File Conversion

[+Al 7365]

Hi Everyone,

 

I had a cart in earwigo that I deleted, not knowing at the time that

it was achtally the cartridge I had been working on not the cartridge

I had just archived. I don't have a copy of it on Wherigo.com and the

only version I still have is a gwc file on my laptop which I added on

to my oregon to test it.

 

But I can't open the gwc file in Earwigo, because I need it as a gwz

format. Does anyone know how to convert a gwc file to a gwz file? I

would really appreciate help with this as it will prevent me from

having to re-do 7 months of work.

 

Cheers

 

Alex

[+Tequila]

I think a gwz file is just a .zip file with a different extension. Try zipping your file.

[+sTeamTraen]

I think a gwz file is just a .zip file with a different extension. Try zipping your file.

That's true, but it's a .ZIP file containing the .LUA source file and the media, whereas the .GWC file is a compiled, binary version of the cartridge. At one point there were non-official ways to take a .GWC file apart, but I don't think any of them ever reconstructed the .LUA file. So the CO may well be SOL here.

 

If it's any consolation, rebuilding something like this from scratch often takes a lot less time than creating it in the first place, and sometimes results in a better version with fewer bugs.