Cannot install from original CDs

[guest73]

Describe the bug When installing with vcmibuilder on Linux there is nothing in /home/[user]/.local/share/vcmi

Game logs [NOT REALLY GAME LOGS] ........ ........ [unshield_reader_read:553] bytes_left = 0, volume_bytes_left = 5498 [unshield_reader_read:519] unshield_reader_read start: bytes_left = 0x157a, volume_bytes_left = 0x157a [unshield_reader_read:531] Trying to read 0x157a bytes from offset 009bf666 in volume 3 [unshield_reader_read:553] bytes_left = 0, volume_bytes_left = 0 [unshield_file_save:759] read_bytes = 5498 [unshield_reader_read:519] unshield_reader_read start: bytes_left = 0x2, volume_bytes_left = 0x0 [unshield_reader_read:531] Trying to read 0x0 bytes from offset 009c0be0 in volume 3 [unshield_reader_read:535] bytes_to_read can't be zero [unshield_file_save:720] Failed to read 2 bytes of file 26 (h3maped.exe) from input cabinet file 3 Failed to extract file 'h3maped.exe'. [unshield_read_file_descriptor:47] File descriptor offset 27: 00001d68 [unshield_read_file_descriptor:63] Name offset: 00004890 [unshield_read_file_descriptor:64] Directory index: 00000000 [unshield_read_file_descriptor:65] Flags: 0004 [unshield_read_file_descriptor:66] Expanded size: 00050e65 [unshield_read_file_descriptor:67] Compressed size: 0003fc54 [unshield_read_file_descriptor:68] Data offset: 000ca69d [unshield_reader_open_volume:311] Open volume 1 [unshield_reader_open_volume:408] First file index = 0, last file index = 21 [unshield_reader_open_volume:410] First file offset = 00000000, last file offset = 00121319 [unshield_reader_create:610] Trying next volume... ........ ........ [unshield_reader_read:553] bytes_left = 0, volume_bytes_left = 0 [unshield_file_save:759] read_bytes = 1193 Error: failed to extract from Install Shield installer! [END-OF-FILE]

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. In terminal run vcmibuilder --cd1 /media/[user]/HEROES3 --cd2 /media/[user]/H3_DISK2

Expected behavior Expecting data files to be copied to /home/[user]/.local/share/vcmi

Actual behavior Nothing is copied, have errors in console

Did it work earlier? Have no idea, trying vcmi for the first time.

Version

• OS: Linux Ubuntu mate, 5.15.0-56-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 22 19:54:14 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• Version: 1.1.1+ppa2~ubuntu22.04.1
• Unshield: 1.4.

[rilian-la-te]

Maybe you have a broken CDs? Or it works for installing H3 in Wine?

[IvanSavenko]

Could also be bug in unshield Or some version of H3 CD that we never supported in the first place.

Potential solutions: Option 1 - try installing from CD using Wine or Windows OS Option 2 - try to use unshield tool manually

After that copy required files (Data, Maps, Mp3 directories) to ~/.local/share/vcmi/

[guest73]

I tried Gog executable and it worked but that uses a different program (innoextract). As for the unshield, I guess something is going wrong with it. I tried the 1-disc version of HOMM3 and it failed, but I was able to successfully install it on my retro PC with Win98. The same with 2-discs variant, I've got 2 mdf files which I converted to iso's. They are perfectly mountable and readable(I have not tried them on my retro PC, but I guess there should be no problems). So, as it is most likely unshield issue, I will close this task.