twcrash Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) With the JCOVE community down and U.S Army Lite hard to find I have been thinking of uploading the titles to share. I hate to see these titles not utilized. If interested let me know. Each one is around 1.4 gigs or so and if needed I can break these down into smaller pieces for easier downloading. These were free tools released by the MOD in the UK and U.S. Army in the U.S. Same engine as Armed Assault. Easy on systems. Full mission editor as well. I also downloaded I believe every mission and tutorial from JCOVE.UK before they closed as well. 7Zip: http://7zip.org JCOVE Download: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=C673A7838906EE73!11500&authkey=!AK2Z6FLrU5dqnV0&ithint=folder%2c001 USAL: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=C673A7838906EE73!11297&authkey=!AEB6nkiNezpApd8&ithint=folder%2c001 Use 7zip to put back together then run the installer. the Zip files make a folder called content, Don't use Winrar it does work for the 7Zip archives. Edited August 27, 2015 by twcrash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeza Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Hit me up mate, I remember when they came out and all the lads I knew who didn't have VBS full licensed went and got this...except me, so I'd like the opportunity pleaaase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeealex Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 ooooh yes please! i've been dying to try out VBS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twcrash Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 ooooh yes please! i've been dying to try out VBS! sent one link Zee in your pm box. USAL has female soldiers too btw. Figure you would like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeealex Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 yeeey I dont have to mod it!! thanks crash i'll download when i'm home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twcrash Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 its unmoddable actually. you can build missions but thats it. Also if i am not mistaken it won't let you friendly fire. if you do it like halts the game lmao. let me double check Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twcrash Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Found an interesting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCe04y1KnOo#t=145 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeza Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Piece of cake to install as well.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burner Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Amazing how far ARMA has come..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twcrash Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 First post updated with download links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedeclang1505 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Hi, I know this thread is pretty dead, but could someone please advise me as how to install these programs? When i try to extract the content 7zip files to one folder, some files trigger errors which means the game wont run. Â Thanks Dec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliusamaasif Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 how to install this. anyone please guide me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macgyver87 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) On 24/06/2018 at 05:35, dedeclang1505 said: Hi, I know this thread is pretty dead, but could someone please advise me as how to install these programs? When i try to extract the content 7zip files to one folder, some files trigger errors which means the game wont run. Â Thanks Dec I'm having issues as well. When I unzip all the content using 7zip it indicates that the .exe has an error in it. I can't get it to install/run. I have tried multiple Compatibility settings but still no go. Perhaps can someone please send me the .exe file or upload it here? Thanks! Edited February 3, 2019 by Macgyver87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techwarrior Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) hmmm ill have to check it myself... Â OK just downloaded and installed USAL and the only thing I received was a Header error on the extraction but I think that is because it was made with an old version of 7Zip. Other than that it fired right up after install. Edited February 20, 2019 by techwarrior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Angel ecowarrior Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Found this today, does this still work? having problems getting it to install......do I need to change the 7zip file names (the ones with numbers at the end), then unpack them into the same directory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcos Curtis Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) 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... Edited May 16, 2020 by Marcos Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodrog1061 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) I've managed to successfully get the USAL version to work so I've uploaded it to mega and this is the link below https://mega.nz/file/tAsURajb#oVane2mwz3gWCc-IXa7jOsXT4fjuTOqcczEw5fZTMpI i am in the works of trying to find a copy of JCOVE thats not damaged and or repair the one provided from the original post  so hopefully @Marcos Curtis this may help you  ( edit stupidly the files are packed as a zip using essentially a legacy system so after much tampering with old versions of 7zip I managed to extract all the files I also did extract some .xbo files in there but that's for something else I am working on to do with VBS and arma 3 🤞. It's also seeming incredibly hard to find JCOVE anywhere else on the internet but I will continue to search to find it ) Edited August 6, 2020 by Nodrog1061 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeza Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 06/08/2020 at 17:45, Nodrog1061 said: I've managed to successfully get the USAL version to work so I've uploaded it to mega and this is the link below https://mega.nz/file/tAsURajb#oVane2mwz3gWCc-IXa7jOsXT4fjuTOqcczEw5fZTMpI i am in the works of trying to find a copy of JCOVE thats not damaged and or repair the one provided from the original post  so hopefully @Marcos Curtis this may help you  ( edit stupidly the files are packed as a zip using essentially a legacy system so after much tampering with old versions of 7zip I managed to extract all the files I also did extract some .xbo files in there but that's for something else I am working on to do with VBS and arma 3 🤞. It's also seeming incredibly hard to find JCOVE anywhere else on the internet but I will continue to search to find it ) Thanks for this, issue I have, worked straight away first time I tried it (your mega link) just tried to launch it again now and I get that blackscreen and cursor problem. Maybe its because I changed the video settings or an overlay like shadow play causing a problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodrog1061 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 13 hours ago, Jeza said: Thanks for this, issue I have, worked straight away first time I tried it (your mega link) just tried to launch it again now and I get that blackscreen and cursor problem. Maybe its because I changed the video settings or an overlay like shadow play causing a problem? Have you tried using the software in compatibility mode try "Windows XP service pack 2" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeza Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, Nodrog1061 said: Have you tried using the software in compatibility mode try "Windows XP service pack 2" Yeah, no joy. It seems as if its running but just there is a black screen in place, as I know the exit button is on the top right so, when I click in that area vbs closes. Odd especially how it worked fine first time. Edit: So I changed the config to 1920x1080, previously I had it set at my native 2560x1440 and now it works. I guess that was the problem. Oddly enough It will play in my native resolution but will not launch in it. Edited August 9, 2020 by Jeza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodrog1061 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I imagine it's to do with the software being from 2012 720p has the thing then and most likely square screens 📺📺📺📺 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodrog1061 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Also, So far no joy on the British version I've put a freedom of information request to try and get a copy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodrog1061 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 so i have some news for all that are interested in JCOVE I'm not going to write about it here instead ill direct you to where ill be posting most new stuff on the project from now on:  https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/91781-jcove-lite-for-free/?do=findComment&comment=3417658 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodrog1061 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, eyeofthebeholder said: Hello people, Can anyone share Terrain Package 3 (Iraq War) of VBS1, if they have it? I searched from other sites but couldn't find it, naturally. VBS1-VBS2 is mentioned a lot here, maybe there are still old copies of old files, right? I don't have a copy but go to the bi forums I linked this in my last post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodrog1061 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 On it right now thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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