FAQ: How to handle files named rar, 7zip, ace, zip or something like t

[RedRocketTM]

For the reason I frequently find the question how to handle compressed files such as rar, zip, 7zip, ace or others, while I think those are the common, I made up my mind to finally write down a short tutorial for newbes, which an admin might pin up here, so nobody needs to ask all the time.

 

First you should know that the files you downloaded endling with rar, 7zip, ace, zip [...] are compressed originals of the file you were trying to get.

To get them to work, you have to decompress them, by using a little program like WinRar or 7-zip.

You can download them here:

 

WinRAR:

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

There are versions in serveral languages, which I appreciate the most, just pick yours and download it.

 

7-zip:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/7zip.html

 

Once you downloaded one of those programs, follow the installation instructions given by the auto-installer.

If done, you usually just need to click onto the modfile you downloaded before, and your decompressing program will start automattically, giving you the option to place the files into whatever directory you want.

To place your mod data right, you have to follow the instructions of the contained readme, as neither WinRAR nor 7-zip is responsible for your mods not to work because of wrong placement of its files! ;)

 

To any moderator or admin who might read this: Feel free to correct my faults if there's any and delete this short sentence. :)

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There is already a pinned thread covering this:

 

http://forum.gamingsource.net/index.php?showtopic=22477

 

It doesn't go into a lot of detail though, I guess. Rather than having two pinned threads covering the same topic, maybe you could post your tutorial there?