DriveThruRPG - what am I doing wrong?

[Alzrius]

I know that there's been quite a bit of debate over drivethrurpg, but that aside, free products are something I believe in quite strongly. That said, I'm having trouble downloading the ones they're offering.

After logging in and clicking on the free product, I click the "Add to Cart" link. So far so good. However, what comes up is a download box saying I'm downloading some file called ebx.etd. This is what happens whenever I try to download any free product there. I don't know what this is, and my computer doesn't recognize what .etd is either. I really want the free stuff they're offering, but I don't know what to do.

Any help or advice is appreciated, thanks!

 

[MythosaAkira]

You're supposed to download the "ebx.etd" file. You then launch it in Acrobat Reader 6, and it goes through the process of downloading the actual PDF. If Acrobat 6 is installed properly, it's pretty straightforward (on my WinXP PC; not sure how this works on other OSes).

Have you tried to save the .etd file and open it with Acrobat 6? It should work...

 

[Alzrius]

Thanks Mythosa. It took me a few minutes to realize what was screwing up, since I knew I had installed Acrobat Reader 6 a few weeks ago. Turned out a system restore I did a while ago had the side effect of removing the program. Things worked fine after I redownloaded it.