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Fyron December 23rd, 2004 03:03 PM
Re: RAR File Format
 
Quote:
Arkcon said:
If you just want to keep files together, just right click, zip, and be done with it. I guess. Is maximum technology really needed for SE4 mods and Image packs?
FQM lost a good 4-5 MBs of file size when I converted it to RAR instead of WinRar-made ZIPs. Adamant lost a bit more. Please tell me that the bandwidth savings of this, plus the image mod files all in RAR, over hundreds of downloads per month, are not worth it for a web host such as myself. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Plus everything SuicideJunkie said.

Note that there are newer formats out there that give marginally better compression than RAR format. They are just rather obtuse...

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I'd prefer not to get a self-extracting exe, I do worry about how insecure it might be.
You can always right click on the file and select "Open With Winrar" to bypass the EXE nature of the file. These sorts of security concerns are part of what prompted the poll in the firt place.

PvK December 23rd, 2004 03:09 PM
Re: RAR File Format
 
What's the best free RAR extractor?

PvK

Fyron December 23rd, 2004 03:11 PM
Re: RAR File Format
 
7-zip is GNU/GPL, so quite free. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

boran_blok December 23rd, 2004 04:47 PM
Re: RAR File Format
 
Real life example why rar is better:

Atrocities startrek mod in zip: 21.9 MB
Atrocities startrek mod in rar: 17.1 MB

a 21 % decrease in size, which is 20% less trafic on a site, that can make a difference.

However:

Atrocities startrek mod as self extracting rar: 17.1 MB (was 40kb larger)

So for size you dont have to let out the self exctracting, so maybe you can offer both, the self extracting for people that dont want to install a rar decompressor, and the normal rarred Version for the people that want, would take up more space, but wouldnt matter much in terms of traffic.

Suicide Junkie December 23rd, 2004 05:56 PM
Re: RAR File Format
 
Quote:
PvK said:
What's the best free RAR extractor?

PvK
You can get winrar here:
http://rarlabs.com/rar/wrar341.exe

It works the same as winzip with the little startup window after 30 days.

parabolize December 23rd, 2004 06:37 PM
Re: RAR File Format
 
.tar.gz! .tar.bz2! Seriously could we start using .rar? The program fyron pointed at (7-zip) is great for windows and linux has lots ark is one. The .exe Fyron is using now for his stuff doesn't do well in cedega.

Instar December 23rd, 2004 07:31 PM
Re: RAR File Format
 
Quote:
Suicide Junkie said:

2) XP is icky http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif
Upgrade to 98.
Boooo!

Phoenix-D December 23rd, 2004 09:09 PM
Re: RAR File Format
 
Quote:
Suicide Junkie said:
Quote:
PvK said:
What's the best free RAR extractor?

PvK
You can get winrar here:
http://rarlabs.com/rar/wrar341.exe

It works the same as winzip with the little startup window after 30 days.
WinRAR I can definitely say is NOT the best RAR extracter. The user interface isn't very good at all.

deccan December 23rd, 2004 09:24 PM
Re: RAR File Format
 
Quote:
Phoenix-D said:
WinRAR I can definitely say is NOT the best RAR extracter. The user interface isn't very good at all.
I second this. The RAR format may be great, but WinRAR itself has a long way to go before matching WinZip's UI.

Fyron December 23rd, 2004 11:01 PM
Re: RAR File Format
 
Strange... I always found WinRar's GUI to be vastly superior to WinZip...


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