Pssst. Got a corrupted file? Read this before you make a topic.

A number of times members post that the games they are downloading are corrupt. This can happen, however most of the time its not a problem on Romu's end. Its on the user.

To make 10000% sure you are getting the files right follows these tips below.

1) Get Firefox. No really thats step one to get the dl without any problems and its usually considered better and safer than chrome.

2) Get a free download manager such as Flashget

3) Get the latest version of winrar.

This is due to a change in romu and winrar, there is a better compression method for .rar called rar5 older versions and not many file extractors use rar5 yet.

4) Get the Flashgot Plugin for firefox.

5) Follow this tutorial by Xerinna/Necr0 to configure it to dl the files.

The reason for that is that at times your own internet connection might not work properly and it stops the download dead on its tracks leaving you with an incomplete file.

A Download manager acts as a sort of saftey net to avoid the problem.

Happy downloading!

 

Thanks for this Duncan.
Adding to it also, if you do feel you have a corrupted file, after following *all* of these steps, please post here, preferably using the template below. I'll go and check it out.

Code:

[b]Corrupted file:[/b] 

[b]Name:[/b] 
[b]RomUlation Link:[/b] 
[b]WinRAR version:[/b]

[b]Any errors you recieved during extracting:[/b]

Also, I'll be editing my tutorial when time allows to represent the change in site structure.

 

NP, Happy to contribute to the comunity whenever I am able to.