Hello there. I'm new in this forum. I've downloaded the files and decided to leave my experience here so other people will know if it works or not. (Today is May 15, 2020).
I've downloaded the "7zip", "JCOVE" and "USAL" through the links provided in the first post. Installed 7zip. The JCOVE and USAL came each inside a ziped file, so I used WinRar to extract then. To keep things organized, I extracted JCOVE ziped files inside a folder called "JCOVE", and USAL ziped files inside a folder called "USAL".
- Begin to install JCOVE - (doesnt work)
This is where it gets confusing. Inside the JCOVE folder we have 12 parts of 7zip files, 1 setup, 1 jpeg, 1 readme and 1 vbs2.ico file. Should I install the game using the setup? Should I extract the 7zip files? I tried to install the game using the setup file first, and leave the 7zip files for later. Install complete, I go to the folder where it is installed and double click the game, and I get an error that says 'Data file too short 'vbs2\addons\anims.xbo'. Tried all the compatibility settings, nothing works. Next, I had to figure out how to extract those 12 parts using 7zip. First you need to select all the 12 parts, right click on the part 1 with all parts selected, click 7zip and then click extract files. I choose the destination on a new folder called "JCOVE (7zip)", and extracted everything there. Once the extraction seems to be completed I see some "Data errors" on the extractor console window. Closed that window and went to that folder. Doubled clicked the game and gets ONCE AGAIN the error 'Data file too short 'vbs2\addons\anims.xbo'.
Then I started thinking... maybe the files from the setup and the files from the 7zip parts must be together inside the same folder... so I tried all the procedure again, but putting then on the same folder... double clicked the game and... guess what... the same error 'Data file too short 'vbs2\addons\anims.xbo'. Conclusion: This JCOVE game doesnt work or is corrupted. Next...
- Begin to install USAL - (it worked. But stopped working on next day)
inside the USAL folder we have pretty much the same files as the JCOVE folder. We have 11 parts of 7zip files, 1 jpeg and 1 setup. Once again the question: What shoud I do with those files? I tried to install USAL using the setup file first. Install complete, went to the instalation folder... there is no exe for the game. There is just a uninstall exe. weird. Next I extracted all the 11 7zip files inside the same folder, in the hopes that a exe file would appear. And it did. Double clicked the exe file... and bam! it works! I'm on the main menu of the game.
Edit: The next day the USAL stopped working. Now after I launch the game just appears a black screen with the mouse pointer. I can move the mouse pointer, but the black screen keeps on. I dont know why this happens...
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Posted · Edited by Marcos Curtis
Hello there. I'm new in this forum. I've downloaded the files and decided to leave my experience here so other people will know if it works or not. (Today is May 15, 2020).
I've downloaded the "7zip", "JCOVE" and "USAL" through the links provided in the first post. Installed 7zip. The JCOVE and USAL came each inside a ziped file, so I used WinRar to extract then. To keep things organized, I extracted JCOVE ziped files inside a folder called "JCOVE", and USAL ziped files inside a folder called "USAL".
- Begin to install JCOVE - (doesnt work)
This is where it gets confusing. Inside the JCOVE folder we have 12 parts of 7zip files, 1 setup, 1 jpeg, 1 readme and 1 vbs2.ico file. Should I install the game using the setup? Should I extract the 7zip files? I tried to install the game using the setup file first, and leave the 7zip files for later. Install complete, I go to the folder where it is installed and double click the game, and I get an error that says 'Data file too short 'vbs2\addons\anims.xbo'. Tried all the compatibility settings, nothing works. Next, I had to figure out how to extract those 12 parts using 7zip. First you need to select all the 12 parts, right click on the part 1 with all parts selected, click 7zip and then click extract files. I choose the destination on a new folder called "JCOVE (7zip)", and extracted everything there. Once the extraction seems to be completed I see some "Data errors" on the extractor console window. Closed that window and went to that folder. Doubled clicked the game and gets ONCE AGAIN the error 'Data file too short 'vbs2\addons\anims.xbo'.
Then I started thinking... maybe the files from the setup and the files from the 7zip parts must be together inside the same folder... so I tried all the procedure again, but putting then on the same folder... double clicked the game and... guess what... the same error 'Data file too short 'vbs2\addons\anims.xbo'. Conclusion: This JCOVE game doesnt work or is corrupted. Next...
- Begin to install USAL - (it worked. But stopped working on next day)
inside the USAL folder we have pretty much the same files as the JCOVE folder. We have 11 parts of 7zip files, 1 jpeg and 1 setup. Once again the question: What shoud I do with those files? I tried to install USAL using the setup file first. Install complete, went to the instalation folder... there is no exe for the game. There is just a uninstall exe. weird. Next I extracted all the 11 7zip files inside the same folder, in the hopes that a exe file would appear. And it did. Double clicked the exe file... and bam! it works! I'm on the main menu of the game.
Edit: The next day the USAL stopped working. Now after I launch the game just appears a black screen with the mouse pointer. I can move the mouse pointer, but the black screen keeps on. I dont know why this happens...