What the hell is wrong with papyrus?

Hi all, Man, this really sucks!!! I just downloaded the nascar demo program from papyrus. <FTP.STD.COM cd/vendors/payrus> You know what? This 1.3M file, which took me forever to download, doesn't work! After I pkunziped the file nasdemo.zip and after I set the soundcard up and after I typed nasdemo -i <which means run interactive demo program>, the program told me it cannot locate some rol of some sort. Anyway, my point is that the demo does not work period. If I did something wrong, somebody please email me! What the heck is Papyrus doing? Do they chech their stuff before they upload things? Do they check their softwares before they sell them? Granted, they produced beautiful graphics for Indycar and Nascar, but that's about all they can do! Well, I may have been a bit harsh. I enjoy playing indycar a lot even though there are bugs in the program. Anyway, it just seemed to me that the programmers working for Papyrus don't really enjoy auto racing very much. I wish Papyrus can give me a copy of their codes so I can debug them for them! please get your act together, Papyrus! Billy

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>Path: magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!clstac!pbliu >Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators >Subject: What the hell is wrong with papyrus? >Date: 21 Feb 95 09:08:39 PST >Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona >Lines: 24 >NNTP-Posting-Host: pinto.is.csupomona.edu >Hi all, >Man, this really sucks!!! I just downloaded the nascar demo program from >papyrus. <FTP.STD.COM cd/vendors/payrus> You know what? This 1.3M file, which >took me forever to download, doesn't work! >After I pkunziped the file nasdemo.zip and after I set the soundcard up and >after I typed nasdemo -i <which means run interactive demo program>, the >program told me it cannot locate some rol of some sort. Anyway, my point is >that the demo does not work period. If I did something wrong, somebody please >email me! >What the heck is Papyrus doing? Do they chech their stuff before they upload >things? Do they check their softwares before they sell them? Granted, they >produced beautiful graphics for Indycar and Nascar, but that's about all they >can do! Well, I may have been a bit harsh. I enjoy playing indycar a lot even >though there are bugs in the program. Anyway, it just seemed to me that the >programmers working for Papyrus don't really enjoy auto racing very much. >I wish Papyrus can give me a copy of their codes so I can debug them for them! >please get your act together, Papyrus! >Billy

The problem isn't with Papyrus. Use the -d option when you unzip the file. Sam

Stop screaming about stuff you don't know about! try PKUNZIP NASDEMO -D <<< MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE THE -D OPTION!!!

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>Hi all, >Man, this really sucks!!! I just downloaded the nascar demo program from >papyrus. <FTP.STD.COM cd/vendors/payrus> You know what? This 1.3M file, which >took me forever to download, doesn't work! >After I pkunziped the file nasdemo.zip and after I set the soundcard up and >after I typed nasdemo -i <which means run interactive demo program>, the >program told me it cannot locate some rol of some sort. Anyway, my point is >that the demo does not work period. If I did something wrong, somebody please >email me! >What the heck is Papyrus doing? Do they chech their stuff before they upload >things? Do they check their softwares before they sell them? Granted, they >produced beautiful graphics for Indycar and Nascar, but that's about all they >can do! Well, I may have been a bit harsh. I enjoy playing indycar a lot even >though there are bugs in the program. Anyway, it just seemed to me that the >programmers working for Papyrus don't really enjoy auto racing very much. >I wish Papyrus can give me a copy of their codes so I can debug them for them! >please get your act together, Papyrus! >Billy

First calm down, then type PKZIP -D ... and read the PKZIP doc BTW !

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>Subject: What the hell is wrong with papyrus? >Date: 21 Feb 95 09:08:39 PST >Hi all, >Man, this really sucks!!! I just downloaded the nascar demo program from >papyrus. <FTP.STD.COM cd/vendors/payrus> You know what? This 1.3M file, which >took me forever to download, doesn't work! >After I pkunziped the file nasdemo.zip and after I set the soundcard up and >after I typed nasdemo -i <which means run interactive demo program>, the >program told me it cannot locate some rol of some sort. Anyway, my point is >that the demo does not work period. If I did something wrong, somebody please >email me!

You are not practicing "safe unzipping". While unzipping ANY zipfile, unless you know better, always use the -d switch, which will unzip and restore the original directories. Nascar has some subdirectories it needs. Jim

>Hi all, >Man, this really sucks!!! I just downloaded the nascar demo program from >papyrus. <FTP.STD.COM cd/vendors/payrus> You know what? This 1.3M file, which >took me forever to download, doesn't work! >After I pkunziped the file nasdemo.zip and after I set the soundcard up and >after I typed nasdemo -i <which means run interactive demo program>, the >program told me it cannot locate some rol of some sort. Anyway, my point is >that the demo does not work period. If I did something wrong, somebody please >email me! >What the heck is Papyrus doing? Do they chech their stuff before they upload >things? Do they check their softwares before they sell them? Granted, they >produced beautiful graphics for Indycar and Nascar, but that's about all they >can do! Well, I may have been a bit harsh. I enjoy playing indycar a lot even >though there are bugs in the program. Anyway, it just seemed to me that the >programmers working for Papyrus don't really enjoy auto racing very much. >I wish Papyrus can give me a copy of their codes so I can debug them for them! >please get your act together, Papyrus! >Billy Yep..Papyrus really sucks on this one...<grin> If you had read the directions you would have noticed that you have to unzip with the -d (?) command for subdirectories...<grin>. ... stupid Papyrus...silly...