HQX file in winderz, damnit game

ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
edited January 2004 in Science & Tech
ok so im downloading an update for heroes of might and magic 3 complete edition, because it likes to just quit to the desktop for no reason, i download the file and its got an HQX extension, and im thinking what the hell is this? and it turns out its a mac equivalent of a zip file, is there a way i can extract this into windows or will it being a mac file not even work if i do get the patch opened?

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Try a program called Stuffit expander.
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited January 2004
    great.. its 540k when i extract it its 0, i ****ing quit i dont care anymore and if my eye dosnt stop twitching im gonna blow it our with a gun
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Try downloading the PC version of the patch. Mac patches aren't going to do you a whole lot of good ;)

    -drasnor :fold:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Yeah, that's a patch for macs... It will do nothing for you. HQX is binhex encoded.

    A BRIEF mac lesson:

    The mac file system is called the HFS+ - Hierarchical File System Plus.

    The filesystem has two "forks" - a data fork and a resource fork. The data fork is what you and I see when you use a mac - the files, folders, etc. The resource fork is sort of like a registry for macs. It holds information about the icon, the program's associations, metadata, etc. That's why mac's just "know" what a file is - a photoshop file or whatever, no need for a file extension like .PSD.

    The HFS is actually a really sweet idea, but as usual has been poorly, poorly executed in application.

    So, when you transfer files over the internet, which is primarily made up of unix machines, there is no mechanism for transporting the resource fork. Therefore, a method to "crunch" the forks together and create an encoded file was created. It's called BinHex - the HQX file that you have. It doesn't compress, but when a BinHex file is "decoded", it is able to build the resource fork out of the data. Therefore, mac files transported over the internet are HQX encoded to save resource information and metadata.

    //end mac lesson for the day.
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited January 2004
    there is no windows patch
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