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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace & FreeSpace Open Support => Topic started by: captain-custard on April 02, 2009, 10:12:17 am

Title: Turrreys installer
Post by: captain-custard on April 02, 2009, 10:12:17 am

is there anyway we can stop ppl using tureys installer or fix the bad mvps within it , nearly half of all support problems seem to stem from corrupted mvps ......... or can we sticky a uncheck these boxe when using explination thread........

Title: Re: Turrreys installer
Post by: Aardwolf on April 05, 2009, 09:22:32 pm

Maybe someone should actually do something about it, namely TELLING HIM there's an issue.

Title: Re: Turrreys installer
Post by: captain-custard on April 14, 2009, 09:44:25 am

he has been told !

Title: Re: Turrreys installer
Post by: tinfoil on April 14, 2009, 11:49:59 am

He has indeed. Many, many times. In the end though it's his decision to upgrade it and there's not much anyone else can do but ask nicely.

Title: Re: Turrreys installer
Post by: Goober5000 on April 15, 2009, 12:56:48 am

It's not solely Turey's responsibility.  If the mediaVP folks would upload VPs in .zip format, not .7z, that would also fix the issue.

Title: Re: Turrreys installer
Post by: captain-custard on April 15, 2009, 03:15:06 am

if that is the only problem then someone pm me with the details ftp etc and ill do it

Title: Re: Turrreys installer
Post by: tinfoil on April 15, 2009, 01:48:12 pm

Yeah, that's nothing really. Ten seconds in 7zip is enough to cure that little woe.

Title: Re: Turrreys installer
Post by: Zacam on April 15, 2009, 09:57:41 pm

Once the Release build for 3.6.10 is done, a refresh of the VP's will be made by me.

And frankly, I like the better and more secure compression from .7z format. And adding 7z support to the installer would be a piece of cake.

But since ZIP is still the crap king of compression (Rather like internet explorer is for browsers) the refresh and all future releases will be done in Zip format, which will resolve the problem nicely.