was just the beginning.

VariantX
52th Post

Occasional Customer

"Re(6):Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters" , posted Sun 24 Mar 12:38:

quote:
The problem is still there. Apparently, just like Professor said, the problem is not on wether or not the OS can run the application, but on not being able to extract them from the LZH files. So I gues the problem relies on the extracting program.

Suggestions? Maybe what we need is a program that is able to read and extract archives with files whose name is in non western characters?

If you tried out the methods that Kagami wrote but it seems that your archiver can't extract it to begin with, perhaps I can suggest you the extracter tool I use personally.

Range

tried your program, it goes half way but it still cant understand. Looked like fun to play... sigh.

EDIT: scratch that, i got it to work, at least i think. Alot more files came out with this one. and i actually made it to the title screen.

EDIT2: Well with the program prof suggested it let me extract more files. but it still cant get them all. Damn my non japanese-os

[this message was edited by VariantX on Sun 24 Mar 13:17]

Spoon
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New Customer

"Re(7):Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters" , posted Sun 24 Mar 21:17

Hahaha... i had already used that language fix in WinXP to play Zwei!! but i forgot to mention it... now with the use of Range, i unzipped it and am playing it!!!

Apparently the problem is not with WinXP (which can handle the character codes), it's with all those English unzipping programs (as opposed to japanese "thawing" programs); it's those programs that cannot handle the 2 byte character codes.

All right, now we're cooking.

Thx alot Prof. You should put Range and the WinXP language switch inside some FAQ area in case ppl ask in the future.

And Comic Party Wars 2 rocks :)

Professor

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MMCafe Owner

"Re(8):Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters" , posted Sun 24 Mar 22:39

quote:
Hahaha... i had already used that language fix in WinXP to play Zwei!! but i forgot to mention it... now with the use of Range, i unzipped it and am playing it!!!

Apparently the problem is not with WinXP (which can handle the character codes), it's with all those English unzipping programs (as opposed to japanese "thawing" programs); it's those programs that cannot handle the 2 byte character codes.

All right, now we're cooking.

Thx alot Prof. You should put Range and the WinXP language switch inside some FAQ area in case ppl ask in the future.

And Comic Party Wars 2 rocks :)

1-Note that your special moves with the feirce button, powers up when you go low/red on life.

2-You get a Jojo-like special effect if you KO the opponent with a LV3.

3-

Feirce on red life with 3 levels of stocks for a hidden super (available on all characters).

Xenosaga. FF:U. Where next- Square?

Gojira

273th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(8):Re(10):Help getting this Comic Fighters" , posted Sun 24 Mar 23:18

quote:
Hahaha... i had already used that language fix in WinXP to play Zwei!! but i forgot to mention it... now with the use of Range, i unzipped it and am playing it!!!

Apparently the problem is not with WinXP (which can handle the character codes), it's with all those English unzipping programs (as opposed to japanese "thawing" programs); it's those programs that cannot handle the 2 byte character codes.

All right, now we're cooking.

Thx alot Prof. You should put Range and the WinXP language switch inside some FAQ area in case ppl ask in the future.

And Comic Party Wars 2 rocks :)

So I take it it'll only work for XP?

"Some European people really like the sumo wrestler. French people like the sumo wrestler. You know they liked the fat naked man...always hanging" -Yu Suzuki

http://www.geocities.com/gojira_x