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anyway I agree it could be better if all modders/mappers use winzip (that is the format proposed by the developers on theyr web site).
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The reason I use .RAR for the large downloads on my site is as a
favor to downloaders. WinRAR compresses tighter than WinZIP, so the files are smaller (often by several MBs), and thus people with dial-up connections will have an easier task. It's tedious for me to repackage everything, but when I had the files as ZIPs, folks were complaining about the size. Sheesh, there's always someone who's going to gripe ... [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
I even provide a direct link, under every file on my site that's in .RAR format, to the downloadable WinRAR install package. So there's no excuse for not knowing what to do with them, or not being able to unpack them. I've gone out of my way to try to make things as convenient for folks as I can.