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Topic: Best file format?

Scoob_

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Category: General Posted: Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 05:03 pm
I have a website which is going to distribute patches,demos and other media, but i am stuck which file format i should upload them in. I know windows already can open .zip without downloading any files but .rar is a better compression i just can't decide. Cant make a Poll so just post below the File format you prefer and why if possible
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adwamslayer

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Category: General Posted: Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 05:30 pm
In winrar you can use the wizard, and you can select to create a sef extracting exe file. Maybe use that. By comarison the exe was 6.23mb and the rar was 6.18mb
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foyleman

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Category: General Posted: Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 06:16 pm
rar has been known to mess up iwd files for games. Therefore choose zip.
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Levia

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Category: General Posted: Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 06:33 pm
zip is also recommended to use for cross platform games. Some linux platforms cant use rar. Basically depends on the user aswell though.
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Scoob_

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Category: General Posted: Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 09:12 pm
Some of the files are already compressed, the linux 1's in the format that linux uses and the windows files are in .rar this wont include any .iwd files. I already have uploaded 1gig in .rar so i may have to start again
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