.ace file problem

[Dave Fennessy]

Having a bit of an issue with .ace files. When I convert say a .bmp or .png to an .ace either using the official RWtoACE or actually saving with Photoshop CS2 an an .ace file using the official plugin... it saves in a winrar suitcase. Strange I thought, then when I try to uncompress it it says the file may be damaged. I'm doing something wrong somewhere. Why the hell is it being zipped as it is saved?

[JamesLit]

It's not being zipped, don't worry - .ace is an old form of archive of some sort, from my understanding, which is also coincidentally a type of file WinRAR defaults itself to be the program to open. So, it thinks "ooh, a .ace file, it must be an archive", when in fact it's your normal image (which is why it's saying it may be damaged - it can't read it because it's an image, not an archive). Just use it as normal and you should be fine.

[Dave Fennessy]

Thank you James for the explanation, it sort of become clearer once I'd run the Blueprint editor. I'm trying to run here when I should be walking

[JamesLit]

No problem. Good to be answering someone else's questions rather than begging for answers to my own for once. Best of luck.