GWX 3; dl showed up as DAT files

Neptune#1 · 01-30-11, 12:43 PM

I downloaded all the files from File Front all I ended up with was Dat files, there is no installer, or instructions on what to do with the files, I looked at at the instructions for GWS 3 ran the exe still nothing what am I missing here?

Sailor Steve · 01-30-11, 01:44 PM

Look at the exe file. Does it say GWX3 only, or does it say GWX3.exe. If the former all you have to do is rename it and it should work.

This has been posted and discussed many times here, so a quick look around might have told you that.

Lord_magerius · 01-30-11, 01:54 PM

If that doesn't work, just download it here, from Jimbuna's filefront page. Comes in the form of a Torrent.
http://www.filefront.com/12764641/GW...orrent.torrent

Neptune#1 · 01-30-11, 10:56 PM

I have tried both to no avail, when I added exe to the nd it would not let me do anything with it I even tried to delete delete it with exe added it would not let me?

Gargamel · 01-31-11, 12:19 AM

You should have 7 files PLUS the exe. make sure your renaming the right file. You may have just gotten a bad download (Hashcheck said ok, but it should have failed, etc, whatever). Make sure you have all the right files downloaded.

Neptune#1 · 01-31-11, 02:28 AM

I made sure I downloaded the right files but like I said they showed up as DAT files, not the end of the world, besides 3 is still far better than 4 with it's enormous cpu drain and crappy radar/plotting if that was the best we had compared to the Germans that really must have been the pits,lol.

01-30-11, 01:44 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Look at the exe file. Does it say GWX3 only, or does it say GWX3.exe. If the former all you have to do is rename it and it should work. This has been posted and discussed many times here, so a quick look around might have told you that. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-30-11, 01:54 PM	#3
Lord_magerius Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Right by the hydrophone station Posts: 724 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	If that doesn't work, just download it here, from Jimbuna's filefront page. Comes in the form of a Torrent. http://www.filefront.com/12764641/GW...orrent.torrent __________________

01-31-11, 12:19 AM	#5
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	You should have 7 files PLUS the exe. make sure your renaming the right file. You may have just gotten a bad download (Hashcheck said ok, but it should have failed, etc, whatever). Make sure you have all the right files downloaded. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

01-30-11, 12:43 PM	#1
Neptune#1 Bosun Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Racine WI Posts: 64 Downloads: 112 Uploads: 0	GWX 3; dl showed up as DAT files I downloaded all the files from File Front all I ended up with was Dat files, there is no installer, or instructions on what to do with the files, I looked at at the instructions for GWS 3 ran the exe still nothing what am I missing here?

01-30-11, 10:56 PM	#4
Neptune#1 Bosun Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Racine WI Posts: 64 Downloads: 112 Uploads: 0	I have tried both to no avail, when I added exe to the nd it would not let me do anything with it I even tried to delete delete it with exe added it would not let me?

01-31-11, 02:28 AM	#6
Neptune#1 Bosun Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Racine WI Posts: 64 Downloads: 112 Uploads: 0	I made sure I downloaded the right files but like I said they showed up as DAT files, not the end of the world, besides 3 is still far better than 4 with it's enormous cpu drain and crappy radar/plotting if that was the best we had compared to the Germans that really must have been the pits,lol.