Hog 3 not reading files

What did you burn them on? Mac or PC?

Did you burn a backup file? Some programs strip certain types of extensions trying to "help" and turns out to burn you.

Can you list the file names EXACTLY as they appear on the cd?

Yes I burnt the back up files ,
see attached pic as to how they view when disc is put into my mac (also the same on my pc
mikey

Macs and the Safari web browser are notorious for modifying Hog showfiles without telling you. They see that it's compressed data, and helpfully uncompresses it for you. This corrupts the file and renders it unreadable by the Hog3 software.

In general, I don't recommend using a Mac to manipulate show files unless you know exactly what you are doing.

If you want, you can send your file from the CD via upload.highend.com. Post the filename here and someone can look at it.

yeah i get that
thats why i used a pc as well taking the original files from the usb stick that was saved from the console
still didnt work
mikey
i have tried to attach the show file but it keeps failing
will try later

eric I have uploaded the file
its called guetta humgary 4th draft
its sent to the attention of mitch peeples as your name isnt on the drop down list
mikey

If you look at the actual file name on the server, it's "guetta humgary4 th draft change page.hog3.tar.gz.zip". Something added the .zip extension, which is not valid for a show file. Any idea where along the chain this may have happened?

Also, In the actual show file name, or are there any characters with accent marks or other non-ASCII characters? Hogs can have a hard time with odd characters like that. In general, you're best to stick with simple filenames.

Finally, I looked at the data within the file, and it's partially corrupt. I can't tell exactly what's happened without much deeper analysis.

I zipped it before i uploaded it
what were the none ascii characters

I didn't see any non-ASCII characters, but the name "guetta" looked like it may have had accent marks at one point. Different systems handle unicode filenames differently, so that may have been your problem.

just had it again today with a different console
grrr