Troubleshooting online play

By Sodrich, in 1. AGoT General Discussion

I am a player of the original CCG A Game of Thrones. I am in a state of nostalgia and attempting to re-live the old Westeros days of over powered Targaryen cheese, or insane Baratheon power grab. I saw that there is a way to play the game online, including the original sets. I have downloaded OCTGN2 version 1.0.1. I believe it is. The problem is I cannot seem to get the CCG cards to install into OCTGN2. Below is what was copied and pasted from another thread here on the forums:

Ps I updated all LCG plugins. For CCG ones if installing them you face a "version error". Extract the .ots with 7zip. Enter the Vulca.xml file and change version from 0.0.1 to 1.0.1. Save and repack with 7zip the files. Riname the .zip to .o8s and it will work.

PS2 Censored Cards will become uncensored after 6 months from their release (Ie KOTS will become uncensored january 2010)

Can someone please take a moment to break down the instructions on how to install the CCG. I am unfamiliar with this technological jargin. Thank you. :)

I assume you have downloaded the .o8s files. For each of them:

  1. use any zipping utility (7zip for instance) to extract the contents (the .o8s files are disguised .zip files) preferably to a separate directory
  2. edit the Vulca.xml you just extracted (using any text editor - notepad and the like work just fine) and change the version number
  3. select all the files that were in the .o8s originally (not just the file you just edited) and add them to a .zip archive with the zipping utility
  4. delete the old .o8s file
  5. rename the archive to .o8s

VoilĂ , you have a usable file. Once you have them all, you can install them in OCTGN with the manage game function.

I think I got it, but there was still an error. I assume the correct version number is "1.0.1" and not 1.0.1. (No period at the end)"?

The only way it works for me is to overwrite the files (Vulca.xml and Vulca.xml.res) directly into the archive using drag and drop from Windows Explorer to the 7-zip window. Creating the .o8s file from scratch by assembling all the files together and renaming the .zip file never worked.

@Sodrich: yes, the final "." is just the end of the sentence

@mortaciunea: I've done it many times, you have to make a zip archive, not any other type your utility might offer (7z or whatever) - at least, that's what I did, and it works