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Dan the man
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2007 20:55
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How do tou download a zip file?

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Grandma
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2007 21:06 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2007 21:06
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I believe it's harder to register somewhere, post a thread, and ask that question.

....In case you're serious, just like any other file i guess?

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2007 21:26
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I think he means how do you open and extract it. If that's what you mean, google IZarc.

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Posted: 22nd Nov 2007 21:29
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get winrar free. it will handle zips and rar compression algorithm is way better than zip imho

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Guyra
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2007 23:28 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2007 23:29
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WinRAR is the way to go! http://www.rarlabs.com/rar/wrar371.exe
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bitJericho
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2007 04:47
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7zip's better!


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Posted: 23rd Nov 2007 07:07
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I second that notion!

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Inspire
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2007 07:39
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I like winrar better.

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UFO
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2007 17:21
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7Zip is the best because it does everything WinRAR can do, and its free.

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Aaron Miller
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Posted: 25th Nov 2007 10:24
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Why can't you have both? WinRAR doesn't support 7z format. But 7z doesn't support all the formats WinRAR does.


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tha_rami
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Posted: 25th Nov 2007 10:44
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WinRAR owns. Peroid.

I stopped with WinZIP when they came up with that idiotic nag screen around version 10. Bwah!


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bitJericho
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Posted: 25th Nov 2007 16:16
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Quote: "Why can't you have both?"


I never said you couldn't. I have both Just saying that 7zip is better than winrar for what it does do.


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Posted: 25th Nov 2007 18:03
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Is this dan the fan ever coming back?


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Keo C
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Posted: 25th Nov 2007 21:56
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I'm going to start zipping my games up in 7z. format, just to tick the WinRAR users off


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Posted: 25th Nov 2007 23:49
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i mostly use tar

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Posted: 26th Nov 2007 00:17
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Quote: "I'm going to start zipping my games up in 7z. format, just to tick the WinRAR users off "

lol, good luck with that

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Keo C
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Posted: 26th Nov 2007 00:36
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If they can download my game, they can download 7zip too.


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Jess T
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Posted: 26th Nov 2007 01:14
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... Which they wont, subsequently deleting your game.

You've just put up another roadblock between yourself and your gamers. You are now one step further away than you were when you released the game.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 26th Nov 2007 01:27
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Can you make a self extracting 7zip file?


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Posted: 26th Nov 2007 02:12 Edited at: 26th Nov 2007 02:13
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I have to agree with JessT. I know I wouldnt download and install some compression app just to run someone's independent game. I would think more people are like that than not, but maybe I am wrong about others. Zip has been a mainstay forever, rar got slowly accepted, and while 7zip might be cool, its not mainstream. So when it comes to something like getting notariety for you hard work as a game coder, then it would best to use the compression mainstream standard (whether its the best or not) to have the best chances of people downloading and running your game.

or a 7z self extractor would work too

or post a zip a rar and a 7zip, and youll have all the bases covered

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Keo C
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Posted: 26th Nov 2007 02:51 Edited at: 26th Nov 2007 02:52
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I'll post a tarball and a zip instead.


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