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Offline Kie99

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on: December 25, 2004, 12:09:12 pm
What compression do you guys use for the files.  Do you use RAR, if you don't would it be possible to put Zip AND Rar files up for download.  I don't think my connection could stand another ~136MB download for Release 2.
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #1 on: December 25, 2004, 06:08:42 pm
I'm pretty sure it will end up being over 90 MB no matter what format is used.
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Offline Woomeister

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Reply #2 on: December 26, 2004, 02:01:33 pm
We'll be using the installer format we used for r1 most likely, as the installation has options this time for high res dds stuf.f

I can put that in a self extracting rar file, but it won't compress much more.

It really depends on how we decide to distribute it, which we won't know till all the mods are finalised.
 

Offline T-Man

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Reply #3 on: December 26, 2004, 04:49:51 pm
This is gonna sound really dumb, but i remember once having a download that had been ZIPed, then the ZIP was ZIPed, then again, and again, and again...I had to unzip about 6 ZIP's in order to reach the files.

Again, i know that's a dumb idea, but it was a thought.
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Offline Taristin

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Reply #4 on: December 26, 2004, 04:51:12 pm
That'll actually increase the filesize. So yes, it is a dumb idea.
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Offline Grimloq

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Reply #5 on: December 27, 2004, 12:48:00 am
hmm... ive gotten taht to work before :) i dont know how, but i did... LOL
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Offline SadisticSid

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Reply #6 on: December 27, 2004, 06:50:27 am
It's highly unlikely that you did (although Zip compression is single pass so it could be possible)
 

Offline Woomeister

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Reply #7 on: December 27, 2004, 07:10:24 am
It is possible sometimes to zip a zip for a slight size decrease, however I've heard of people having more extraction problems the more times an archived is archived into another.

I don't use zip format anyway, rar is far better :)
 

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Reply #8 on: December 27, 2004, 10:19:20 am
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #9 on: December 27, 2004, 05:46:21 pm
Compression can only go so far.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline Kie99

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Reply #10 on: December 28, 2004, 01:08:14 pm
IDEA!
Rar----goes into-------zip----goes into-------Rar----goes into-------Zip etc.
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Offline Moonsword

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Reply #11 on: December 28, 2004, 01:31:33 pm
Somehow, I don't think that's going to be much of an improvement...
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Offline Kie99

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Reply #12 on: December 29, 2004, 02:52:57 pm
BTW
Yes, I did completely ignore Kosh's post.
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Offline Gloriano

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Reply #13 on: December 29, 2004, 03:27:19 pm
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Originally posted by kietotheworld
IDEA!
Rar----goes into-------zip----goes into-------Rar----goes into-------Zip etc.


that won't work and it would be really annoying
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #14 on: December 30, 2004, 01:39:51 am
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Originally posted by kietotheworld
BTW
Yes, I did completely ignore Kosh's post.



Despite the fact that I'm right and you're wrong. :rolleyes:
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline Grimloq

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Reply #15 on: December 30, 2004, 03:22:26 pm
most of the time if i try to compress something more than once windows starts yelling at me. *slaps windows* NO! BAD windows! NO biscuit!
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Reply #16 on: December 30, 2004, 03:50:52 pm
If you're trying to compress something more than once, you deserve to be yelled at. You're only increasing the chances of data corruption, and you're making the file larger with every extra pass.
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Offline Grimloq

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Reply #17 on: December 30, 2004, 04:27:12 pm
i just wanted to find out what happened :)
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Offline Taristin

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Reply #18 on: December 30, 2004, 04:33:22 pm
Try it. :p
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Offline FireCrack

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Reply #19 on: December 30, 2004, 04:33:38 pm
the only proper way to "double compress" is an mp3 in a zip or a jpg in a rar or somthing akin to that.
actualy, mabye not.
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