def file not generating correctly

[silverstone08]

hello everyone.

i keep downloading a def file but instead of the typical def file its a folder containing manifest.sii and a folder called def

[bmwGTR]

Hi,

are you sure that you download the def file and do open it with WinRAR or 7-zip?

Best regards,
bmwGTR

[silverstone08]

yes i am. ill attach a screen cap pre extracting of ther file in winrar viewer

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[Trucker2223]

You're not supposed to extract the def file. It gets placed in the mod folder like you downloaded it.

[silverstone08]

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im not extracting the def file that is literally what is downloaded here i show another screenshot.

[Josh0]

im not extracting the def file ...

Well either you or your browser opened the file in WinRAR in the previous screenshot. That is what lead us to believe that you were trying to extract the contents of the definition file.

Anyway, you should rename your definition file from "promods-ats-def-v100.zip" to "promods-ats-def-v100.scs", and then place the file in your mod folder. You may need to enable file name extensions to be able to change the full filename.

[JohnBart]

i keep downloading a def file but instead of the typical def file its a folder containing manifest.sii and a folder called def

It looks like that when using certain browsers (like Firefox), generating the DEF file results in downloading not an SCS file, but a ZIP file. In such cases, as recommended above, just simply rename the extension to SCS. As mentioned above, you are not supposed to extract this file, you just have to place it in the game's mod folder.

[Shiva]

FireFox, as default, does download promods-ats-def-v100.scs as scs files.
I just did a recheck.

Edit:
Or could it have to do something with what ScuL wrote here? viewtopic.php?p=312121#p312121

[erbkaiser]

If you're using Firefox and keep having problems downloading SCS files you're probably using a download manager extension OR have the handler incorrectly set.

For the latter, read this Firefox guide.

I use Firefox and can download SCS files just fine.

[bmwGTR]

Hi,

ScuL changed something today on the def file generator so that it work now without problems:
viewtopic.php?p=312121#p312121

Best regards,
bmwGTR