fantastic idea for se5

[Fyron]

Maybe use a good compression format, not the poor quality that is Zip...

[dogscoff]

Maybe use a good compression format, not the poor quality that is Zip...

I knew you'd bring that up. Zip is widely recognised and supported, and even on-technical ppl generally know how to handle zip file (I work in IT support, and I know this from experience). Also, zips are handled almost transparently in XP or by earlier Versions oif they install the right software.

For the sake of an extra few % compression is it really worth switching to something more obscure like .rar?

[PvK]

The quadrant-wide web (QWW), eh?

So what the URL of Maxanara VII be?

PvK

[Suicide Junkie]

Originally posted by dogscoff:

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Maybe use a good compression format, not the poor quality that is Zip...

I knew you'd bring that up. Zip is widely recognised and supported, and even on-technical ppl generally know how to handle zip file (I work in IT support, and I know this from experience). Also, zips are handled almost transparently in XP or by earlier Versions oif they install the right software.

For the sake of an extra few % compression is it really worth switching to something more obscure like .rar?

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From MM/SF/mods, using best compression all around:

code:

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P&N-AllCampaigns.rar        05-May-2004 18:22  545K  

P&N-AllCampaigns.zip        04-May-2004 17:52  1.8M

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[Fyron]

Originally posted by dogscoff:

quote:

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Maybe use a good compression format, not the poor quality that is Zip...

I knew you'd bring that up. Zip is widely recognised and supported, and even on-technical ppl generally know how to handle zip file (I work in IT support, and I know this from experience). Also, zips are handled almost transparently in XP or by earlier Versions oif they install the right software.

For the sake of an extra few % compression is it really worth switching to something more obscure like .rar?

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Rars can be handled almost transparently with the right software installed as well. .rar archives are handled EXACTLY the same as .zip ones, except that you don't get the built-in XP support for zips, which is really meaningless overall because it just takes installing one program to get very similar functionality.

.rar is a hell of a lot more than a few % better than .zip, and it is nowhere near as obscure as you are making it out to be. .ace would be obscure.

[ May 12, 2004, 23:59: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[dogscoff]

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.rar is a hell of a lot more than a few % better than .zip, and it is nowhere near as obscure as you are making it out to be. .ace would be obscure.
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Fine fine fine, whatever you like. Dragging us back on topic, and assuming that se5 handles some kind of compression, is the idea (ie customisable and linkable planet details) a good one?

[Suicide Junkie]

Definitely.

Mods should be run from inside compressed archives too. You can get a ton of compression on text files, and the mod files aren't read very often after the initial load of SE4 so the decompression time won't factor in.