I cannot delete any files in the Mod Forum, no moderator can.
You can install the ModPack anywhere you like so you are really not forced to override any files like the ModLauncher. I think the need to watch or extract only one single file from the pack isn’t very widespread and even if you want to do it, you can simply install the TDM in another folder and get the file from there.
I agree with you that anybody on the internet should be able to handle Winzip. But that’s a “should”. Many people are not able to use Winzip. Many people haven’t the slightest idea what a folder is. Many more don’t know what files need to be in what directory with what settings to be able to run TDM. Others are unable to find the folder SE4 is installed in let alone the ModLauncher without an icon. The people unable to overcome these obstacles are many more then the number of people able to work with a zip file as intended. And no, a good documentation won’t help. We had a detailed “how to install” winzip documentation in the readme but to follow this you need to understand your explorer, folder structure and – the biggest problem – find and read the readme carefully before you try something silly.
Your wishes as the TDM-Team is to bring the best possible AIs to as many SE4 Customers as possible as easy as possible and as small on the download as possible.
You may ask why there aren’t to Versions of the ModPack, one zip and one exe. Besides that the exe is smaller then the zip, it is because people who are unable to use the zip tend to download just zips and not the installer. Don’t ask me why, it some of Murphy’s laws, obviously. Finally, it is a quite a bit of work to maintain the TDM and offer support for people, especially with two different install methods. And telling them to once again download the easier install is quite annoying for the modem Users.
I see why some people would like a Winzip as they are expert Users but the majority of Users is not and I just don’t have the time for all the double work so there will be only the installer Version as the official Version. Feel free to post and maintain a unofficial Winzip Version. You are free to do so as long as no file are modified, added or deleted.
