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View Poll Results: What compressing format should abandonia use? | |||
Zip | 10 | 35.71% | |
Rar | 13 | 46.43% | |
Ace | 3 | 10.71% | |
7-zip | 1 | 3.57% | |
Other | 1 | 3.57% | |
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll |
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11-10-2004, 05:13 PM | #21 | ||
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Well, maybe I just didn't get your point. In that case please explain it. |
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12-10-2004, 06:06 AM | #22 | ||
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Valleyfield, Canada
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Rar get better compression than Zip. It's not a question of raring a .zip file, it's a question of unziping the game and raring it after.
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12-10-2004, 02:30 PM | #23 | ||
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I voted Rar.
I used to love zip. It did everything I wanted to do. I then discovered that there were better compression methods, so I found myself using ace. That served me well for a while, but then I decided to look into it more, and discovered that rar compression was much better... So it goes like this: rar > ace > zip. Although unfortunately the standard is inferior. The rar program is also nice. Its easy to use, and can handle zip and rar, so it covers all my needs. |
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12-10-2004, 03:16 PM | #24 | ||
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Shella, Kenya
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I voted for Ace.
As a program, is very versatile, its format is better than Zip and can also handle Rar extraction......plus I utilized it for a long time, and got used to it..... :bye: |
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12-10-2004, 07:29 PM | #25 | ||
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Split, Croatia
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Can someone explain me - What the hell on earth is going on? :blink:
I did some tests (with WinRar 2.90) and unzipped some games from abandonia. Then I rarred and zipped then (I made two archives) using best compression metod, and got results something like - a game that before ocupied 500kB, now zipped it ocupies 1MB, and rarred cca 900kB! :blink: I tested around 10 games and everysingle game was with the same effect! BTW Omuletzu, awesome avatar! k: |
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12-10-2004, 08:07 PM | #27 | ||
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If you try to compress an archive into a new archive further, it'll become larger in the process. You cannot compress compressed files yet more.
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12-10-2004, 09:16 PM | #28 | ||
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Split, Croatia
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No, I didn't compressed already compressed archive, I unzipped and then zipped already unzipped files. Got it?
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12-10-2004, 09:32 PM | #29 | ||
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Perhaps you zipped some savegames along with the game U.H. ... |
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18-10-2004, 02:43 PM | #30 | ||
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Your avatar is verry nice too! To make this on topic: Does anybody remember arj? or pkzip? Those were the times... :crazy: :Titan: :help: |
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